A dispute over payment is an issue that might arise in situations where clear records of payments have not been maintained.
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section 4D
Dispute resolution is the process through which parties involved in a contract, seek a solution on a claim that one party has made against the other.
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For the client to terminate the contract, there needs to be a breach of contract from the Contractor’s side which could be based on any of the following:
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Contract termination is a process that needs to be used as a very last result and after careful consideration of what constitutes a valid basis for it.
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Valuation is the process during the construction phase that the Contract Administrator is checking the works progress and verifies it before issuing a payment certificate (Interim/Final) to the Client.
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A valuation is the process in which the completion of a certain amount of works carried out by the Contractor, is verified by the Contract Administrator prior to requesting a payment from the Client.
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A Contractor is paid on the basis of the initial agreement with the Client in terms of payment frequency, depending on the size of the project.
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When a client is constantly adding more work than was originally agreed, you might find yourself in a situation called ‘Scope Creep’.
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Site vandalism is not uncommon and the responsibility for preventing it depends on the stage that the project is at.
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In a scenario where the contractor hits a water main, one of the first actions taken to identify who’s fault it was would be to check if there is a drawing in place showing the services with relatively adequate precision.
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A Variation is only one of the various types of Instructions that the Contract Administrator has the power to request.
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A pay-less notice can follow an interim certificate to allow the client to pay the contractor less than the amount stated on the certificate.
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A Variation (sometimes referred to as a variation instruction, variation order or change order) is an alteration to the scope of works in a construction contract in the form of an addition, substitution or omission from the original scope of works.
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Contract termination can occur on the basis of any of the following instances: Performance/Completion, Breach of contract, Mutual / Prior agreement, Frustration / Rescission, Impossibility of Performance, Insolvency / Bankruptcy.
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