From a contractual point of view, your Contract will probably require that the Contractor “update” his progress on a monthly basis to properly reflect the progress on site and/or the impact of any Change/Variation Orders.
The Contract is unlikely to set out the nature of the update; nor is it likely to be specific as to what detailed changes are to be applied to the schedule. Therefore, I think that – from a contractual perspective – you will have free hand to do what in your opinion will reflect a proper reflection of the updated progress.
If the schedule has become so distorted, however, that you need to change your logic and sequence of activities and not merely extend the activity durations, then so be it! You should change the links and relationships as far as you like (provided it still makes sense, of course), provided that the update does properly reflect the progress.
Your contractual obligation is to provide an update to accurately reflect the true progress at a point in time; how you do that is up to you! (unless of course your capricious PM has other ideas!!)
And as Erik correctly says, always keep a log/record of your changes!!
I believe that you can change you’re logic in your update, to suit your lookaheads etc. You just need to make notes on the major items, where there has been a change in sequence etc.
When a claim arises, you revert back to the baseline schedule and incorporate your major logic changes and delays.
Remember to always keep your logs/ Note fields updated.
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21 years 4 monthsRE: Contractual Position of Updating a Programme
From a contractual point of view, your Contract will probably require that the Contractor “update” his progress on a monthly basis to properly reflect the progress on site and/or the impact of any Change/Variation Orders.
The Contract is unlikely to set out the nature of the update; nor is it likely to be specific as to what detailed changes are to be applied to the schedule. Therefore, I think that – from a contractual perspective – you will have free hand to do what in your opinion will reflect a proper reflection of the updated progress.
If the schedule has become so distorted, however, that you need to change your logic and sequence of activities and not merely extend the activity durations, then so be it! You should change the links and relationships as far as you like (provided it still makes sense, of course), provided that the update does properly reflect the progress.
Your contractual obligation is to provide an update to accurately reflect the true progress at a point in time; how you do that is up to you! (unless of course your capricious PM has other ideas!!)
And as Erik correctly says, always keep a log/record of your changes!!
Hope this helps,
Stuart
www.rosmartin.com
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22 years 6 monthsRE: Contractual Position of Updating a Programme
Hi Razi,
I believe that you can change you’re logic in your update, to suit your lookaheads etc. You just need to make notes on the major items, where there has been a change in sequence etc.
When a claim arises, you revert back to the baseline schedule and incorporate your major logic changes and delays.
Remember to always keep your logs/ Note fields updated.
Regards,
Erik Jonker