4.1.1.

Contract programme

The Tender Programme shall be updated to include any modifications

negotiated and agreed during the period up to award of contract and shall have
the detail further expanded and developed prior to being submitted for approval
by the Engineer/Owner (SEC) within 30 days of the Letter of Acceptance. The
programme shall be of at least level 2 detail, resourced and capable of producing
manning histograms for each phase of the works, covering design, procurement,
manufacture, construction, erection and commissioning. Activities of over eight
weeks duration are unacceptable and shall be broken down in detail to
acceptable sub-tasks. Following approval by the Engineer/Owner (SEC), this
programme shall become the contract programme, and following the creation of
a baseline, shall be used as the basis for measuring and reporting progress
throughout the project timescale.
The approved contract programme shall be adhered to by Contractor C
and shall not be changed, except as agreed by the Engineer/Owner (SEC). If, at
any time during the performance of the contract, Contractor C has failed or is
seen to be failing to perform the works in accordance with the contract
programme, then the Engineer/Owner (SEC) may direct Contractor C in writing
to allocate additional resources or accelerate the works at Contractor Cs cost. If
Contractor C continues to fail to meet the requirements of the contract
programme, the Owner (SEC) may withhold the staged payments until progress
on site is back in line with the contract programme.
Contractor C shall be instructed to maintain his programme to reflect
the current status of progress and to issue the required updated bar charts and
associated reports etc, S curves and histograms with each monthly progress
report.
S curves shall be directly produced from the contract programme and
be based on appropriate quantitative information. This may include, but not be
limited to:
a.

Number of design documents

b.

Quantity of procurement components

c.

Proportion of contract price for each plant area or construction

activity

d.

Metres of pipework erected

e.

Metres of cables installed

f.

Number of cable terminations completed

g.

Commissioning packages.

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4.1.1.3

Design schedule

The Contract Programme shall incorporate design activities that identify

the sequence of work for the project and the submission of drawings, studies and
reports etc. The Design Schedule shall be electronically extracted from the
Contract Programme and shall contain all major documents and drawings to be
submitted for review by the Engineer/Owner (SEC), their submission dates and
durations for review as specified by the Engineer/Owner (SEC), and shall meet
the requirements of Contractor C and other contractors engaged on the project.
4.1.1.4

Procurement and manufacturing schedule

The Contract Programme shall incorporate

Manufacturing Schedule, which identifies as a minimum:

Procurement

and

a.

Details of suborders and target dates for placing subcontracts

b.

Any detailed design required within the manufacturing period

c.

Long delivery items.

d.

Information to be supplied by the Engineer/Owner (SEC)

submission dates.

The Procurement and Manufacturing Schedule shall be electronically

extracted from the Contract Programme and shall be in sufficient detail to enable
the work to be adequately progressed.
This schedule shall meet the
requirements of Contractor C and other contractors engaged on the project.
4.1.1.5

Preliminary construction schedule

The Contract Programme shall incorporate a preliminary construction

schedule, which should identify in sufficient detail Contractor Cs intended
construction strategy. The programme shall satisfy the following criteria:
a.

Contain full details of all civil/mechanical/electrical terminal point

release requirements.

b.

Identify when services are required for commissioning purposes.

c.

Include an outline setting to work and commissioning schedule.

The Preliminary Construction Schedule shall be electronically extracted

from the Contract Programme.
4.1.1.6

Construction schedule

Within 90 days of Contract Award, the Contract Programme shall

incorporate a detailed level 3 Construction Schedule, expanding the detail in the
Preliminary Construction Schedule and be electronically extracted from the
Contract Programme. In addition to the detail outlined in 4.1.1.5, this schedule
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shall be in sufficient detail as agreed by the Engineer/Owner (SEC), to enable the

work to be adequately progressed and monitored. This to include long duration
activities of over 30 days to be broken down into sub-tasks of no more than
30 days duration. This schedule shall meet the requirements of Contractor C and
other contractors engaged on the project.
4.1.1.7

Commissioning schedule

During the progress of the works, Contractor C shall develop the

outline setting to work and commissioning schedule into a detailed level 3
Commissioning Schedule, in sufficient detail to enable the work to be adequately
progressed. Activities of over two weeks duration are unacceptable and shall be
broken down into acceptable sub-tasks. This schedule shall be electronically
extracted from the Contract Programme and submitted to the Engineer/Owner
(SEC) for approval 3 months prior to the start of any commissioning activities
and shall be approved not later than 1 months before the start of any
commissioning activities.
This schedule shall meet the requirements of
Contractor C and other contractors engaged on the project, and shall be
integrated with the contract programme.

4.1.2

Progress reporting

Monthly progress reports shall be produced by Contractor C and

submitted to the Engineer/Owner (SEC) from the commencement of the
Contract. The format is to be approved by the Engineer/Owner (SEC). They
shall be submitted within one week of the report cut-off date to be agreed during
negotiations. The report shall address design, procurement, manufacturing,
construction, setting to work and commissioning issues. The reports shall
include but not be limited to the following:
a.

Executive summary.

b.

Schedule of forecast and actual key events.

c.

Three month look-ahead

Contract Programme).

d.

Progress to date in narrative format.

e.

Areas of concern and details of corrective action being taken.

f.

Actual resources against planned.

g.

Updated S curve.

h.

Contract programme updated to show progress achieved.

Programme progress updates shall also be provided in the form
of a fully working Primavera electronic file, which will allow

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analysis by the Engineer/Owner (SEC).

file are not acceptable.

Electronic print or plot

i.

Planning and consents.

j.

Safety issues and industrial relations.

k.

Colour photographs of progress in digital format. Each set shall

comprise a total of 20 colour photographs, individually marked
with the date taken, a description of the subject and the
direction of view.

l.

Contract financial status.

Contractor C may be required to include additional schedules and

charts considered necessary by the Engineer/Owner (SEC) to adequately monitor
the Contract.
Hard copies of progress reports are to be issued to the Engineer and
Owner (SEC) in accordance with Schedule EE. An electronic copy shall also be
submitted to both the Engineer and the Owner (SEC).
Following mobilization at site, Contractor Cs site office shall submit
weekly progress reports to the Engineer/Owner (SEC) in accordance with
Schedule EE. The report shall summarize site activities, indicate numbers of the
various classes of workmen employed on site, the plant and equipment on site
and record any areas of concern and details of corrective action being taken.
Daily activity reports shall also be provided summarizing the main activities to be
undertaken each day, noting any special activities that require witnessing,
together with full particulars and details of all obstructions, modified or additional
work, incidents and the number of men employed in each of the several portions
of the work in progress, in accordance with Schedule EE.
Access to Contractor Cs or subcontractors works shall be granted to
the Engineer/Owner (SEC) at any reasonable time for the purposes of
ascertaining progress. The Engineer/Owner (SEC) shall also have access to
Contractor Cs daily activity reports.
The Engineer/Owner (SEC) may request Contractor C to provide
additional reports when in his opinion they are warranted.
Where there is an agreement to pay by time and material rates,
Contractor C shall keep records of labour, materials and equipment. Such
records shall be valid only when signed by both parties.
For work of a disputed or uncertain nature, sheets shall be signed by
both parties as an agreed record of work done. The sheets shall be annotated

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