Another investment in which DSK had a direct share has been completed.

The result of our legal and engineering team’s efforts and great cooperation with the our Client – a Contractor implementing a national road in the Opole Province, was to obtain a number of benefits for him.

TANGIBLE BENEFITS

  • EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR IMPLEMENTATION – by 155 calendar days.
  • ADDITIONAL PAYMENT – approx. PLN 1,400,000

EXTENDED LEAD TIME

In view of the protracted administrative procedures, we have prepared a claim regarding the delays in issuing the ZRID decision. In the claim, we scrupulously informed the Contract Engineer and the Contracting Authority about the delays that were occurring and their causes. The situation took place during the COVID-19 pandemic, So we were moving in an environment of changing legislation. The main emphasis was on meticulously documenting and presenting the facts and impediments resulting in delays.

In response to the objections of the Contracting Authority and the CI, we also demonstrated in detail the reasonableness of the period the Contractor assumed in its bid to obtain a ZRID -. by interpreting the provisions of administrative law and the ZRID Law.

Finally, we developed a final claim, in which we summarized the scope of demands and agreed on the basis of the claim based on extensive legal analysis. Our engineers also prepared a detailed time analysis showing the impact of the obstructions on the implementation of the work lying on the critical path.

The effect of the filed claim was to grant the Contractor as many as 155 calendar days of extension of the Completion Time (including the winter period), which, given the assumed – 36-month – completion period, is a significant period.

ADDITIONAL PAYMENT TO THE CONTRACTOR

  • Claims

In the course of the Contract, we prepared a number of financial claims, for an increase in the contractor’s compensation.

The claims mainly involved additional works – including additional culverts, the construction of oversized signage or additional noise barriers.

Each time we made a legal, but also an engineering analysis of the PFU requirements of the aforementioned. scopes in order to identify any additional work beyond the scope of the Contract.

We presented our recommendations to the client and highlighted the evidentiary requirements that should be met in this regard, with a particular focus on the documents that the Contractor should have in order to prove the additional Cost.

Then, we developed the claim concept with the client and negotiated with the Principal and CI. Their effect was to The award of additional compensation in the total amount of approx. PLN 1,200,000.

  • Changes

Our support also covered the issue of how to proceed with Change Orders.

As a result of the Amendments, which are being implemented skl. 13.2 and resulting from the initiative of the DSK team and the Client, as well as those that were the result of CI activities, The contractor received additional compensation in the total amount of about PLN 170,000.

The changes required our team to thoroughly review the original contract requirements and analyze replacement solutions.

The support of DSK engineers enabled the Ordering Party to propose the introduction of mutually beneficial replacement solutions, which translated into additional payment and implementation facilitation.