Table of Contents
1.0 Project Background & General Information ................................................................. 1
1.1 Abbreviations ............................................................................................................ 1
1.2 Project Background................................................................................................... 1
1.4 Project Delivery Method............................................................................................ 2
2.0 Contract Considerations & Entitlement ........................................................................ 3
2.1 Delay Event #1: Late Issuance of the building permit ............................................. 3
3.0 Causation Factors ........................................................................................................ 5
3.1 Causation Factors #1: Application for Building Permit was Declined ..................... 5
3.2 Causation Factors #2: Extreme Snowfall in January and February 2020 ............... 5
3.3 Causation Factors #3: Covid-19 Pandemic ............................................................. 6
3.3.1 Site Closure............................................................................................................ 6
3.3.2 Labour Shortage .................................................................................................... 6
3.3.3 Postponed Material Delivery.................................................................................. 6
4.0 Notifications .................................................................................................................. 6
Delay Event #1: Late Issuance of the building permit .................................................... 6
Delay Event #2: Extreme Cold Weather in January and February 2020 ...................... 7
Delay Event #3: Work Suspension, Labour Shortage, and Material Delay Delivery
Issued by Consultant....................................................................................................... 7
5.0 Impact of Causation Factors ........................................................................................ 7
5.1 Delay Event #1: Application for Building Permit was Declined ............................... 7
5.2 Delay Event #2: Extreme Snowfall in January and February 2020 ......................... 8
5.3 Delay Event #3: COVID-19 Pandemic ..................................................................... 8
5.3.1 Postponed Material Delivery.................................................................................. 8
5.3.2 Site Closure............................................................................................................ 8
5.3.3 Labour Shortage .................................................................................................... 8
, 5.4 Summary ................................................................................................................... 8
6.0 Mitigation ...................................................................................................................... 8
7.0 Damage Quantification ................................................................................................. 9
8.0 Conclusion .................................................................................................................. 12
Appendix A - Project Location .......................................................................................... 13
Appendix B - Bid Form ..................................................................................................... 16
Appendix C - Snowfall Data ............................................................................................. 18
Appendix D - Damage Quantification Calculations ......................................................... 20
Appendix E - Time Impact Analysis Event Schedules .................................................... 22
Appendix F Notifications ............................................................................................... 29
,1.0 Project Background & General Information Commented [FL1]: Section headers match assignm
requirements, we can discuss and modify as we go
1.1 Abbreviations
Table 1 Abbreviations for Terminology
Terminology Abbreviation
Change Order C.O.
Change Directive C.D.
Delay Event D.E.
General Condition G.C. Commented [FL2]: Contractor?
Notice of Claim N.C. Commented [FL3R2]: used as both general conditio
and general contractor in the document
1.2 Project Background Commented [FL4R2]:
On January 1st, 2020, the awarded general contractor SABL Construction Inc. was Commented [HW5R2]: Thanks. Have already fixed
authorized to commence the project of sewer rehabilitation and cleaning activities within the genral contractor mistakes.
the Greater Toronto Area from downtown Toronto to Markham and the substantial Commented [FL6]: 2020?
completion date was set on December 31st, 2020. The contract adapts the traditional
Design-Bid-Build method as a lump sum price of CAD$6,000,000 plus HST (refer to Bid
Form in Appendix B). The project scope contains 3 phases (refer to site maps in
Appendix A), which are served for different locations and their respective work scopes
as summarized in the table below. The general contractor retains six subcontractors to Commented [FL7]: "contractually obligated to six
help with the specialized tasks during the project life cycle. subcontractors" or simply
"retained six subcontractors"
Table 2 Summary of Project Phases
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Subcontractors
Phase Location Scope of Work
Involved
1 The Esplanade and Market Sewer Pipeline SAK Canada
St., Toronto Replacement Construction ULC
Aquatech Pump and
Power Inc.
2 From Spring Garden Ave. Sewer Pipeline Capital Sewer
and Kenneth Ave. to the Cleaning Services Inc.
south side of Hwy 401 near Atlas Dewatering
upper Canada Dr., North York Corporation
3 16th Ave., Markham Sewer Pipeline Michaels Canada Co.
Cleaning Thuro Inc.
The first rejection of the building permit application postponed the site mobilization task Commented [FL9]: suggest rewording, we are
to January 15, 2020, which was 9 business days late against the baseline schedule. Also, assuming it is the building permit that postponed the
commencement, not the GC
extreme winter weather and Covid-19-related problems significantly delayed the project
progress. The as-built schedule up until today date of October 9, 2020, has been Commented [HW10R9]: Fixed. My HK boss
analyzed and the results are presented in this claim for an extension of time. This claim Commented [HW11R9]: Also reexplianed another t
substantiate the legitimacy of the proposed new substantial completion date of March 1st, factos to delay the final substantial completion to Ma
1st,2021 based on your instruction
2021.
