Claims for Design and Approval Issues
- Created
- 5
- 6
Hi All!
We are trying to prepare a claim for Design Issues. Our Project is a government project wherein we as a Consultant are preparing the Infrastructure Design and submit to the Government for Approval.
Below Details is our scenario.
| Start | Finish | Activity |
| 3/8/2013 | 15/2/2014 | Design & Approvals Planned & Finish Date |
| 10/10/2013 | 31/7/2014 | on 10-10-13, we submitted the original design and approved by them on 31-7-14 |
| 14/4/2013 | a letter sent to Government from Company A (Gov't Infra Consultant) informing the Gov't to change Infrastructure sewer design connection | |
| 31/7/2014 | Original Design Approved by Government | |
| 20/8/2014 | on this date, we just receive the letter dated 14 April 2013, which is too late since the original design was already approved on 31 July 2014 | |
| 31/10/2014 | Withdrawal of Original Design by Consultant | |
| 8/11/2014 | Instruction from Government to Us (Consultant) to proceed with revised design | |
| 20/3/2015 | Redesign Approved by Government |
Contractual Start of Infrastruction Works was 30 July 2014.
Because of the design changes, we are trying to prepare a claim against the Government using Impacted as Planned. My question is how can I prepare a claim or substantiate my claim?
I find it hard to analyze the above situation. To all experienced and experts thanks in advance.
5 replies
Oldest first- 0Mike Testro ·
Hi DimpleThis does not need a
Hi Dimple
This does not need a full Impacted as Planned analysis.
You just shift the original start date of the original design approval to the late design approval.
You may have a problem between 8-Nov-14 when you were instructed to change and 20-Mar-15 when you got the approval.
There is at least one date missing - When did you submit the revised plans?
Best regards
Mike Testro
- 0Hemant Bharat ·
Few more questions, what do
Few more questions, what do you want to claim? I see two components, 1. Additional costs of design only and 2. Overhead and Profits or 3. both items 1 and 2?. the first step is to seperate direct design costs and overheads.
There are some missing information and if i have got anything wrong please provide the same.
1. Additionals Costs
You had already done a design once, from 03/08/2013 to 10/10/2013, a period of 68 days. It had been submitted and approved (approved part not important as long as you have done the design to the required brief).
Your second design is from 8/11/2014 to 07/01/2015 (a period of 60 calender days). this is your additional direct design costs.
2. Overhead costs
Instead of the initial approval planned date of 15/2/2014 your design has been approved on the 31/7/2014. This is 168 calender days and you are entitled for the overhead costs for keeping the project live in the consultants books for this period which requires someone's attention.
You could also claim for, keeping this project live from 20/8/2014 to 20/3/2015.
It would be prudent to talk to your seniors to understand what they want to claim for, as it is also dependent upon your relationship with the client.
Log in or join to reply
ProjectControls.com is free to join. Members can post questions, reply, vote and follow discussions.
Existing members: your original username and password still work. Forgot password?