Contract award
Biscuits all round.
Sam's journey · Winning the work (tender) · Story 8
Signed, sealed
The contract is signed. Twelve subcontracts are signed. The information requirements are in one of them: ours.
The wrong way
After award
Bev and Kofi issue twelve subcontracts on standard terms. Three weeks, done.
After award
The information requirements, the standard and the plan aren't in any of them.
DesignDesign: Month four…
Month four
Lee (M&E subcontractor): It's not in our contract.
They're right.
DesignDesign: Month four…
Month four
Every fix becomes a variation claim against us. Kofi tears his hair out. What's left of it.
DesignDesign: Month four…
Month four
Sam's to-do list.
A striped band means the story jumps ahead. Its colour, and the word on the card, say which stage of the job it lands in.
Twelve subcontracts, and not one of them mentions information.
Find out what Sam should have doneSam's Lesson 8 · Signed, sealed, then the same story done the right way.