You may be surprised in reading the title of this thread but this happens. It’s very difficult for owners to resist to the temptation of having the shortest duration of the project with the least expenses. However, some projects are unrealistically estimated by the Owner to complete for example imagine completing a 2 basements and 42 floors’ turnkey residential tower building’ project in 18 months (tested and commissioned). In the bidding stage, the Contractor has 2 options: to decline or to accept and if awarded, he will be obliged to be orientate on claims to get an extension of time at an earlier stage. Therefore, as the Contractor knows that he is late before he starts work,he will not put immediately extra resources unless he is really squeezed at the late stage. In the other hand, Contractor’s planner is forced to make an unrealistic preliminary planning to show the owner that the Contractor can finish on time, when he is quite sure that no way that his company will reach the contract completion date.
There will be a mistrust between Contractor and Owner and they are lieing to each other from the beginning.
Regards,
J. Daniel
There will be a mistrust between Contractor and Owner and they are lieing to each other from the beginning.
Regards,
J. Daniel