Civil Engineering Project Management (4th Edition)

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Acceptance of tender 76 ACE (Assn. Consulting Engineers) Agreement form 49 Adjudication 6, 44, 221 Adjustment item to tender price 73, 194 payment of 200 Agent 10, 80 ability to progress job 174 appointment to be approved 120 performance problems 102–4 relationship with resident engineer 102, 149 Alliancing 14 Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) 222 Analysis of tenders 73–5 Arbitration 223 Bar charts 167–70 Bills of quantities, see Measurement and bills of quantities Benchmarking 14 Best value contracts 14 Bond and insurance 54, 204 Bonus payments 33 Budget estimate 33, 176 Building work: billing quantities for 183 brickwork measurement 187 use of JCT contract 46 use of management contractor 23 use of subcontractors 86 Build, own and operate contracts 5, 10, 13 Cash flow forecasts: effect on costs 74 FIDIC requirement for 171 forecasting of 170 CDM safety regulations 93, 107, 110 Certificates for payment 196 <strong>Civil</strong> engineering method of measurement CESMM 179–81, 183–4, 187, 191 problems with 181–2 Index Claims 206, 212 alleged omission bill item 212 avoidance of interest charges 196, 199, 220 CVIs used as claims 212, 213 delay claims 217–19 disputed rates or prices 212 disruption and uneconomic working 212, 218 employer to be informed 206, 216 for unforeseen conditions 212, 214–16 for working space 185 FRPO sheets, difficulty with 213 importance of inspectors’ records 149, 215 policy if many submitted 103 timing of 212, 217, 220 Claims and disputes arising from: contractor’s use of subcontractors 86 design changes 35 incomplete drawings before tendering 69 use of nominated subcontractors 166 Claims and disputes, minimization of 69, 223 Commissioning methods construction options 20–2 design options 19 design and construct options 24 Compaction test apparatus 137 Compensation event (under ECC) 44, 209, 215, 218 Competitive dialogue 14 Completion 175 effect on time-related charges 199–200 contractor’s offer to complete early 76 Computer use 11–12 for contractor’s accounting 85 for critical path planning 217 Conciliation procedure 222 Concrete 236 et seq. admixtures 238 aggregate grading 242, 244 alkali–silica reaction 246
258 Index Concrete (contd) beam test 241 characteristic strength 239 compliance with standards 240 construction joints 251 conveyance and placing 250 density of 248 finish problems 252 mixes 236–40 production, practical points 245 shrinkage 253 site checks on quality 248 testing requirements 240 test failure causes 247 workability 243, 246 Concrete reinforcement 253–5 maximum bar length 254 wiring up 254 Concrete shuttering 255 Conditions of contract 40–9 FIDIC 45, 48, 51 GC/Works/1 46 ICE standard 40, 51 ICE design and construct 42 ICE – ECC conditions 43, 52 ICE ground investigation 41 ICE minor works 42 I Chem E 48 I Mech E 47–8 JCT (Joint Contracts Tribunal) 46 Confirmation of verbal instructions (CVIs) 99, 146 Construction Best Practice programme 9, 15 Construction defects, handling of 101 Construction (Design and <strong>Management</strong>) Regulations (CDM) 93, 107–9 Code of practice for 111 Construction (Health, Safety & Welfare) Regulations 115 Construction, fast completion 69 Construction management 23 Construction options 20 by trades 21, 29 direct labour 20 design and construct 24–5 design, build and operate (DBO) 25 engineer, procure and construct (EPC) 26 management contracting 23 partnering 8, 26 term or serial contracts 26, 43 turnkey 24 Construction payment methods 29 et seq. Construction safety, see Health & Safety Consultant, use on construction supervision 93 direct labour construction 21 EPC contract 26 feasibility studies 18 turnkey contract 25 Consultant, form of agreement 49 Contingency sums 39 Contract conditions, see Conditions of contract Contract documents 50 et seq. Contract drawings 54 Contract parties, roles of 51 Contract price fluctuation 32 Contractor’s: accounting methods 84 agent 81 initial work on site 121 interim payment applications 152 office siting 140 programme 99, 121, 165, 167 risks 35 safety responsibilities 100, 108, 109, 110 site personnel 80 et seq. use of plant 85 use of quantity surveyors 84 use of subcontractors 86–8 Coordination of contracts 57, 59 Cost curve use 36–7 Cost control of project 39 Cost estimating a project at promotion stage 36 at design stage 37 estimating final cost 176–7 use of payment graph 170 Cost parameters 38 Cost reduction problems 39 Cost reimbursement contracts 3, 31 Critical path planning 172, 213 CVIs, confirmation of verbal instructions 99, 146 put in as claims 212–13 Dayworks: authorisation and rates 153–7 filing system for 155 Defective work: handling of 101, 211 non payment for 198 Delays: avoidance of 165 claims for 217–19 due to exceptional weather 218 due to slow progress by contractor 174 estimating cost of 218–19
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Contents Preface xiii Acknowledgeme
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Contents vii 4.3 Conditions publish
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Contents ix 10.3 The Health and Saf
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Contents xi 15.4 Problems with clas
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Preface Most civil engineering cons
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1 The development of construction p
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The great majority of all civil eng
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and takes over ownership of them at
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The development of construction pro
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supported by the DETR’s 7 Constru
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advantage is that a contractor who
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civil engineering, incorrect or ins
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The development of construction pro
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2 Procedures for design and constru
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2.3 Options for design The followin
