THE Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has launched new guidance to help construction firms and their clients assess whether construction works are completed to the required standard.
Defining Completion on Construction Works addresses the completion of construction projects and whether works are finished to a contractually acceptable standard. The guidance is relevant to surveyors who are certifying the payment and completion of works, analysing any delays, advising on financial and legal matters or addressing any issues or disputes involved in the contract.
The question of whether a project is completed can be complicated by pressures from the client.
A client can sometimes apply pressure to hand over a construction project even though the works are not finished.
RICS spokesman Ian Potts said: “This new code provides surveyors who operate at all levels of the completion process advice and best practice on the contractual, financial and legal issues involved with the completion and hand over of construction projects.”
