wrote that he was interested in the operation of consortia of the type described in the Paper and would be grateful if the Authors could answer a few questions.78. Was ISCON a company, formed by members of the consortium, and employing its own staff for overall co-ordination of design and construction? 79. If ISCON made a profit or loss what distribution was made to member companies; was there differentiation between 'principal' and 'sub-contractor' companies ? 80. In Q 21 reference was made to the cost of civil work almost doubling. Was the reason for this extra work required by the Client or additional work called for by the plant companies? Who paid for the increased amount of work? 81. Did ISCON itself have a Site Manager to whom the Civil Engineering Manager was responsible? If there was a Site Manager, what size of staff did he control? What authority did he have over other organizations on the site?
82.In what way did the supervision provided by the Resident Engineer exercise control? What was the relationship of this organization to that of the Chief Engineer (Inspection)? How many personnel were on the staff? 83. In Q 48 reference was made to the extra effort made to adhere to programme without extra cost to the Client. Who did, in fact, carry the extra cost? 84. In the specimen priced bill three items, 39G, 39K, 39P covering concrete class 1500 in foundations exceeding 12 in., walls exceeding 12 in., and floors exceeding 12 in., all had the same rate of 233.5000 rupees. Would there not appear to be a case for having only one rate per cubic yard of concrete with extra rates to cover the additional cost of work below or above ground level, working round reinforcement or pipes and so on? That is, a basic rate for supplying and transporting a cubic yard of concrete and extra items to cover the differing methods and locations of placing. 85. The rates for grouting-up under base plates, items 3.8.61 and 3.8. 63 were not greatly dissimilar if converted to a cubic foot measurement. It appeared that some simplification of measurement could take place, generally, if similarities such as these were taken into account.
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