After Bids: Contract Administration at the Start of Construction

Thecontract documents提供什么都要在此期间发生的一个很好的说明。具体步骤和文件里的描述工程师联合合同文件委员会(EJCDC's) General Conditions of the Construction Contract and in related documents. My experience is that these steps are often ignored, especially on smaller projects. This is unfortunate, for all projects can benefit from rigorous attention to these matters.

Construction Start Date

出价被接收在固定日期，但施工开始往往是一个移动的目标。在合同签订的日期是不开工日期。因此，一般条件定义了开工日期：

• 该协议（即当所有当事方签署协议）生效后30天;
• or on a date stated in a Notice To Proceed (if one is issued), which must be not later than 30 days after the effective date of the Agreement;
• 但不迟于收到报价后60天r 30 days after the effective date of the Agreement, whichever is earlier.

This is important for the contractor’s planning, to know the range of time when the contract clock will begin ticking.

承包商的早期提交资料

Also during the preconstruction time, typically within 10 days of the Agreement signing, the contractor must submit to the design professional certain documents for review and approval. These are as follow:

• 初步进度计划，
• 送审的初步日程安排，
• 值的初步时间表（即该项目为工作的项目和数量，在其付费应用程序将根据承办的故障）。

These three schedules are important for all three parties to the construction contract, yet I find that they are often ignored, especially on smaller projects. The EJCDC has found that proper attention to these matters is an important start to the construction contract.

Preconstruction Conference

前不久施工开始，施工前一个会议正常召开。这是审查承包商的初步送审，并解释任何必要的修订，这些送审，建立通信线路时，解释如何shop drawingswill be handled, discuss progress payments, iron out any uncertainties about work scope or intent of the drawings and specifications, verify how testing will be called for and performed, and many other items. These are all described in the contract documents, but an airing of them at this time can forestall future problems.

投标和施工之间的时间是一个繁忙的时间。合同文件表明什么，各方都应该在这段时间做的事情。即使在一个小项目，而无需使用EJCDC文件的完成，他们的需求可以帮助项目向前推进。