Review & understand the construction contract as related to extra work including pre-bid docs, RFI responses, field conditions, order of precedence clause, changes in work clause, and status of construction.
- Establish base contract validation for scope owned
- Determine extra work over and above base contract
- Review and/or aid to draft justification, description of work, request for proposal documentation
- Review engineer’s estimate and compare with contract schedule of values
- Review contractor‘s cost proposal and backup
- Provide notes for negotiations and/or conduct negotiations with all parties
- Arrive at a “fair and reasonable“ authorized cost with a detailed breakdown of labor, material and equipment
- Provide a reconciliation memorandum outlining the differences between the engineer’s estimate and the negotiated cost including labor, materials and equipment.
- Provide field / site visits to establish status of construction / scope change walk thru