NEC ECC Option C: Specialist Site 3D Surveying – Cost disallowed by the Client
We have employed a specialist surveying subcontractor to carry out a Ground Penetration Radar survey to locate services, and also to produce the data required for us as the contractor to produce 2D & 3D models to aid in the construction.
To date, the PM has disallowed the cost, as he believes it falls within section 44 of the schedule of cost components, specifically item h, surveying setting out.
The counter argument from ourselves as the Contractor is that the subcontractor is not to be classed as a people cost, but falls under the Schedule of Cost Components, 43 (h) ‘specialist services’.
Please advise?
We have employed a specialist surveying subcontractor to carry out a Ground Penetration Radar survey to locate services, and also to produce the data required for us as the contractor to produce 2D & 3D models to aid in the construction.
To date, the PM has disallowed the cost, as he believes it falls within section 44 of the schedule of cost components, specifically item h, surveying setting out.
The counter argument from ourselves as the Contractor is that the subcontractor is not to be classed as a people cost, but falls under the Schedule of Cost Components, 43 (h) ‘specialist services’.
Please advise?