Rajasthan State Road Development & Construction Corporation Ltd.

28.2 The Engineer shall decide whether and by how much to extend the Intended CompletionDate within 35 days of the Contractor asking the Engineer for a decision upon the effect of aCompensation Event or Variation and submitting full supporting information. If theContractor has failed to give early warning of a delay or has failed to cooperate in dealingwith a delay, the delay by this failure shall not be considered in assessing the new IntendedCompletion Date.28.3 The Engineer shall within 14 days of receiving full justification from the contractor inwriting for extension of Intended Completion Date refer his recommendations to theEmployer. The Employer shall within 21 days communicate to the Engineer the acceptanceor otherwise of the Engineer's recommendations. If the Employer fails to give his acceptance,the Engineer shall not grant the extension and the contractor may refer the matter to theStanding Empowered Committee for settlement of disputes under Clause 24.29 Deleted30 Delays Ordered by the Engineer30.1 The Engineer may instruct the Contractor to delay the start or progress of any activity withinthe Works.31 Management Meetings31.1 Either the Engineer or the Contractor may require the other to attend a management meeting.The business of a management meeting shall be to review the plans for remaining work andto deal with matters raised in accordance with the early warning procedure.31.2 The Engineer shall record the business of management meetings and provide copies of hisrecord to those attending the meeting and to the Employer. The responsibility of the partiesfor actions to be taken is to be decided by the Engineer either at the management meeting orafter the management meeting and stated in writing to all who attended the meeting.32 Early Warning32.1 The Contractor is to warn the Engineer at the earliest opportunity of specific likely futureevents or circumstances that may adversely affect the quality of the work, increase theContract Price, or delay the execution of works. The Engineer may require the Contractor toprovide an estimate of the expected effect of the future event or circumstance on the ContractPrice and Completion Date. The estimate is to be provided by the Contractor as soon asreasonably possible.32.2 The Contractor shall cooperate with the Engineer in making and considering proposals forhow the effect of such an event or circumstance can be avoided or reduced by anyoneinvolved in the work and in carrying out any resulting instruction of the Engineer.C. QUALITY CONTROL33 Identifying Defects33.1 The Engineer shall check the Contractor's work and notify the Contractor of any Defects thatare found. Such checking shall not affect the Contractor's responsibilities. The Engineer mayinstruct the Contractor to search for a Defect and to uncover and test any work that theEngineer considers may have a Defect.34 Tests34.1 If the Engineer instructs the Contractor to carry out a test not specified in the Specification tocheck whether any work has a Defect and the test shows that it does, the Contractor shall payfor the test and any samples. If there is no Defect the test shall be a Compensation Event.35 Correction of Defects35.1 The Engineer shall give notice to the Contractor of any Defects before the end of the DefectsLiability Period, which begins at Completion and is defined in the Contract Data. TheDefects Liability Period shall be extended for as long as Defects remain to be corrected.35.2 Every time notice of a Defect is given, the Contractor shall correct the notified Defect withinthe length of time specified by the Engineer's notice.35.3 The contractor will have to maintain the Works for a period specified in the Contract Data.For this maintenance period he will be paid as per the conditions specified in Clause 3 ofSpecial Condition of Contract.Bid document for 4-laning of Merta-Lambiya-Beawar Road km 83/0 to 98/0 of SH-39Page 30 of 86