Presentation Questions

Question 1

Under the SBC, how would you advise your client if the contractor was not actioning an contract instruction that had been issued?

Answer 1

Other contractors

Question 2

You used the Without Quantities version of the SBC, Why did you choose that over the With Quantities version? Would you consider this to be the correct contract choice for this project?

Answer 2

Quantities based on the area not being complete. Perhaps the right contract, client familiarity. Also generally over £1m would be complex enough to require SBC.

Question 3

What are the timescales involved in the acceptance of a contract instruction under SBC?

Answer 3

no. of days

Question 4

What are the payment timescales under SBC?

Answer 4

5 days // 14 days

Question 5

When issuing a extension of time, is an extension of the contractor’s preliminaries automatically included within the claim?

Answer 5

No - L&E

Question 6

If you assessed that the contractor was eligible for 8 days, why would you consider the 15 day extension?

Answer 6

IMPARTIAL - only if instructed by the client

Question 7

Can you provide an example of one of the changes that came through the change control procedure?

Answer 7

EXAMPLE

Question 8

What advise did you give to your client at the outset of the project with regard to the change control procedure used on the project?

Answer 8

Don’t make changes/reduce procedure - point of the pre-construction phase

Question 9

Where there any provisional sums included within the contract? Can you define a provisional sum?

Answer 9

YES

Question 10

When you have issued a interim payment certificate, what would you expect to be included?

Answer 10

Details of the date of valuation, details of the date of certification and the date of payment. Also, a breakdown of the valuation and how it was reached

Question 11

With regards to the crane lift, who was responsible for managing the operations to allow the crane lift to take place?

Answer 11

The contractor was responsible for the management of the crane lift, including all coordination required. All of the details of which were contained within the CPHSP. The only element that the client was responsible for was the oversail agreement.

Question 12

Can you please clarify the project team and the budget for the works?

Answer 12

Architect, M&E Consultant, QS, PD, Catering Designer

Question 13

How would you establish your client requirements?

Answer 13

Look at brief development

Feasibility - Cost appraisals, opportunities, risks, statutory requirements, site investigations, environmental impact

Question 14

What form part of a contractors application for payment?

Answer 14

Works + Materials

Question 15

Can you talk me through the process of payment for off-site materials?

Answer 15

SBC Clause

Question 16

What is a pay-less notice and when would it be issued?

Answer 16

Contract definition

Question 17

Explain the process used for monitoring the quality of the work?

Answer 17

Regular inspections, Contractor proposals/ERs, Tender documentation, Technical standards (link back to handbook)

Question 18

Talk me through the contractual confirmation of the issuing of the detail.

Answer 18

RFI response - 10 days later CI

Question 19

What is the architects liability for missing the detail within the tender documentation? Is there any re-course the client could have taken, and would C&W or the QS have been liable also?

Answer 19

LM to help

Question 20

What legislation would you expect to be adhered to in relation to the crane lift?

Answer 20

H&S at work - working at height

CDM

Question 21

What is your role in the project under CDM?

Answer 21

Designer

Question 22

Do you have to pursue damages as an express provision of the contract?

Answer 22

No

Question 23

Can damages be set at any level within the contract?

Answer 23

No - genuine pre-estimate of loss