Construction Management 7

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1.-Discuss the importance of considering contractor's safety record during the per-qualification phase?

Risk management is an especially important aspect for a project to be successful. Usually when hiring someone or taking on a job you want to make sure that you have a good idea of the character of the other parties involved in the contract.

Keeping safety records and providing those at a prequalification stage is important because that way the owner can have a better idea of how safe the GC is and how the GC complies with all safety regulations and laws.

2.-What is the purpose of a formal contract close-out?

 It is important because in most cases this phase can either make or break a company. If the project is done the close-out is quite simple but detailed procedure. In synthesis, this procedure is to make sure that all the parties involved in the project have fulfilled their contractual responsibilities, and to assess the success of the project and lessons learned for future projects.

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1. Discuss the importance of considering contractor's safety record during the pre-qualification phase?

Besides business competency and price, the general contractor uses trade competency as criteria to select the qualified subcontractor for the job. Trade competency includes experience, quality, and safety record, to name a few, as part of the selection considerations.

Subcontractors’ injury statistics can help not only the general contractor but also the owner, being that the construction industry is one of the most dangerous trades it is important that everyone in the team understand the safety standards needed to avoid injuries on site.

Another important reason is also monetary, since the workers compensation premiums could increase if safety records are not good.

2. What is the purpose of a formal contract close-out?

It stablishes that each party has fully fulfilled its contract obligation to one another. The general contractor shows that they delivered the project successfully and the owner accepts it, final payment can be issue, and all documentation has been recorded.

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1. Discuss the importance of considering contractor's safety record during the pre-qualification phase?

I think that the presence of a strong safety culture, a strong safety management program will be reflective of the quality of product delivered in the end. I believe people will work harder with a higher degree of quality when they feel that their interests of going home at the end of the day how they came into start is present. It rolls downhill when the company or organization does not care, the individual will not care as many corners will be cut. Construction is a dangerous line of work, in the industrial/refining facility environment the margin of error is small, and results can be catastrophic. Due to that nature- if strong safety management program is not in place, safe work practices not emphasized,  accidents are prone, a safety related incident could have a catastrophic failure result. 

2. What is the purpose of a formal contract close-out?

This designates formal completion and no further activity on the contract document. The approach is like a checklist verify all work, deliverables, documentation has been completed and final invoices have been paid. Once the contract has been closed out and archived, should not be re-opened. In the event there is additional work which comes up after the order is closed, should be treated like a new item and issued as its own individual contract. 

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1. Discuss the importance of considering contractor's safety record during the pre-qualification phase?

It is particularly important to consider a contractors safety record because it can help determine the amount of risk the bidding contractor will pose on the project. Framers are already a high-risk trade so they are definitely a trade a GC will want to review their safety record and take that into consideration when awarding a contract. This is a scope that GC's shouldn't just look at the price because the lowest bidder can also have the worst safety record out of all of the bidders and bring the most risk to a project.

2. What is the purpose of a formal contract close-out?

The purpose of a formal contract closeout is to officially move responsibility of the project from the general contractor to the owner. There are requirements the general contractor must follow in the contract regarding the contract to make it legally binding as to what the owner will need to successfully manage the project deliverable. It also helps the general contractor be free of certain liabilities once the owner has full responsibility.

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