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Part 13: Suspension of Work

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13.1 GENERAL ...................................................................................................... 2
13.1.1 Suspension of Work 2

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QCS 2014 Section 02: Quality Assurance and Quality Control Page 2
Part 13: Suspension of Work
13 SUSPENSION OF WORK
13.1 GENERAL

13.1.1 Suspension of Work

1 The Contractor may be issued with stop work instructions from the Engineer for any observed
cases of serious or imminent Quality violation associated with the Work. On receipt of a stop
work instruction the Contractor shall refrain from work until such time as remedial action has
been taken to alleviate the serious or imminent quality violation and necessary measure put
in place to prevent its reoccurrence. The Contractor shall be responsible for the delay
caused due to this stop work instruction and is not entitled to claim extension of time.

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2 It is the Contractor own responsibility to stop work if any unknown or unplanned conditions

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occur that give rise to serious or imminent quality violations. In such circumstances the

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Contractor shall assess the risks associated with any remedial work required and revise the
method statements. The revised method statement shall be reviewed and approved by the

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Contractors Quality Manager as appropriate. Revised method statements shall be approved

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by the Engineer before the recommencement of Work.

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The Contractor shall document Quality violations as per Part 9.
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4 Notwithstanding Part 13.1.1 (1) and (2) Supervision of work shall be in line with the Contract
requirements.
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