You are still working with UCB Construction Limited {UCBCL} and have been appointed as the head of the contract management division of the company. The project team on the Edghaston project in Birmingham [student accommodation project for Birmingham City University] are facing several challenges and your director fears the project is likely to delay, go over budget or nish with poor quality of work. A. After completing the BNY'r'iE? module, you know that standard forms of contracts used in the construction industry focus on three key requirements of project success (time. cost. and quality] and the success of the project demands efcient administration of the contract. Using contractual clauses, case lawI and academic references. write a critical report examining the approaches taken by two different forms {families} of contract in administrating one of the trey areas in contract administration. You can pick any of the areas listed below: Tim a Boat Quality - Your analysis should be based on any two of the three contract families below: . JCT Contracts [any option] . NEG Contracts {any optio n] . Flair; contracts {any option] As pan of your report, identify the main duty holders in your chosen sectionr the key requirements, the consequences of noncompliance and its likely impact on the success of the project You are required to malte recommendations for ensuring the success of your company's current project given in the scenario. Ei. Using the valuation information provided, complete the interim valuation for month 5 of the project as the amount due for payment to UCECL [the contractor}. Provide a short write up {not more than 1 page] explaining how you arrived at the payment due [with reference to appropriate contract clauses}. This should include all the reasonable assumptions you made in arriving at the payment amount. G. Several client and contractor issues have led to delays on the project {See the Project update on Moodle}. Write a short report discussing one delay analysis method that can be adopted to determine the net delay on the projecL You need to justify why this method is most appropriate for this project. Ei. Your company is currently in disputes with the client team over the extension of time required due to a number of concurrent issues that have led to delay of the project Your director knows that issues of such nature can have negative consequences for both parties and prefers to resolve the issue using a mechanism alternative to litigation. Gritically appraise aitemative methods for resolving construction disputes and recommend an aitemative form of dispute resolution (ADE) to your director as a more appropriate way to resolve the dispute. I r |