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Related articles Attendance. Building Information Modelling. Civil procedure rules. Collaborative Collaborative practic es. Common Arrangement of Work Sections (CAWS). Construction Construction progress progress meetings. Construction Construction progress progress reports. reports.

Preliminaries (or 'prelims') provide a description of a project that allows the contractor to assess

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c osts which, whilst they do not form a part of any of the package of works required by the c ontract, are required by the method and circumstan ces of the works. The future of green infrastructure The The Code of of Estimating Practice published by t he Chartered Chartered Institute of Building Bui lding describe describes s preliminaries as, '...the cost of administering a project and providing general plant, site staff, facilities, and site based services and other items not included in the rates.'

NBS suggest that 'The purpose of preliminaries is to describe the works as a whole, and to specify general conditions and requirements for their execution, including such things as subcontracting, approvals, testing and completion.'

Preliminaries and work sections together describe what is required to complete the works required by the contract. How can cities create the right conditions for Preliminaries should not be confused with 'preambles' which set out things such as tendering

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procedures, that will not affect the contractor's price.

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A general general s ummary. ummary. Method statements. Pre-construction information. information. Details of any alternative options to be put forward by tenderers. A description of any planning conditions or other conditions that may affect the work to be carried out by the contractor. A description of any outst anding anding s tatutory approvals approvals that may fall to the c ontractor to satisf y.

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Party wall requirements or other agreements with, or rights of, neighbours (such as rights to light). Any emergency services obligations. A description of the reporting information that the c ontractor will be required t o s ubmit (often on a monthly basis) describing construction progress (including a detailed critical path programme, key performance indicators and earned value analysis). NB See construction progress reports for more information. A description of the c ommissioning st rategy, separating s etting t o work and balancing tasks from independent verification by the consultant team. Relevant reports (such as soil reports). Perhaps an information release schedule. Quality management procedures. Labour relations. A declaration of non-collusion. Schedules of mock-ups, testing and samples required from the contractor. The method of sub-contracting. Requirements for insurance, performance bonds, warranties and product guarantees (for the contractor and sub-contractors). Requirements for the operating and maintenance manual (the client's facilities management team may wish to comment on this). Requirement for progress photos to be taken on site during construction and off-site during fabrication. Dates for partial possession. Collaborative practices. Building information modelling (BIM) requirement and protocols (including requirement for BIM in sub-contracts). Site waste management plan. Contractor's site preliminaries, such as; staff, welfare provisions, site offices, plant, site waste clearance, water, electricity, site offices, furniture, ICT and consumables, rates, protection of work, protective clothing, site transport, setting out, building control fees and so on.

See also: Project overheads.

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External references nbs definition of preliminaries (http://www.thenbs.com/products/nbsPreliminaries.asp) . PACE Guidance on the Appointment of Consultants and Contractors (http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100503135839/http://www.ogc.gov.uk/document s/PACE_-_GACC.pdf) P404.

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