{"id":4401,"date":"2017-06-04T12:00:47","date_gmt":"2017-06-04T11:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=4401"},"modified":"2017-06-11T16:22:52","modified_gmt":"2017-06-11T15:22:52","slug":"20-months-in-10-months-late","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshflattsfarm.org.uk\/wordpress\/?p=4401","title":{"rendered":"20 Months In, 10 Months Late"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t normally comment on the fact the build is still<\/strong> ongoing so long after it was meant to have been completed, but today is a notable date – the build started 20 months ago and the fixed-price, fixed duration contract specified that everything would be completed in 10 months.\u00a0I was always expecting it to take a bit<\/em> longer than 10 months – maybe 11 or 12, but not 20.<\/p>\n

The contract is a JCT\u00a0Building contract for a home owner\/occupier who has appointed a consultant to oversee the work (HO\/C)<\/a>\u00a0– my architect is acting as the “consultant” – which does not specify a particular penalty for late completion. (Other contracts specify that the contract sum shall be reduced by a particular amount for every week that completion is delayed., which on reflection sounds like a good idea.) Basically all it says is that the build must be completed on time, though the contractor is permitted to make a case to the consultant for delays beyond his control.<\/p>\n

There’s been no particular reason for the delay – the weather wasn’t particularly bad, there were no catastrophically-long lead-times on any of the components. Effectively the contractor just under-estimated how long it would take – and then chose not to react by bringing in addition personnel to get back on schedule.<\/p>\n

What has become evident is that putting pressure on the contractor to finish quickly is counter-productive in terms of build quality, which is ultimately more important than finishing a few weeks sooner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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