FIDIC Contract Manager CCM Question # 29 Topic 3 Discussion

You compliment the supervisor for their swift and decisive action. However, the Works should advance as soon as possible. You ask the supervisor to excavate the box further, and place it in the back of your truck. You promise the supervisor you will drive the box yourself to the University in the city nearby, because it is very important to preserve found treasures like this. The Contractor is not entitled to an extension of time, as no del

You thank the supervisor for their action. You make sure the Site is secured and ask the Contractor to make an improvised barrier around the Site. You ask the Contractor to appoint its most trustworthy guards to set a perimeter. You inform the Employer and local authorities and you ask the Contractor to send you a notice in writing whereby it requests for a Variation (as this is needed for you to instruct the Contractor), thereby already in

You inform the supervisor that given the sensitive nature of the findings, you need a formal and written notice as mentioned in Sub-Clause 4.24 second paragraph, otherwise you cannot give further instructions. You ask them to send it to you as soon as possible, because otherwise you are not able to entitle the Contractor to any extension of time and payment of costs.

You immediately take action and give the instruction to the supervisor to make sure to cover this finding and till the excavation with material. You then redesign and make a determination (Sub-Clause 3.5) on a change of the Works — if needed — to make sure the execution can restart within days because of the need to finish this project.