Assignment Task
Outback Contractors have won a fixed price contract to construct a new National Football Stadium (The works comprise; (1) Football stadium; (2) Leisure facilities; (3) Restaurants; (4) Concourse) with works commencing on 1 February 2015 and the Employer is to take over control of the site on 31 January 2016. Letters are sent during the contract from the Contractor to the Employers agent as in the following table.
Table 1: Extract from Outback Contractors letter
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Date
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Extract from Outback Contractors letter
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14 March 2015
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With regard to your email of today we note that Section c of the site will not be provided to us at the beginning of next week as agreed as the current occupants (Traders) have not vacated the site.
Whilst we understand that problems have arisen owing to the occupants' unauthorized illegal actions and that you hope to have the matter resolved shortly, it will cause delay in relation to our programme and we will incur loss and expense.
We shall revise our programme (as requested) and will endeavour to limit our loss.
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You are required to do the following:
- Write a letter replying to the Extract of the letter of 14 March 2015
- In the report discuss the contractual reasoning behind your responses under JCT Standard Building Contract.