primary concern of contractors
1. What is the primary concern of contractors when contract
provisions address the issue of the ownership of float?
2. What defines the start date and what defines the finish date
of a contract, with the bracketed time being the project
duration?
3. How can it be argued that the inclusion of a liquidated
damages provision for late completion of a project
simplifies matters for the contracting parties?
4. To the contractor, what is the significance of the difference
between an avoidable delay and an unavoidable delay?
5. What types of projects tend to be scheduled in terms of
working days? Why?
6. In terms of counting days, which type of measure
presents the greatest potential for conflict, working days
or calendar days?
7. What kinds of controls have owners included in their
construction contracts to ensure the receipt of realistic
schedules of values or schedules of payments from their
contractors?
8. What distinguishes the last periodic payment from the final
payment made to the contractor on most construction
projects?
9. What are the primary grounds on which the contractor
can typically terminate the contract?
10. How are owners often assured of receiving realistic
schedules from the contractors?
