CIVL202 Construction Engineering I Tutorial 3 T1Mon11:00 – 11:50 T2Wed09:00 – 09:50

Tutorial Outlines Performance Bond Payment Bond Cost and Requirement for Bonds Acceptance Period Award of Contract Contract Agreement Time extensions Rework Change Orders

Performance Bond Definition: A bond that protect the owner against default on the part of the contractor in performing the project as required Issued after award of contract Issued to pay for the damage to the owner Damage: time or money

Payment Bond Definition: protects the owner against any unpaid charges as a result of contractor’s default Issued after award of contract Issued as a kind of short-term financing for a contractor with financial difficulties

Cost and Requirement for Bonds Bonding capacity Definition: The amount that a bonding or surety company is prepared to put at risk in the bonds that it writes for the construction professional. Multiple of the net quick asset Usually, the more reliable the contractor, the greater value the multiple is

Acceptance Period Objective: to protect the bidders Prior to bid opening, bidders can withdraw without any penalties, but bidders cannot withdraw after bid opening After bid opening, there is an acceptance period of days If the owner do not act within the acceptance period, the bidder can withdraw and adjust the bids

Award of Contract Notification of award Time extensions Damage for failure to complete the project on time Duration If there are barriers to restrict the entry of construction site, letter of intent will be sent

Contract Agreement Formalized to sign a contract agreement Covers drawings, general conditions, supplementary conditions, technical specifications, addenda

Time Extension Claims for delays led by circumstances beyond contractor’s control, e.g. by owner, owner’s agent, acts of God Large percentage of delays are related to design-related problems

Rework Definition: Carry out the same job more than one time Can be caused by: site activities, ineffectiveness of prior project phase

Change Orders Changes during construction lead to alteration of original contract document Can be caused by poorly scoped or prepared contract document or changed conditions of the project Changed conditions: e.g. undetected subsurface conditions or any other conditions which are not detected during design phase