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1. He must study the plans and specifications before handling the first jobsite
meeting to see to it if there are discrepancy and if any he must discuss and
resolved with the concerned contractor during the meeting.
2. He must welcome any suggestion from the contractor if he knows it will help
the project.
3. He must request the presence of the owner or its representative to have
continuous communication and immediate decision on problems encountered
at the jobsite.
4. He must see to it that all personnel attending the meeting can decide in behalf
of the office he is representing.
5. He must have equal treatment with all the parties concerned.
1. In this case, the Consultant’s Office or its Supervising Engineer must be strict
on all items / materials used at the jobsite.
2. Check the PERT-CPM (Baseline Schedule) or bar chart with the presence of
the owner and compare it with the actual accomplishment.
3. Study / check the progress billing carefully before approving it to give the
owner the necessary protection in case the contractor will abandon the
project.
4. Advice the owner in advance if you think the contractor is not capable of
completing the project.
5. Make sure that you are ready to maneuver the project in case the contractor
abandoned the project.
B. A Project wherein the contractor rely on the Foreman instead of the Project
Engineer.
Many contractors are used to this practice nowadays especially when the
Engineer in charge are fresh graduate or with limited experience, but if this case arises,
the Supervising Engineer must take into consideration the technical knowledge of the
Project Engineer regarding the characteristic of the structure which the foreman doesn’t
know.
There are several steps in which the Supervising Engineer may handle the
situation and make use of the Engineer in charge.
The Supervising Engineer shall conduct and maintain relations with the
contractor and/or supplier in a friendly, courteous, cooperative and business like manner so
that the work can be completed in the best possible manner at a minimum cost to the
contractor and/or supplier in accordance with the building plans and specifications.
1. Consultant / Supervising Engineer should make it a point to discuss during the 1st
day of the jobsite meeting regarding the office standard on its workmanship
requirements.
2. The contractor must submit a sample of any architectural finishes to Consultant
for approval before proceeding with the work.
3. Any workmanship which do not meet the office standard will be rejected and have
it retouched / replaced by the contractor concerned.
4. For new contractors, the Consultant’s representative must brief the contractors
on the system which must be adopted during the construction period.
5. All instructions given to the contractor must be accompanied by sketch / detailed
plan for proper implementation.
6. Consultant / Supervising Engineer must recommend a good / capable sub-
contractor to the owner / general contractor.
7. In case the owner / general contractor have its sub-contractor, Consultant’s
Office must screen the said sub-contractor and advised the owner / general
contractor if he is capable of the job.
1. Layout
2. Pouring Requirements
a. Inform the Consultant 2 days before pouring for inspection with the
corresponding pouring request.
1. Before placing concrete, all equipments for mixing and transporting the
concrete shall be clean.
2. Debris and ice should be removed from the spaces to be occupied by the
concrete.
3. Forms shall be thoroughly wetted or oil.
4. Masonry filler units that will be in contact with concrete shall be well
drenched.
5. Reinforcement shall be thoroughly clean of ice or other deleterious coating.
6. Water shall be removed from the place of deposit before concrete is placed
unless a tremie is to be used or permitted by the inspector.
7. All laitance and other unsound materials shall be removed from hardened
concrete before additional concrete is added.
d. Mixing of Concrete
e. Conveying
1. Concrete shall be conveyed from the mixer to the place of final deposit by
methods which will prevent the separation or lost of materials/ aggregates.
2. Equipment for pumping and pneumatically conveying concrete shall be of
such size and design as to insure a practically continuous flow of concrete
at the delivery and without separation of materials.
f. Depositing
g. Curing
Details of Reinforcement:
A. Cleaning of Reinforcement
1. Metal reinforcement at the time the concrete is placed shall be free from
loose flaky rust, mud, oil or other coating that will destroy or reduced the
bond.
B. Placing of Reinforcement
1. The clear distance between parallel bars (except in columns and between
multiple layers of bars in beams) shall be not less than the nominal
diameter of the bars, 1/3 times the maximum size of the coarse
aggregates or 1 inch.
