We are tendering out project in 2 phases. 1 contractor will be brought on to provide a strip out (typical demolition services of a CI project). The main contractor will be brought on afterwards - who should create and take ownership of the waste management plan. Technically, the "actual" plan owned by the GC won't be in place when the strip out is completed.
There will be a "plan" for the strip out contractor to follow - document, recycle, provide photographic evidence etc as typically required if an "actual" plan was in place. This would then feed into the "actual" plan retrospectively. Although not under the main contractor - can the credit still be achieved? My view is that the aim of the credit is met and the documentation and calculations provided will be the same. The strip out contractor will be under the same obligations - it's just a matter of timing with the plan being created retrospectively.
Thanks in advance.
RETIRED
LEEDuser Expert
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December 16, 2014 - 5:59 pm
Graham - Yes - This credit can be achieved. It is fairly common that a project has a demolition contractor perform work prior to start of the main project. Capturing and recording the waste from this process is essential as this waste is part of the project - regardless of the start time. It sounds like you have a good process in place to ensure that the demolition waste is handled correctly prior to the start of the main project. To ensure it gets entered into LOv3 correctly, you might consider doing the entry yourself as this will assist the main contractor.
Graham Langton
Building Services EngineerPM-Group
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December 17, 2014 - 6:13 am
Michelle. That's what I thought. I will do the entry myself for the demolition aspect. Much appreciated.