Project Stages

Other examples of advice given to the client during the course of the works are:

• Selecting materials, fixtures and fittings
• Technical information
• The contractors programme from start to completion
• Costings prepared by the contractor for extra items and variations
• Progress of the works
• Quality of the workmanship

Usually brief minutes of site meetings are issued with instructions to the contractor which may alter the specification or overall value of the works.

Another important area involves progress payments to be made to the contractor during the course of the works. Invoices are submitted to the Surveyor for approval before certificates are issued by him for payment by the client. A list will be prepared showing how variations and extra items may change the overall value of the works and this will normally be issued with the certificates.

Once the project is complete, a Practical Completion Certificate will be issued and this will be followed by a Defects Liability Period of 3 or 6 months. After this has elapsed, an inspection will be made and the contractor advised of any defects to be made good before a modest retention sum is released.

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Project Stages

Stage 1: Design

Stage 2: Planning Permission

Stage 3: Construction Drawings

Stage 4: Specification

Stage 5: Quotations

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