Question3

A contractor wasawarded a tender. The Public Sector Standard Conditions of Contract(PSSCOC)forconstructionworks(8^thEdition,2020)wasusedforthecontract.Thefollowingsituations occurred during the construction period. Discuss whether the contractor would beentitled to an extension oftime.

a) TheSuperintendingOfficer(SO)suspectedthatthequality ofconcretefortheconstructionoftenreinforcedconcrete(R.C.)columns didnotcomply withthecontract requirements.

(10marks)

b) An army helicopter crashed into the site and damaged a large part of the work.Theconstructionactivitieshadtobesuspendedfor20dayssothatasiteinvestigationcouldbeconducted.

(10marks.

c) A concrete supplier refused to supply ready-mix concrete to the site because theconcrete price between the contractor and the supplier was not finalized.This causedseveralstoppages tothe workanddelayedtheoverallcompletiondateforsixdays.

(10marks