When a contractor walks away from a half finished job it leaves all sorts of problems. Sadly pleonexia is alive and well in the construction industry and contractors know that the average owner builder, Mr and Mrs Nicefriendlypeople, are easy prey for their games.
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Honest people who are building their dream home only to find that the builder has disappeared, the money has run out but there is an absence of windows and doors, electrical wiring is nowhere to be seen and there is some very effective ventilation where the roof should be.Įnquiries follow only to reveal that the 8 teams of workers that came and went over the 14 months the project dragged on for left because they hadn’t been paid. I have come across several cases like this over the years. Sometimes the builder may add insult to injury by demanding even more money, his argument being that the money paid is less than the amount of work completed. He will have worked out that by running off now he will end up with more profit than if he finishes the project and he will avoid the most difficult period when he is doing the finishing work and trying to get final payment. It is common that in such cases the “builder” has been paid more than the work he has completed. It often happens around the 60% completion stage. I recently came across a case in which a builder had disappeared leaving a partially completed project. Integrity is a precious comodity, and sadly many people have bitter experiences when building their dream home. Protecting ourselves against unethical builders It provides protection against fraud and/or unethical behaviour and warns you if the contractor is running out of money. The BoQ also allows management of progress payments as stated in the payment schedule and it provides a very effective means of controlling project costs. The Bill of Quantities or BoQ, as it is called, allows the customer to know exactly what he/she will get for their money.
It lists exactly what will be provided and how much it will cost. The Bill of Quantities is a detailed list of the costs of building a building or carrying out any construction project.
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