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Neighbouring owners or residents may disrupt the works from day 1 – possibly the most difficult scenario to manage to avoid hostile confrontations requiring strict adherence to legal procedures to qualify for compensation from South African Special Risk Insurance Association ( SASRIA SOC Ltd ) insurance .
The nature of such claims is such that the formulation and assessment thereof by the AoC should follow as soon as the time and cost implications can be reliably quantified .
2 . Execution of the works – ‘ surprises ’ This scenario is different if , in spite of a geotechnical and other investigations , hard rock , ground water , clay , sinkholes or historic artefacts are discovered – requiring removal , replacement or , at worst , further investigation that may jeopardise the project .
Should human bones be found – the site will have to be closed , the find reported to the police and the SA Heritage Resource Agency to determine if this is a murder or an ancient burial site . The whole project team must be kept informed . In the latter scenario the project may have to be indefinitely delayed or even be aborted .
The AoC / CA , in consultation with the employer , will have to devise a short-term project management or project exit strategy that may include limited payments for site security .
Climatic extremes may entitle the ( sub ) contractor to time and / or money . For example : Temperatures below freezing or above 40 o C may require protection of the works and special work procedures . Similarly , torrential rain and / or flooding of the works that may require pumping , re-excavating foundations , etc , which may extend beyond the actual event .
Note that some SfCs require the contractor at the time of tender to allow for time to be lost in the construction programme based on ( 10 year ) historic Weather Bureau statistics , although recent international climatic events have shown that such statistics are unlikely to be relevant .
The AoC must assess each event in terms of the contractor ’ s ability to safely work outside and , if not , that additional time be granted and / or additional payments be approved for unplanned activities such as , for example , dewatering of the site .
3 . Construction information – availability , competence , The days when a project is fully documented at the time of tender are ‘ history ’ – and then applicable almost exclusively to public works projects . The late provision of construction information is a common complaint from ( sub ) contractors but is not always necessarily a valid statement . The final masterkey schedule is not required during the first semester of a project . The more comprehensive design information provided , the better the planning of the construction activities . The ( sub ) contractor is deemed to be an expert in the field of building and should be able to accurately interpret the intent of the project from the tender information provided .
The reasons for incomplete information may be the late appointment of specialist consultants due to an incomplete project definition by the
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