Managing, Monitoring, Evaluating and Reporting Design Deliverables on Capital Projects

As a general rule, every capital project needs to be designed before it is constructed. During the project design phase, many deliverables will be produced including drawings, specifications, bill of quantities, contract agreements, building permits, and public authorities’ approval among others. Those deliverables for which many could be subject to Read more…

Using Design Coordination Checklists to Ensure Integration of Design Solution in Capital Projects

Design coordination is a broad term describing the integration of designs prepared by different members of the project design team to create a single, unified set of information that can be constructed without clashing components. Effective design coordination can help to reduce costs, delays, and disruptions that can be caused Read more…

Capturing Supervision Consultant Overtime Charges for Supervising Contractor’s Activities in Construction Projects

One of the common items in interim payment applications for construction contracts is the deductions for the engineering consultant team for the overtime and weekend hours spent in supervising construction activities that the contractor needs to carry out during those hours. The contractor would formally request the same before the Read more…