Tag: contracts
-
Public Works Contracts Must Evolve
Irish Public Works Contracts Must Evolve Resolving a disputed public works final account, with the assistance of a neutral third party, is as much a part of the construction process today as the physical setting out of the works. However, this is simply not the way it ought to be — and it’s high time…
-
Covid-19: Public Works Contracts and ‘Ex Gratia’ Payments
PRIVATE CONTRACTORS on public works contracts do not get gifts or favours from the government. For this reason, the publishing by the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) of a draft letter of agreement dealing with ‘ex gratia’ payments from Employers to Contractors can only be cautiously welcomed. For reasons that I am sure you are…
-
Covid-19: Key Issues for Contractors under Public Works Contracts
NO ONE KNOWS WHAT the full impact of COVID-19 will be on the economy or wider society in Ireland. However, what we do know is that its impacts will be wide-ranging for every industry, including construction. As yet, there has been no direct instruction from government that construction sites be closed. The position, on the basis…