Top 5 Reasons For Delays In Any Home Construction

To start, the word “delay” has numerous meanings, including to cause something to occur later than anticipated, to cause something to be accomplished later than scheduled, or not to act promptly. The research under evaluation here specifically centered on home construction delays, which are defined as when a construction project is finished after the completion date provided in the contract or after the date that the parties agreed upon for the delivery of a project. This article identified the delays in five different categories.

Why Delays in Home Construction?

• How to appoint a home construction team
• How to draft a win-win engagement between the property owner and the construction team.
• What is the property owner’s role in construction?
• What is the construction team’s (contractor) role in home construction?
• The set of architectural drawings is required to provide the home construction team with support for construction activities.

 

Before exploring each of these reasons in more detail, I would like to say one of the greatest authors of all time Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra quote – “Delay always breeds danger.” This 16th-century saying still holds today, particularly in the field of construction.

Brief Solution for The Delays:

• How to Appoint a Home Construction team-

Set an expectation of specification of structures, and finishing items such as flooring, painting, doors, windows, and so on.

Set an expectation of fabrication of gates, safety grills, window grills, skylight semi-covered space, and so on.

For the electrical switch, socket, and a few other spots in each room, establish expectations.

Establish a standard for the specifications of the plumbing, internal and exterior drainage, the plumbing system, the capacity of the sump tank, the overhead tank, the wet area, and the dry area.

Establish a standard for the description of the kind of foundation, and waterproofing in water lock areas, toilets, and terraces.

Set a goal to specify elevation features in accordance with your desired residential design aesthetic.

Specify the dimensions of the door and window openings as well as the different sorts of door parts, such as the frame section and window frame section.

Establish a standard for the floor-to-floor height, plinth level, lintel height, true lintel, and cut lintel specifications.

Set expectations for the specifications of the masonry brick and internal and external concrete block construction.

Types of the staircase, conventional, and folded steps.

Finishing items such as the design pattern of the gate, window, safety grills, and grills.

The design pattern of flooring, kitchen dado, and toilet dado.

Front elevation, material selection its application, and costing

Structural items and technical parts.

Set an expectation of specification of home automation basic or advanced. Basic can be entrance car parking, toilet, and staircase. Advance can be false ceilings, creative mood lights, or false ceilings in bedrooms.

Set an expectation of specification of the plumbing system and advanced level water pressure, centralized water heating system, and centralized solar system.

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• For preparing a win-win agreement draft between a property owner and contractor-

Know the limitation of the contractor’s ability to execute the Residential project.

Bring the basic rate of each construction material such as brick block, cement, steel, sand aggregate, and so on.

Know the starting month and ask for the date of completion month including a grace period.

Bring the specification lists of structural and finishing items, otherwise, items are part of the project to avoid the clash, attached in the agreement as an action.

Understand the payment method, for example after completion of footing, the contractor raises a bill which is called a civil running bill, see the deduction in running bills, deduction such as the advance amount if any payment towards the purchasing of any specific materials.

To know the advance payment and its deduction in each ruining civil bill.

Ask the contractor to provide a payment statement and always take a receipt of making payments towards every construction face.

If any material is supplied by the contractor or property owner maintain the receipt of purchases, so you can reflect it in the running civil bills.

Ask the contractor to mention the defect liability period for any repair and damage after the home construction.

Hold payment in every ruining bill as a retention amount to safeguard the property owner’s interest in the completion of the residential building in an amicable way.

In case of the contractor couldn’t complete it for whatsoever any reason, the retention amount can be used for completing the balance amount in the end.

Ask the contractor, that the site should be cleaned and curing of the construction should be done at regular intervals of time.

For any labor/ male or female accidents, the contractor is solely held responsible, bring it a note to the agreement.

If any delay is beyond the committed timeline of the project, bring a nominal penalty that delay can be accounted for.

Mention what property owner is going to provide items such as water, and electricity, which mainly the property owner is in scope.

Provide sanction drawings obtain to commence construction as per bylaws.

Maintain specific regular meetings as important stages for the review of work between a property owner and contractor. Mention who must attain the meeting.

Specify the payment-making required time for every running bill, four days, or a week from the date of bill submission. It can be certified by a third party or an architect if needed.

Specify any other terms such as third-party check, for technical approval of important construction stage.

Ask the contractor to keep a book at the site and share the screenshot of the report of the site visit by professionals.

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• Do not know the role of the property owner-

The property owner must provide the technical set of Architectural drawings required to execute the construction.

The property owner must provide the list of specifications to the contractor to obtain a fair quote from the construction team.

Knowing the need or desire to Build a home is a large purpose of Building a house.

The member of the family, their basic need or desire of space requirement.

Gather maximum details of each family member’s need for space.

Understand the extent of Vaastu, which you believe and want to achieve in your home.

Understand the requirements floor-wise, location-wise, and age as per Vaastu.

Provide approvals for any items which are not covered in the agreement.

Arrange funds, making it on time as mutually specified between both parties.

Be sure that any material supplies are from the property owner as the construction team shouldn’t be waiting every time for materials.

Maintain the bills of any material purchase to avoid payment clashes.

Obtain sanction drawings before construction.

Arrange water and electricity for construction.

