The Contractor/Builder is the firm engaged to undertake the construction works in accordance with the Contract.
Consultants are responsible for Contract Documentation preparation.
It is the Consultant’s responsibility to ensure the information provided (drawings, Bills of Quantities and specification) in the tender documentation is sufficient to enable a fair and equitable competitive tender process, which will result in no omissions in scope of work from the contract.
The Consultant’s responsibility is to confirm that the Tender Documentation and pre-tender estimate are:
The Principal is the legal entity, usually the Controlling Body of the Health Service/Agency (for example, a Hospital Board of Management) for whom the works are to be executed, which enters into a contract with another party, usually a contractor, for that other party to execute the works. The Principal is obliged to pay the Contractor for works satisfactorily completed.
The Superintendent is usually a consultant, for example the Project Manager or Architect, employed by the Principal to carry out those responsibilities as defined within the contract.
Under Clause 24 of AS2124-1992, the Superintendent may, from time to time, appoint a Superintendent’s Representative to exercise certain defined functions of the Superintendent. The contents of clause 24 should be carefully noted. The appointment and name of the Superintendent’s Representative must be notified to the Contractor.
The PCG will need to ensure:
A brief report to the PCG is required in A4 format will be provided which will include a summary of design changes and their implications, confirmation of cost estimate/budget, cash flow, program, equipment schedule, etc.
A full set of reduced tender drawings (A3 size) showing site, floor, roof and reflected ceiling plans, elevations and sections, together with drawings showing scope of engineering services and structural elements, should be included in the report.