BCIT: Construction Operations Course:

BLDT $1031$

Site Process

Week $8$

Lab# $7($week $8)$

Name: $q,$

Read following "Real World Scenario" and fill blanks $(5$ marks$)$

Real World Scenario

Red Flagging Long $q,$ Items

There was a project where the architect had specified a special Italian marble tile for the lobby of a high$-$rise office building. Unfortunately, the estimator on the job was somewhat inexperienced and did not red flag the material for early purchase and instead waited to order the tile with all of the common or stock tiles being utilized. It turned out that that the $$ on the special marble tile was six months. There were only $90$ days left in the contract for completion. The contractor made an attempt to talk the owner into a marble tile that was readily obtainable. The owner would not budge. To avoid a delayed opening of the project and having to pay liquidated damages, the contractor ended up installing a stock marble tile in the lobby temporarily so the facility could open on time. When the specified Italian tile finally arrived $($approximately three months later$),$ the contractor had to remove the stock tile and install the correct tile, all done during evening hours, resulting in for the tile setters. The entire cost of installing the first tile and removing it was chalked up as a loss. $($You will learn much more about liquidated damages in Chapter $7,$ "Contract Administration."$)$

This scenario illustrates the importance of the handoff of the project from the estimator to the project manager. Although the estimator picked up the added cost for the Italian tile in the estimate, he did not red flag the material when he passed the project on to the project manager. The team did not pick it up$,$ and the mistake was very costly$-$not just in dollars but also in the loss of goodwill because of the irritation and disappointment experienced by the owner.

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BCIT BLDT $1031$ Week $8$

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