35) accelerating construction causes additional costs such as the increase of labor resources, revolving materials, machinery and equipment, and the increase of workload due to cross interference of various types of work; 36) over haul distance expenses incurred due to the increase of transportation distance in the site due to the narrow site; 37) reduced efficiency loss and increased safety protection due to construction in special environment or severe conditions..
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Potential training opportunities for the behavior of the owner’s representative 20) the specific management personnel appointed by the owner’s representative did not notify the contractor in advance according to the contract, which affected the construction; 21) the instructions and notices issued by the owner’s representative are incorrect; 22) the owner’s representative fails to timely provide instructions, approvals, drawings or perform other obligations to the contractor in accordance with the provisions of the contract; 23) the owner’s representative unreasonably interferes with the Contractor’s construction organization; 24) the owner’s representative conducts rigorous inspection of the project, repeated inspection of the same part, inspection using inspection standards that are inconsistent with the provisions of the contract, excessive frequent inspection, and intentional untimely inspection.
Potential self claim opportunities for defects in contract documents 31) the terms of the contract are vague and inaccurate; 32) there are loopholes in the contract terms, which do not predict and stipulate the actual possible situation, and lack some essential terms; 33) there are contradictions between the contract terms; 34) some provisions of both parties contain great risks, which are too harsh on unilateral requirements, unbalanced constraints, and even found that some provisions are a trap.
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The construction site does not have or does not fully meet the construction conditions; 4) The owner fails to connect the water, electricity and telecommunication lines required for construction from the outside of the construction site to the agreed place in accordance with the contract, or although connected to the agreed place, it does not guarantee the needs during the construction period; 5) The owner fails to open the passage between the construction site and urban and rural public roads or the main traffic trunk roads in the construction site according to the contract, fails to meet the needs of construction transportation, and fails to ensure the smoothness during the construction period; 6) The owner fails to provide the contractor with the engineering geology and underground pipe network line information of the construction site in time as agreed in the contract, or the data provided does not meet the requirements of authenticity and accuracy; 7) The construction is affected by the owner’s failure to timely handle various certificates and approvals required for construction and the application and approval procedures for temporary land use, road occupation and railway siding; 8) The owner fails to submit the benchmark and coordinate control points to the contractor in writing in time; 9) The owner did not organize relevant units and contractors to conduct joint review of drawings in time, and did not talk to the contractor about design in time; 10) The owner did not properly coordinate and handle the protection of underground pipelines around the construction site and adjacent buildings and structures, which affected the smooth progress of construction; 11) The owner fails to provide the construction materials and mechanical equipment that should be provided by the owner in accordance with the provisions of the contract; 12) The owner delays to bear the responsibilities specified in the contract, such as delaying the approval of drawings, delaying the acceptance of concealed works, delaying the reply to the questions raised by the contractor, etc., resulting in construction delay; 13) The owner fails to pay the project payment according to the time and quantity specified in the contract; 14) The owner requires acceleration; 15) The owner occupies part of the permanent works in advance; 16) Economic losses caused by the owner’s change of construction plan in the middle of the project, such as large transportation of construction forces, overstock and reshipment of components and materials, slowdown of personnel and machinery, extension of contract duration, increase of project maintenance and storage and on-site guard work, increase of temporary construction facilities and sales of material stalls; 17) The expenses incurred by entrusting the contractor to inspect the materials supplied by the owner without quality certificate, or reinspecting the materials and components with qualified certificates and the concealed works that have been inspected as required by the owner; 18) The quantity difference loss increased due to the construction over consumption due to the material shortage, ton loss, loss or design modulus provided by the owner does not conform to the geometric dimensions of the finalized products of the designated manufacturer; 19) The reshipment cost of materials and equipment supplied by the owner that are not stacked at the place specified in the contract, or the labor and machinery shift cost incurred by the contractor when the owner supplies to the site and unloads and stacks them on behalf of the owner.
within the time limit specified in the contract.
The owner’s behavior has potential claim opportunities 1) economic losses caused by breaking through the original bid price or contract package price after winning the bid for construction due to errors, omissions or discrepancies in the bidding documents provided by the owner; 2) The owner fails to deliver the construction site in accordance with the contract; 3) The owner failed to handle land acquisition, compensation for young trees, house demolition, removal of ground, overhead and underground obstacles, etc.
Design change has potential claim opportunities.
25) human, material and capital losses, work stoppages, construction delays, repair and reinforcement, overstock of component materials, replacement and substitution, and other associated losses caused by design omissions or changes; 26) losses caused by the construction affected by the discrepancy between the engineering geological exploration report provided by the design and the actual situation; 27) the additional cost of taking remedial measures for technical treatment after the owner agrees to take remedial measures after the design errors or defects are found after the construction according to the drawings; 28) the additional costs caused by the substitution of some materials, local modifications or other random handling matters related to the project, which are temporarily decided by the design resident representative on the site but without formal written procedures; 29) the increased cost of trial production and test of new and special materials and new and special structures; 30) omissions and defects in many aspects such as unclear expression of construction instructions, unclear expression of equipment and material names, specifications and models, or wrong quantities.
Changes in construction conditions and methods have potential claims opportunities.
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[Abstract] in the construction process, we often encounter some situations that require claims, so when can we claim? What skills are needed when making a claim? The following will explain one by one for you! 1、 51 opportunities for claim 1.
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