2022-04-23（220）Engineering law a

CONTRACTOR’S GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES

8. (1) The Contractor shall subject to the provisions of the Contract1 construct complete and maintain the Works and provide all labour materials Constructional Plant Temporary Works transport to and from and in or about the Site and everything whether of a temporary or permanent nature required in and for such construction completion and maintenance so far as the necessity for providing the same is specified in or reasonably to be inferred from the Contract.

CONTRACTOR RESPONSIBLE FOR SAFETY OF SITE OPERATIONS

(2) The Contractor shall take full responsibility for the adequacy stability and safety of all site operations and methods of construction2 provided that the Contractor shall not be responsible for the design or specification of the Permanent Works (except as may be expressly provided in the Contract) or of any Temporary Works designed by the Engineer.

1. “SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE CONTRACT”. This addition recognises that by cl. 55 (2) the contractor is entitled to extra payment for items omitted from the bill of quantities, even if they are “reasonably to be inferred from the Contract” within the last line of this sub-clause (pp. 206–9).