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e. House No. 44 - blockwork completed to ground fl oor. First-fl oor
precast concrete fl ooring beams due for delivery and placement
on 1 February 2010.

f. House No. 46 - precast concrete fl ooring complete, blockwork

to fi rst-fl oor external walls and partitions was due to start on 1
February 2010.

The Engineer's Response

1.The Engineer concurs with the progress recorded
by the Contractor.

The Contractor ' s Claim

1. Progress to the affected dwellings was dependent on the delivery of
ready-mixed concrete, concrete blocks, cement, sand, precast con-
crete fl ooring beams and other materials to the working areas. No
other access route for such vehicles was available due to other
activities and completed construction works in this area of the site.
The effect of the excavation of the road crossing by the infrastruc-
ture contractor was to prevent such deliveries from being made
between the dates of 1 and 9 February 2010 and, consequently, to
suspend the construction activities until 10 February 2010, the day
after the access was reinstated on 9 February 2010. The Daily Site
Report of 9 February 2010 and the photographs included in Appendix
C [of the Contractor's claim] record the progress of
the affected dwellings at the time when the road crossing was rein-
stated and the works were able to recommence as normal.

The Engineer's Response
1. As stated previously, the Engineer considers
that adequate notice was given to the
Contractor that the road crossing would affect
the access to the dwellings in question
between the dates of 1 and 3 February 2010.
Consequently, the Contractor should have made
arrangements to ensure that suffi cient materi-
als were delivered to the work area to ensure
that work could continue for the 3 days in
question, plus a reasonable contingency
against delays by the infrastructure contrac-
tor. The Engineer considers that contingency
measures to allow for one additional day in
this respect would have been reasonable.
2. The Contractor has made extensive use of con-
crete pumps on the project and the Engineer