A person day is one person working a normal working shift. Some projects have more than one shift per day, for example a day shift and a night shift.
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Under the CDM Regs 2015, the thresholds for a project being notifiable to the Health & Safety Executive (using the F10 form) are the following:
Letting a contract begins with the letter of acceptance from the Client through the Contract Administrator after assessing the valid tenderers.
Contract documents in construction provide the backbone for a successfully delivered project. The more detailed they are, the better everything progresses and issues can easily be sorted between all parties involved, especially in the case of dispute resolution.
Under the CDM Regs 2015, the main duty holders on a project are: Client, Designer, Principal Designer, Principal Contractor, Contractor(s), Workers.
Contract supervision can be a Landscape Architect’s responsibility, only if he’s appointed to be the Contract Administrator. A Landscape Architect’s…
Each form of contract might describe the contents of the agreement in a slightly different way, but the main subjects…
A Letter of Intent (LOI) in construction is a document that outlines the general terms and conditions of a proposed…
The Contractors Health and Safety Assessment Scheme (CHAS) is a pre-approval scheme, which allows contractors to demonstrate to potential clients…
The way that contractors usually get paid for their completed work, is determined by the size of the job and the contract agreement.
If the quality of the end result is not the driving factor and there is limited time to implement the…
The traditional method of procurement, also known as the “design-bid-build” method, is characterized by a sequential and linear process where the design of the project is completed before the construction is bid out and awarded to a contractor.
Entering collateral warranties increases the Landscape Architect’s liabilities and one would prefer not to enter into such an additional risk without thoroughly weighing the benefits against the potential risks.
If a Client requests from you to agree to a collateral warranty, you should first contact your Insurance Company and let them know of the situation.