PHASE III WORK - Construction Monitoring

A. Assist in securing necessary bonds,insurance certificates, and other required documents from the contractor.
B. Issue the Notice To Proceed to the contractor.
C. Conduct the Pre-Construction Meeting with the contractor's representatives, the OWNER'S representatives, material suppliers and any other interested parties to review the contract requirements and discuss all aspects of the project before the start of the field work.
D. Prepare a detailed breakdown of the major items of work for the project for monthly status reporting and partial payments to the contractor.
E. Furnish fully qualified welding inspectors and make periodic visits to the
jobsite during the field work to monitor the contractor's quality control
procedures, verify adequacy of personnel and equipment, compliance with the technical specifications, witness and/or perform all required testing, and
determine the acceptance or rejection of each major item of work.
F. Prepare periodic written reports of the status and progress of all work performed.
G. Determine in the field any "changed condition" which might result in a change in the project scope of work, prepare a written Change Order for the OWNER'S approval, and instruct the contractor on how to proceed.
H. Take color photographs of any unusual conditions uncovered, fabrication problems, poor workmanship and/or materials, any adverse affects or damage to OWNER or private property, and any other problem or condition which may affect the progress of the work and/or compliance with the Contract Documents.
I. Perform inspections at the substantial completion of each major item of work and prepare a punch list and/or written acceptance of each major item.
J. At the end of the project, perform the "final" inspection on the completed work and furnish the OWNER a Certification Of Completion.

NOTE: All field work performed by employees of DSR & Associates Inc. will be fully covered by state and OWNER standard insurance requirements (Workman's Comp., general liability, auto, etc.). The monitoring of the contractor's operations specifically excludes the specifying, inspection of, monitoring of, enforcing of, etc. any and all safety requirements on the part of the contractor, contractor's employees, suppliers, or sub-contractors. >>Phase IV