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utilities in the UK continued to us
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Some plant suppliers, however, will
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• The promoter may need to employ
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given period of a year or longer. T
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3 Payment arrangements, risks and p
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(c) Lump sum contracts Payment arra
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inflation of prices after he has te
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Payment arrangements, risks and pro
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Payment arrangements, risks and pro
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if not, to make some deletion to re
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Contract conditions used for civil
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D&C contracts are often used when t
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4.3 Conditions published by the Int
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authorities. A range of standard fo
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Contract conditions used for civil
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5.2 Roles of the key participants i
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Preparing contract documents 53 the
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Preparing contract documents 55 mat
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work. Some methods may need to be s
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personnel may also be included. Thi
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Preparing contract documents 61 hen
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Preparing contract documents 63 ‘
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invited to bid for the project. Con
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Tendering 67 If pre-qualification i
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construction, so that they can plan
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e avoided because they can provide
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corrected. Where this results in an
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6.8 Choosing a tender Tendering 75
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Tendering 77 • an intent that the
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Appendix: UK Regulations UK Statuto
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execution of the contract, but he d
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of formwork carpenters, steel erect
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The contractor’s site organizatio
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The contractor’s site organizatio
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8.1 Introduction 8 The employer and
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8.3 A note on alternative provision
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further drawings the contractor nee
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(see References 5 and 6). But under
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The resident engineer’s duties 97
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need to go carefully at first so th
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10 Health and safety regulations 10
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Health and safety regulations 109 N
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10.5 Training As part of the drive
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should be evaluated. This is a new
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10.9 The Construction (Health, Safe
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Health and safety regulations 117 C
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enable first aid to be given to emp
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• The programme for construction
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• rainfall and runoff data; • d
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Starting the construction work 125
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Starting the construction work 127
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12.2 Levelling Site surveys, invest
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each floor. Alternatively an optica
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instance, it will have to be starte
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Percussion drilling Site surveys, i
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For grading analyses of soils 4. A
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Site surveys, investigations and la
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Contract state that the employer wi
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The drainage of clay or clay and si
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General files (Series 1-9) The resi
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13.8 Authorization of dayworks The
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with the engineer. If the decision
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in red on a copy of the contract dr
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14 Programme and progress charts 14
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how any consequential delay to the
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Description EXC. & filling soil str
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Height A.O.D. 200m 100m Pumping sta
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Table 14.1 Estimated Final Cost of
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Measurement and bills of quantities
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Interim monthly payments 197 28 day
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Interim monthly payments 199 paid t
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