A dispute over payment is an issue that might arise in situations where clear records of payments have not been maintained.
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Section 4
If the Client requests from the Contract Administrator to issue Partial Completion for specific sections of the works/site in order to obtain occupancy.
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The Certificate of non-completion is issued by the Contract Administrator when the Contractor fails to meet the agreed Date of Practical Completion.
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The date of Practical Completion is the date set be the Contract Administrator and agreed by the Contractor that all works under the contract will be completed.
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Practical completion is the point in construction when the Contract Administrator confirms the completion of construction works of a project.
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Partial Practical Completion is the passing of control and responsibility of a site’s completed areas back to the Client while there are still works to be done in other areas of the site scheduled to be completed at a later time.
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Both the rectification and maintenance period start as soon as the project reaches Practical Completion and run for the same time approximately.
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Liquidated damages are damages whose amount the parties designate during the formation of a contract for the injured party to collect as compensation upon a specific breach (e.g., late performance).
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BIM is a process involving the generation and management of digital representations of physical and functional characteristics of places.
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The Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) data model is intended to describe building and construction industry data.
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COBie (Construction Operations Building Information Exchange) is an international standard relating to managed asset information including space and equipment.
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Dispute resolution is the process through which parties involved in a contract, seek a solution on a claim that one party has made against the other.
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The final certificate is a certification by the contract administrator that a construction contract has been fully completed.
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A Bill of Quantities (BoQ) is a document used in tendering in the construction industry in which materials, parts, and labor (and their costs) are itemized.
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On a project that involves earth works as well as planting, using a JCLI contract would not be the best option, since it doesn’t allow for clauses more specific to the earth works.
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The main reason for choosing between a contract under hand rather than under deed, may be the liability period associated with each one.
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The changes between the JCLI 2012 and the 2017 edition, are summarised below:
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For the client to terminate the contract, there needs to be a breach of contract from the Contractor’s side which could be based on any of the following:
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Contract termination is a process that needs to be used as a very last result and after careful consideration of what constitutes a valid basis for it.
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