Contract Administration in Sidcup

Documented building context

Bexley’s June 2008 Christ Church appraisal describes Stanhope Road and Hamilton Road in paragraph 7.3 as an 1890s group of closely spaced semi-detached houses. It records red brick with white-brick bands, moulded stone details and gables above projecting bays, with variations between pairs. Paragraph 7.4 distinguishes the larger detached and semi-detached houses of Station Road and Victoria Road.

Existing-building records for the tender

Mark the front bay, gable and principal roof on the supplied house plan or labelled elevation. Where work is reported, request the specification naming the repaired element and its date. Distinguish stone or brick surface treatment from an account of the underlying construction, keeping replacement windows in their own project record.

For roof work, identify whether the account concerns the main covering, a lower addition or a particular junction. Include any dated investigation preceding the repair, with the location of a reported stain or crack retained. A harmonious frontage or matching brick bands do not explain concealed construction or establish that a local repair has dealt with other unexamined parts of the house.

Sidcup tender and contract decisions

For a Stanhope Road or Hamilton Road house, show the actual paired building and the employer's boundary on the Sidcup tender drawings. The repeated street composition should not lead to an assumption that both halves need identical repairs. Schedule the particular gable, bay and decorative band included, distinguishing retained fabric from any replacement proposed by the designer.

A larger Station Road or Victoria Road house needs a separate scope and access description. Identify its instructed ranges and later additions, with a measured route for materials and temporary equipment. Ask tenderers to state whether protection and making good cover the same surfaces and occupied entrances. An allowance based on a neighbouring semi-detached arrangement should be corrected if the actual property differs.

Where the repair depends on concealed construction behind a bay or gable, define the investigation and the decision required afterwards. Price that operation separately from the permanent work, record photographs and measurements, and obtain the designer's response before issuing a changed detail. The local appraisal cannot establish a hidden defect or settle a repair quantity.

HCS cannot act as independent contract administrator where HCS is the contractor.

Contract scope

• Bexley: Christ Church Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan, June 2008 — PDF page 8 / printed page 6, section 7 Character analysis, paragraphs 7.3–7.4: Stanhope Road and Hamilton Road semi-detached pairs, contrasted with Station Road and Victoria Road houses. Cover gives June 2008. Obsolete PPG15, volume thresholds and consent terminology elsewhere in the document are not adopted.

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