We are issuing a deductive change order. And the contractor is not including the overhead and profit in the cost proposal.
Our argument is they should because in the contract, it reads the following:
"For Work to be deleted by Change Order, the reduction of the Contract Sum shall be computed...
We went back through the geotechnical reports and actually found that it indicated boulders and concrete in 1 of the reports. Sorry for this late information and not sure if it changes your opinion but appreciate any additional feedback.
And to clarify, they did not bring in new equipment...
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So far the contractor has spend 19 days working against 49 days estimated on the baseline schedule. The condition thus far is a lot easier than they had thought. I overheard them joking the soil is like "yogurt". So is it reasonable to take this into consideration.
I want to add some information. They did not add any additional crew or equipment except they brought in an auger designed to drill for rock to ream the hole. There is a note on the drawing which states they have to perform "soil investigation". To me, that is very vague and don't think we...
On the baseline schedule, the contractor put down 9 days drill and pull 1100 ft of pipe underground (horizontal directional pull). During the operation, they encountered rocks which slowed down their operation. The rocks were not on the geotechnical report so it is fair for the contractor to...
A contractor on my project was using horizontal drilling to pull a fusible pvc 20 ft deep in the ground. As they were pulling, drilling fluid came through the existing joints along an old trench. And supposedly, the ground heaved 1". My question is it possible for the ground to heave when the...
I have a project where the contractor is using Horizontal Driving to install fusible PVC in the ground. During the reaming operation, they were running into rock which damaged their drill bits. Now they are claiming cost for repair to their drill bits and delay in their operations. There was...
