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IF I DO NOT HAVE A MAIN CONTRACTOR (CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT ROUTE)
AM I RESPONSIBLE FOR PRACTICAL COMPLETION OR IS THE RESPONSIBILITY

SPREAD ACROSS THE SUBCONTRACTORS THAT I EMPLOY?

Where the construction management route is employed for the project, the Construction
Manager should manage the practical completion process. This may be a Construction
Management Consultancy, or a Main Contractor employed on a Construction
Management basis.

Each individual trade contractor will need to confirm back to the Construction manager
when their section of the works are” complete”. From this, the construction manager
will then issue a certificate of practical completion and accompanying payment notice to
each of the trade contractors as and when required.

Once all subcontractors have completed their works, the project will be “practically
complete” and it is the Construction Manager’s responsibility to arrange for final
inspection from building control (or approved inspector) and for the building
regulations compliance certificate.

DO I MONITOR PRACTICAL COMPLETION THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT AND WHAT
DO I NEED TO RECORD IN ORDER TO DO SO?

During a project, progress against the anticipated completion date can and should be
monitored. The Contractor may be requested or obliged to submit master programmes
at regular intervals within the construction periods, showing items of work both on and
off critical paths. Delay to Practical Completion will only result as a delay to items of
work that are on the Critical Path.

The Contractor might monitor progress by “marking-up”, at monthly intervals, the site
copy of the master programmes to indicate the actual progress of all activities shown
thereon. If any circumstances arise that may affect the progress of Works, the
Contractor shall put forward proposals or take other action as appropriate to minimise

any delay and to recover any lost time. This may be accompanied by marked up drawings
and photo evidence. That said, the Employer and Contractors QS will also review the
programme on a regular basis as part of the Application for Payment Cycle.