Maintain the BBMP documents such as road cutting, tax paid, and so on.

Don’t engage in any changes during construction, it creates much confusion which causes delays in the project. Due to the same, the budget of the House project would exceed. The change in the project cost will hamper the relationship between both parties.

For any specific smaller changes provide them in writing so it avoids conflicts during house construction. Ask the construction team about the cost impact.

Take a Professional or third party or Architect help for any specification or requirement changes.

If so, arrange the required technical details to support the construction activity.

Need to be available for any approvals at the site. It will faster the speed of construction and the contractor can vanish well with the project.

Dedicating one member of the family to construction coordination activities will ease the working between both parties.

Be proactive about any specific changes needed. Coordinate with the professionals and consult the Best Architect for the same.

If any third party is involved for technical purposes in the construction, then specify to the construction team their respective roles and responsibilities.

Any material selection and supply process should be done well in advance so the contractor can get the material as required at the site to avoid delays in the project. Especially flooring material selection, color selection, sanitary fittings, and electrical fixtures.

Maintain a common group on WhatsApp for all the construction activities for communication.

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• Do not know the role of a contractor in construction-

The budget includes a timeline of each main footing, plinth level, masonry wall, slab casting, plastering, and so on. The curing of the building needs to be dedicated to a person to take care of it, and also ensure the site is clean at all times.

Make a clear path and access to the building from the boundary line.

Keep bills of purchases produce bills while submitting running civil bills.

Coordinate with an architect for the technical part, and get clarification before going to the execution of each item.

Approval of non-tender items before execution from the client.

Coordination is often for verification of any quality which is decided early between both parties.

Planning, and scheduling the site visit to review the construction progress.

Sanctions such as electrical, and plumbing-related matters are to be assigned within the understanding of mutual expectations.

Ask the contractor to make a shed for storing materials and making a provision for labor stay. If space is not available, make an arrangement. Discuss prior before the challenge occurs concerning site condition, and cost impact.

Precure and management materials are under the contractor’s responsibility.

Manage day-to-day construction activities for cleaning at the site if neighboring properties are closed by ensuring dusting cleaning regularly to avoid complaints from neighbors.

Making all necessary arrangements to procure, store, and execute construction activities is under the contractor’s responsibility.

The contractor ensures deliverables job as per standard specifications mentioned in the agreement to the best quality measurement. The client has the right to demand quality work from the contractor.

The contractor can document any delay in a job for a specific reason.

The contractor bill has to be paid as per the specified date as agreed.

Follow the home construction as per the drawing provided by professional architects if any challenges the contractor can ask the professional architect to get clarification and ensure it is understood and verified before the execution.

The contractor can engage with the architect for technical discussion not with the client or property owners.

The contractor can engage with the property owner for material selection, paying bills, for purchasing if it’s not in his scope. Otherwise, there should be a clear understanding of whom to coordinate with and for what. For example, the technical part should coordinate with the architects and for the payment-related matter to the client.

Provide a sample of materials before purchasing them. Taking approval for the Property owner and Architect is a must.

The contractor can follow the architect’s guidelines for smooth construction flow.

The contractor can provide predicted bills; in case he wants advance payment to speed up the work.

Provide bills, purchase bills, provide clarification for attaining the statements of the bill and get it certified by the Architect.

The contractor maintains measurement books provide at the time of certified bills.

Get it checked by a third-party Professional architect for making payment.

Provide a report for concrete attaining strength as per standards.

Ask for technical verification at important stages especially at the marking level before proceeding further.

• The set of drawings is required to provide the contractor to support for construction activities-

Provide an Architectural set of drawings, Structural set of drawings, Electrical set of drawings, Plumbing set of drawings, and Superimposed conferences set of drawings.

By providing a set of drawings in advance the construction team will have sufficient time to run through review and execute the work accordingly.

It’s a proactive measurement for smooth construction flow, avoiding repetitive jobs, and saving a lot of expenses and time.

Avoid modification in the construction period.

Avoid interfering with the construction team.

All technical approvals are obtained well in advance, to avoid delay in the project.

Make sure technical drawings are handy and easy to refer to.

Explore if any approvals further drawings construction stage before.

Multiple corrections at the site by the construction team can be avoided.

The construction team avoids waiting for the right set of drawings.

The construction team can focus on home construction rather than preparing for the challenges, and how to execute the designs.

Necessary approval obtained works well in advance from the client to avoid further drawings waiting endlessly during the construction period.

Avoid major delays in the project timeline.

Avoid multiple approvals from all the stakeholders during the construction period and the result of construction becomes effortless.

Conference sets of drawings reduce major overhead expenses of at least ten percent of the project cost.

Minimize the major effort at the site construction team to remain focused on execution results, so the project can be delivered within the timeline.

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Conclusion-

Contractors must comprehend the contract paperwork for the project and be knowledgeable about the delays they are eligible to claim. Contractors must submit their requests for extensions of time as soon as they become aware of them, and definitely within the time frame laid out in the contract document. Due to the possibility that they are time-barred, customers may reject late claims.

Of course, the claim must be stated logically, outlining the grounds for it as well as any mitigation measures the contractor took to avoid it. The claim should demonstrate the impact of the delay on the critical path of the authorized home construction schedule and contain all necessary supporting documentation.