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, 1.3 Main Stakeholders Commented [FL12]: Suggest breaking down into tw
sections
Table 3 List of Main Project Stakeholders 1.3.1 Main Stakeholders
Contractual Relationship 1.3.2 Project Delivery Method
Stakeholder Role
with We should clearly describe the owner's selected pro
General Contractor; delivery method and emphasis its impact on our claim
Toronto Water Owner
Consultant at a later stage.
Aldea Engineering Services Ltd. Design Consultant Owner Commented [HW13R12]: Break down into two
SABL Construction Inc. General Contractor Owner sections but have no clue about your second
instruction.
Capital Sewer Services Inc. Sub-contractor General Contractor
Michaels Canada Co. Sub-contractor General Contractor
SAK Canada Construction ULC Sub-contractor General Contractor
Aquatech Pump and Power Inc. Sub-contractor General Contractor
Atlas Dewatering Corporation Sub-contractor General Contractor
Thuro Inc. Sub-contractor General Contractor
1.4 Project Delivery Method
The contract between the owner and general contractor is based on the CCDC2
Stipulated Price Contract. Background information on the main stakeholders are shown
below.
Owner: Contractual party from the public sector who expressed interest in rehabilitating
and replacing the sewer pipe systems. Party is committed to providing the funding for the
final project deliverable.
Consultant: Contractual party that takes responsibility for engineering drawings and
specification life-cycle development of the bidding project. The consultant also assists the
owner to evaluate bid proposals during the tendering stage and provides various advisory
services for the on-site representation. Their contractual relationship with the owner is a
flat fee service for designing all details required for the agree-upon scope of the final
deliverable and monitoring the project delivery progress as representative.
Contractor: Contractual party is responsible for planning, executing, overseeing, and
inspecting the project scope. Their contractual relationship with the owner is a lump sum
contract which provides partial payment to the contractor after the completion of a
predefined stage of work. Based on clauses 3.4.1.1 and 3.4.1.2, the contractor is
obligated to provide a baseline schedule before the first progressive payment and update
the monthly schedule accordingly. Finally, the remaining balance of the contract price
will be paid to the contractor when substantial performance is achieved.
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1.0 Project Background & General Information ................................................................. 1
1.1 Abbreviations ............................................................................................................ 1
1.2 Project Background................................................................................................... 1
1.4 Project Delivery Method............................................................................................ 2
2.0 Contract Considerations & Entitlement ........................................................................ 3
2.1 Delay Event #1: Late Issuance of the building permit ............................................. 3
3.0 Causation Factors ........................................................................................................ 5
3.1 Causation Factors #1: Application for Building Permit was Declined ..................... 5
3.2 Causation Factors #2: Extreme Snowfall in January and February 2020 ............... 5
3.3 Causation Factors #3: Covid-19 Pandemic ............................................................. 6
3.3.1 Site Closure............................................................................................................ 6
3.3.2 Labour Shortage .................................................................................................... 6
3.3.3 Postponed Material Delivery.................................................................................. 6
4.0 Notifications .................................................................................................................. 6
Delay Event #1: Late Issuance of the building permit .................................................... 6
Delay Event #2: Extreme Cold Weather in January and February 2020 ...................... 7
Delay Event #3: Work Suspension, Labour Shortage, and Material Delay Delivery
Issued by Consultant....................................................................................................... 7
5.0 Impact of Causation Factors ........................................................................................ 7
5.1 Delay Event #1: Application for Building Permit was Declined ............................... 7
5.2 Delay Event #2: Extreme Snowfall in January and February 2020 ......................... 8
5.3 Delay Event #3: COVID-19 Pandemic ..................................................................... 8
5.3.1 Postponed Material Delivery.................................................................................. 8
5.3.2 Site Closure............................................................................................................ 8
5.3.3 Labour Shortage .................................................................................................... 8
, 5.4 Summary ................................................................................................................... 8
6.0 Mitigation ...................................................................................................................... 8
7.0 Damage Quantification ................................................................................................. 9
8.0 Conclusion .................................................................................................................. 12
Appendix A - Project Location .......................................................................................... 13
Appendix B - Bid Form ..................................................................................................... 16
Appendix C - Snowfall Data ............................................................................................. 18
Appendix D - Damage Quantification Calculations ......................................................... 20
Appendix E - Time Impact Analysis Event Schedules .................................................... 22
Appendix F Notifications ............................................................................................... 29
,1.0 Project Background & General Information Commented [FL1]: Section headers match assignm
requirements, we can discuss and modify as we go
1.1 Abbreviations
Table 1 Abbreviations for Terminology
Terminology Abbreviation
Change Order C.O.
