Time for Completion • The Contractor shall commence work on the Contract on a date to be specified in a written order by the Employer acting through the Engineer , and shall fully complete the work within the time for completion stated in the Form of Tender from and including the date thereof . The specified time for completion shall be considered to include public, official, religious and Information for Tenderers summer holidays. FIDIC • In order to assure the completion of the work within the time stated in the Contract the Engineer reserves the right to order the Contractor to employ more men or equipment or to expedite the work in any way he may deem necessary . • The specified date for the Contractor to commence work shall be no later than Sixty (60) calendar days from the Engineer's order to commence work . In this respect allowance of one month was considered necessary for the Contractor to arrange the supply of the pipes and fittings and of the rest of the materials for the purposes of the contract. Time for Completion Substantial Completion of Parts of the Work • The Engineer shall give to the Contractor the order to • As soon as, in the opinion of the Engineer, the commence work not later than 15 days after the date of the Works or self-contained parts of the works, which can execution of the Contract unless the Employer specifically be put into operation as agreed by the Engineer, have sanctions an extension of such period to 30 days . been substantially completed and have satisfactorily passed any final test that may be prescribed by the Contract, the Engineer shall , as specified in Section 48 of the General Conditions, on receiving a written undertaking by the Contractor to finish any outstanding work during the Period of Defects Liability, issue such Certificate of Completion in respect of the Works, and the Period of Defects Liability shall commence from the date of such Certificate of Completion. Progress Claims Period of Defects Liability • The Period of Defects Liability, as specified in Section • The Contractor shall submit to the Engineer, at the 49 of the General Conditions, shall be for a period of end of each calendar month, a fully itemized 78 weeks from the date of the Certificate of statement showing the estimated value of the Completion, as specified in Section 48 of the General permanent work executed up to the end of the Conditions. month. This shall be based on items and prices shown in the Schedule of Items and Prices. 1
Liquidated Damages Liquidated Damages • In accordance with Section 47 (1) of the General Conditions, • As specified in the Clause 47 of the General should the Contractor fail to complete the works to the Conditions, deductions for Liquidated Damages due satisfaction of the Engineer within the time for completion may be made from any money in the hands of the specified in the Contract or the extended time allowed in Employer, including retention money and Bank writing by the Engineer, the Contractor shall pay to the Employer as liquidated damages the sum of Four Hundred Guarantees . However, deductions for this purpose Cypriot Pounds (C£400) in addition to the fees payable in shall not be made from retention money or Bank respect of resident engineer(s) and inspector(s), for each Guarantees until all funds available for work done calendar day that the works remain uncompleted after the have been used first. time so specified or allowed. • The total amount of liquidated damages payable by the Contractor to the Employer in accordance with Sub-Clauses 47(1) and 47(2) shall not exceed the maximum amount of liquidated damages or 15 per cent of the Contract Price as stated in the Form of Tender. Temporary Advance for Mobilization Sub-Contractors and Suppliers • The Tenderer shall give in sub-section 5 (i) of the • An Advance in the amount of ten Percent of the Form of Tender, the name and address of each Tender Price will be available to the Contractor on proposed sub-contractor used in making up his submission of an irrevocable bank guarantee after tender, stating the portion of the work allotted to execution of the formal contract. Repayment will begin each . Only one sub- contractor shall be named for on the first payment certificate after the total work done each part of the work to be sublet . on the contract reaches thirty per cent of the total Tender Price. Repayment from then on will be in equal monthly amounts so that it is all repaid by the end of • Tenderers are also required to indicate in the Form the Time for Completion of the contract. Further details of Tender the manufacturers/ suppliers they are available in Clause 60.(J) of Conditions of propose for the supply of materials. Contract, Part II - Conditions for particular Application. • After this tender has been accepted by the Employer, the Contractor shall not be allowed to substitute other sub-contractors or manufacturers in place of those named in his tender without written approval from the Engineer. Quantities Specifications • The Quantities as set out in the Form of Tender are estimates The specification includes many sections in order to cover all only , and their inaccuracy shall in no way affect the validity of the issues. It is divided into sections for example: Tender or any contract based hereon. The total amount for the various items set out in the Form of Tender, at the rates of prices inserted by the Tenderer, shall be stated in each case, - Section 1: General Clauses but this figure is required solely for the purpose of facilitating the comparison of the various Tenders received and shall not - Section 2: Clearing the Site be deemed to be the actual sum which is to be paid to the - Section 3: Excavation, Backfilling and Grading Contractor for the execution of the works. The actual sum to be paid to the Contractor whose Tender is accepted will be - Section 4: Material supply and installation determined by measuring work actually done in accordance - Section 5: Testing with the Contract and valuing it at the unit rates or prices inserted by the Contractor in the Form of Tender. - Section 6: Restoration and clean up - Section 7: Concrete • The Bidders' attention is directed to the provision of Clause - Section 8: Reinforcement 52(3) of the Particular Specification under which the Employer reserves the right to vary the sum of works by up to 15% of - Section 9: Payment the total Contract Price. 2
To note: In the specification sections the Engineer can specify: • the materials to be used, • the method to be used for a certain work Specifications • the requirements each material has to satisfy • the standards each material has to satisfy (European Section 1 - General Clauses Standard, Cyprus Standard, British Standard etc) • which tests are required to be carried out • payment issues •etc Drawings and Specifications Construction Schedule • The works are to be built of the materials and to the sizes, • Notwithstanding Clause 14 of the General Conditions, the dimensions and grades as called for in the Contractor shall, within thirty days from the date of the Specifications and Contract Drawings and such other Letter of Acceptance of his tender submit his proposed Drawings as may be added from time to time by the construction schedule to the Engineer for Engineer during the progress of the work . approval . This construction schedule shall show clearly in weekly stages the proposed progress on the main items, structures and sub-trades of the Contract and shall indicate • These Drawings are the Contract Drawings and are made where applicable the labour, construction crews, plant and a part of this Contract. Additional drawings showing details equipment to be employed. in accordance with which the work is to be constructed will be furnished from time to time by the Engineer if found necessary and shall then become a part thereof. The • The Engineer may require the Contractor to revise his Contractor shall be governed by figured dimensions, as proposed schedule at any time, as provided for in the given on the Drawings. Where required dimensions are not General Conditions. shown in figures, the Contractor shall obtain such portion of the work to which they refer. In every case detail drawings shall take precedence over general drawings. Where Drawings are not consistent with the text of the Specifications the text shall govern. Hours of Work Hours of Work • No Sunday or Saturday work will be permitted except • The Contractor may normally perform the work during in the case of an emergency or if directed by the normal working hours from Monday to Friday provided Engineer . As far as possible, the Contractor shall refrain that he so conducts his operations as not to create from working on days which are legal holidays within the nuisance or disturb the peace unnecessarily and providing area of the Contract. If he desires to work upon any such hours meet with the approval of the such holidays, he shall request the written approval of Engineer. Whenever the Contractor desires to depart the Engineer at least four (4) days in advance of such from normal working hours he shall obtain the written holidays. If the Contractor fails to give notice in approval of the Engineer at least forty-eight hours prior advance of any holiday or fails to obtain the Engineer's to the contemplated change in operations . written approval for working thereon, such failure shall be considered as notification that no work on this Contract is to be done on such a holiday. 3
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