Planning a partially completed scheme

Hi :

The previous contractor has to handover officially the site along with the following documentations:
1.     checking list signed by both parties and the sub suppliers / subcontractors if any verifying the financial and time status .
2.     updated activities as of your commencement day .
3.     updated cash flow.
4.     Material log.
5.     Shop drawings log.
6.     Variation log.
7.     Etc.

Upon that ur duty to improve the latest version of handedover updated work program implementing mile stones for individual package ,and in case of existed time gap between other contractor handing over date and your commencement date shall be consider as a E.O.T. , a new completion date to be determined accordingly.


Regards

mai

If the previous contractor went bust, he is hardly likely to do an oficial handover. I would go through all the schedules, check BOQs and by using own experiences see if what they have been reporting is correct. Only then can you start looking to see how you finish the job and how much and how longit is going to take. Take stock of where the job is actually at before committing to anything is my angle on it.

Hi Tom

I was involved in the new American Embassy in Cairo when the contractor went bust and I was advising the new contractor on the best way forward.

Because the Embassy was US territory nobody could get on site to remove plant - so the tower crane was ours for as long as we needed it.

The batching plant however was across the road in Egypt.

Whenever the crane tracked across to pick up a concrete skip a little lawyer in a red fez jumped out and stuck a restraining order on the hook.

It took a long while to get that one sorted.

The moral is when taking over unfinished work you will ALWAYS come across something that you had never foreseen - so build in a lot of buffers and don’t committ to any excessive penalties.

Best regards

Mike Testro

Dear Tom,

In addition to the excellent advice that you have received so far, I would recommend that you read your Conditions of Contract and check what is required from you.

As a planner walking the site, or your Construction teams walking the site on daily basis, you will discover some variations and extras in this case. You need to report them on a timely basis.

I would also recommend that you understand the legal aspect at the end of the project. You need to be responsble for the works that you have completed and not the total works. Unless, the COC is stating that you are.

With kind regards,

Samer

Cheers for all your help guys - Some great responses there.

Tom

Take a million pictures Tom, well not that many but I’m sure you know what I mean.

Hi Tom,

I’d suggest getting all the contractors who worked for them together (not at the same time mind you), if they’re not owed too much they would be a smarter option than starting from scratch.

Even employ their staff who know the job - unless the contractor went broke on that project because of incompetence on that site.

Take your time and don’t rush, there will be many issues to discover and you need to be very careful in managing the clients expectations.

Cheers,

Craig