2. Where reinforcement in beams or girders is placed in two or more layers,
the clear distance between layers shall be not less than 1 inch, and the
bars in the upper layers shall be placed directly above those in the bottom
layers.
3. In walls and slabs other than concrete joists construction, the principal
reinforcement shall be centered not less than 1 ½ times the bar diameter,
1 ½ times the maximum size of the coarse aggregates nor 1 ½ inches.
4. The clear distance between bars shall also apply to the clear distance
between a contact splice and adjacent splice or bars.
a. Check with the contractor the approved shop drawing duly signed by the
structural engineer.
b. Based on the shop drawing, check the following:
6. Plumbing
a. Check all service entrances
b. Conduct water test on all water and sewer lines. Water lines must be
subjected with 100 psi pressure and sewer line with 30 psi pressure.
7. Electrical
Verify approved drawing from Etisalat / Du and DEWA before any
installation be done especially entrance lines, LV Room, handholes, etc.
C. Formworks
1. Design of Formworks
a. Forms shall conform to the shape, lines and dimensions of the members
and shall be substantial and sufficiently tight to prevent leakage of
mortar. They shall be properly braced and tied.
2. Removal of Forms
Acceptance of the work and final payment to the contractor must proceed in
accordance with the terms of the construction contract documents. Although the
methods may vary, they basically begin with a request from the contractor to make a
final inspection of the work. First, establish those areas still requiring correction or
other remedial work, and final inspection will be a check off to assure that all work is
substantially complete and that all corrections have been made.
The snag list is usually prepared near the end of the project showing all items
requiring completion or correction. Before final acceptance of the work, all
workmanship must meet specific standards, all works must be installed and all
equipments must be tested and operational. Often, final payment to the contractor is
held for 30 to 60 days after completion and is not released until correction of all
remaining deficiencies or depends on the contract agreement which is stipulated in
the terms of payment.
WARRANTY PERIOD
CONTRACT TIME
CLEAN UP
In addition to the requirement the contractor should keep the jobsite clean
during the progress of work, he is similarly obligated to thoroughly clean up the
construction site at the end of the job before the work can be accepted. This includes
the removal of temporary utilities, temporary field offices, surplus materials, street
cleaning, etc.
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The contractor is obliged to clean the site of his own operations as well as all
area under the control of the owner that may have been used by the contractor in
connection with the work on the project.
Final acceptance of the work should be withheld until the contractor has
satisfactorily complied with all the requirements for final clean up of the project site.
A summary of the principal close out activity for a medium to large size project
is shown in the following list:
1. Receive notification from the contractor that he has substantially completed the
work and is ready for a walk through inspection.
3. Schedule and conduct an inspection of all items on the checklist. The inspection’s
party should include representative of the contractor, the consultant’s office,
mechanical and electrical subcontractors, the resident project representative and
the owner. Notes should be made by the inspector of all corrective, remedial or
extra works required to meet acceptance standard and this data should be used
to develop snag list.
4. Using the preliminary snag list, conduct a final inspection of all work on the
project approximately one week after closing date. All items indicated requiring
correction on the preliminary snag list should be re-inspected and all tests that
were originally unsatisfactory should be conducted again. Test should include
run-up of motors, pumps, air conditioning system, fire protection system,
communication system and similar installed work but should include the testing of
fail-safe devices, switches, all lock sets operated and any other moving parts
operated to assure that they will function properly before acceptance of work.
5. All contractors should submit “as built plans” to locate change order/additional
work made by them.
6. After the project is completed, he should continue to make periodic inspection for
determination of any flaws which should be remedied during the contractor’s
guarantee period.
8. If all work has been completed and all snag list items satisfactorily
accomplished, a Certificate of Completion should be prepared. The Consultant /
Supervising Engineer in charge executed the release of Final Certificate of
Payment after he has determined to the best of his knowledge, information and
belief based on his observations at the project site that the work is complete and
the quality of work appears to conform to the owner / contractor contract
documents and the quality of work required by the owner / consultant.