The Architect As Contract Administrator - Dilemma Over Time Extension
8 June 2013
Speaker: Ar. Thurai Das Thuraisingham
Venue: PAM Centre, Kuala Lumpur
This presentation, in the first part, reflects on the architect’s role as a contract administrator during the contract implementation phase of a building project. The architect’s duties and responsibilities during this phase is defined both by the Client/Architect Agreement and by the provisions in the building contract between the employer and the contractor. Under the terms and conditions of the PAM Standard Form (2006) of building contract, the architect as superintending officer carries out his professional duties, both as the employer’s agent and contract administrator. The latter role imposes on the architect an obligation, not only to exercise competent professional judgement, but also a duty to act fairly between the contracting parties. The second part of the presentation focuses on the dilemmatic time extension issue. It is imperative that the architect as contract administrator, exercises the authority to grant time extension, in a judicious manner. An understanding of work programmes and delay analysis in construction contracts would be beneficial to the Architect, in his assessment of the contractor’s time extension claim.
Contact: PAM Secretariat +603-26934182 / cpd@pam.org.my
2 LAM CPD points have been applied
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