Client: City of Ottawa, Contract No.: ISD16-3015
Contractor : C.A.C.E. Construction (1991) Ltd
Project Value (Approx.) : $1.5m
My Responsibility: Contract Administrator (CA)
• Provide administration of integrated road/sewer/water (IRSW) works construction projects
• Oversee and ensure Contract Administration deliverables are completed in accordance to client requirements;
• Lead, coordinate and monitor onsite inspection duties and tasks are completed, and inspector’s diaries are kept up to date and accurate;
• Promote and oversee implementation of health and safety regulations;
• Maintain a detailed daily diary of the contractor’s work, instructions provided, and overall issue and change management;
• Review contractor activities are in accordance with the contract documents and requirements;
• Provide oversight and confirmation of completed contract quantities are accurately calculated for processing progress and final payments;
• Review, interpret, and analyze the Contractor’s initial critical path schedule to determine conformance to the contract, and provide regular review and analysis of monthly critical path schedules;
• Supervise and perform quality assurance acceptance and inspection of construction works;
• Coordinate specialty inspection and testing by sub-consultants;
• Liaise with the contractor and client representatives;
• Chair and lead project meetings;
• Provide interpretation and recommendation of contractor submitted claims;
• Negotiate price agreements, change orders, claims and work directives;
The work includes the following:
- River Lane (Keefer Street to Dufferin Road): Installation of new storm sewer and catchbasins
replace existing watermain and water services, road reconstruction
- Crichton Street (Keefer Street to Dufferin Road): Replace watermain and water services, asphalt overlay, installation of traffic calming measures at Crichton and Keefer
- Dufferin Road (Stanley Avenue to Crichton Street): Replace watermain, road reconstruction
The contract includes the installation of approximately 300 meters of sewer, 500 meters of watermain, 500 cubic meters of rock excavation, 3,500 tons of granular and 1,500 tons of asphalt.
Mr Ramezani was the CA for this IRSW project, that included 700m of road rehabilitation, with 360m of watermains replacement, including laterals, valves and hydrants. Ainley was responsible for the design, replacement and extension of watermains, including looping, trench reinstatement, and rock removal. The existing watermain trench needed to be deepened in order to meet the minimum depth standard of 2.4m and that is what triggered the rock removal. We expect this will be the case with the Bank Street project. Construction challenges included; ensuring the Contractor and all the subcontractors installed everything correctly, Traffic Management, including re-routing trucks and buses, providing safe passage for pedestrians and cyclists. Mohammad effectively liaised with local residents, NCC representatives and the Contractors by maintained an open line of communication. Mohammad ensured the soil material dug up on site was either suitable for re-use or needed disposing offsite. Deep underground sewer structures required protection during construction. Mohammad provided full-range CA services throughout including help developing the construction schedule, general oversight, progress payments including PQR preparation/negotiation, regular meetings including agenda and minutes, change order creation/tracking, issuance of site instructions, quantity and cost estimates, diary maintenance and safety program monitoring. The project ran from July 2015 to December 2016 and was completed well under the construction budget of $2M.
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