QA JM/EA/SM Flashcards
Future Maintenance Plan for the facade?
What are the 5 rules of conduct?
- Members & Firms must act with intergity adn honesty
- Maintain professional competency and ensure services are provided by competent individuals.
- Good quality and diligent service
- Respect and ecourgae diversity and inclusion
- Public service adn confidence within the profession.
What is a conservation and what are the requirements under it?
Conservation areas exist to protect special architectral and histroic places - as per the Planng (listed bulding and conservation area) Act 1990.
Being in a conservation may mean that the property is affect by special control called Article 4 Directions.
What Article 4 Directions?
They restrict permitted development rights.
What is cathodic protection?
It is a specialist repair solution to corroding steel. A current is ran through the steel elements to counter act the oxidisation process.
What is section 20 notice? What are the stages and time periods?
Pre-tender stage (notice of intention). Leaseholders are provided with at least 30 days to object or provide alteratives.
Second consltation on tender return.
What is the extension of time process?
The contractor provides a notice of delay and request for an extension of time.
The CA reviews whether there is a relevant matter or relevant event. Reviews the dealy against the critical path.
An extension of time certificate will be issued to amend date of completion will be amended.
if not granted a certificate of non-completion may be issued.
What is a loss and expense claim?
Construction contracts will generally provide for the contractor to claim direct loss and/or expense as a result of the progress of the works being materially affected by relevant matters for which the client is responsible, such as:
Failure to give the contractor possession of the site.
Failure to give the contractor access to and from the site.
Delays in receiving instructions.
Opening up works or testing works that then prove to have been carried out in accordance with the contract.
Discrepancies in the contract documents.
Disruption caused by works being carried out by the client.
Failure by the client to supply goods or materials.
Instructions relating to variations and expenditure of provisional sums.
Inaccurate forecasting of works described by approximate quantities.
Issues relating to CDM.
What are the different insurance options under a JCT intermediate contract?
Option A - is new build all contractor
Option B - New build or employer
Option C - Joint name existing structure.
What is an EPC?
EPCs are the rating system used to enforce the minimum energy efficiency standards and are scored A-G
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What is time at large?
Where there is no specified completion date or contract period or if date of completion has past and an extension of time has not been issued and a certificate of non-completion has not been issued.