Change Directive C.D.
Delay Event D.E.
General Condition G.C. Commented [FL2]: Contractor?
Notice of Claim N.C. Commented [FL3R2]: used as both general conditio
and general contractor in the document
1.2 Project Background Commented [FL4R2]:
On January 1st, 2020, the awarded general contractor SABL Construction Inc. was Commented [HW5R2]: Thanks. Have already fixed
authorized to commence the project of sewer rehabilitation and cleaning activities within the genral contractor mistakes.
the Greater Toronto Area from downtown Toronto to Markham and the substantial Commented [FL6]: 2020?
completion date was set on December 31st, 2020. The contract adapts the traditional
Design-Bid-Build method as a lump sum price of CAD$6,000,000 plus HST (refer to Bid
Form in Appendix B). The project scope contains 3 phases (refer to site maps in
Appendix A), which are served for different locations and their respective work scopes
as summarized in the table below. The general contractor retains six subcontractors to Commented [FL7]: "contractually obligated to six
help with the specialized tasks during the project life cycle. subcontractors" or simply
"retained six subcontractors"
Table 2 Summary of Project Phases
Commented [HW8R7]: Fixed. Thanks
Subcontractors
Phase Location Scope of Work
Involved
1 The Esplanade and Market Sewer Pipeline SAK Canada
St., Toronto Replacement Construction ULC
Aquatech Pump and
Power Inc.
2 From Spring Garden Ave. Sewer Pipeline Capital Sewer
and Kenneth Ave. to the Cleaning Services Inc.
south side of Hwy 401 near Atlas Dewatering
upper Canada Dr., North York Corporation
3 16th Ave., Markham Sewer Pipeline Michaels Canada Co.
Cleaning Thuro Inc.
The first rejection of the building permit application postponed the site mobilization task Commented [FL9]: suggest rewording, we are
to January 15, 2020, which was 9 business days late against the baseline schedule. Also, assuming it is the building permit that postponed the
commencement, not the GC
extreme winter weather and Covid-19-related problems significantly delayed the project
progress. The as-built schedule up until today date of October 9, 2020, has been Commented [HW10R9]: Fixed. My HK boss
analyzed and the results are presented in this claim for an extension of time. This claim Commented [HW11R9]: Also reexplianed another t
substantiate the legitimacy of the proposed new substantial completion date of March 1st, factos to delay the final substantial completion to Ma
1st,2021 based on your instruction
2021.
1
, 1.3 Main Stakeholders Commented [FL12]: Suggest breaking down into tw
sections
Table 3 List of Main Project Stakeholders 1.3.1 Main Stakeholders
Contractual Relationship 1.3.2 Project Delivery Method
Stakeholder Role
with We should clearly describe the owner's selected pro
General Contractor; delivery method and emphasis its impact on our claim
Toronto Water Owner
Consultant at a later stage.
Aldea Engineering Services Ltd. Design Consultant Owner Commented [HW13R12]: Break down into two
SABL Construction Inc. General Contractor Owner sections but have no clue about your second
instruction.
Capital Sewer Services Inc. Sub-contractor General Contractor
Michaels Canada Co. Sub-contractor General Contractor
SAK Canada Construction ULC Sub-contractor General Contractor
Aquatech Pump and Power Inc. Sub-contractor General Contractor
Atlas Dewatering Corporation Sub-contractor General Contractor
Thuro Inc. Sub-contractor General Contractor
1.4 Project Delivery Method
The contract between the owner and general contractor is based on the CCDC2
Stipulated Price Contract. Background information on the main stakeholders are shown
below.
Owner: Contractual party from the public sector who expressed interest in rehabilitating
and replacing the sewer pipe systems. Party is committed to providing the funding for the
final project deliverable.
Consultant: Contractual party that takes responsibility for engineering drawings and
specification life-cycle development of the bidding project. The consultant also assists the
owner to evaluate bid proposals during the tendering stage and provides various advisory
services for the on-site representation. Their contractual relationship with the owner is a
flat fee service for designing all details required for the agree-upon scope of the final
deliverable and monitoring the project delivery progress as representative.
Contractor: Contractual party is responsible for planning, executing, overseeing, and
inspecting the project scope. Their contractual relationship with the owner is a lump sum
contract which provides partial payment to the contractor after the completion of a
predefined stage of work. Based on clauses 3.4.1.1 and 3.4.1.2, the contractor is
obligated to provide a baseline schedule before the first progressive payment and update
the monthly schedule accordingly. Finally, the remaining balance of the contract price
will be paid to the contractor when substantial performance is achieved.
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