WORK: AIN'T IT CHALLENGING?

HYPOTHETICALLY YOU'RE IN THIS SITUATION, WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE DONE?

BELOW IS JUST HYPOTHETICALLY A SITUATION OR TREAT IT LIKE ANOTHER STORY YOU ENCOUNTER. NO HARM READING IF YOU'RE BORED.


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Contractor

Thank you for providing me the opportunity to explain.

If you insist on a detailed explanation, please see below, they are my own words and not of my firm's.

Let's take a look at the facts from the past

Around the 25th of every month contractor submits the Claim to our firm.

By the 10th of the following month Metrowater expects the SIGNED payment certificate to be submitted.

In between these there are approximately 11 working days to work on the claim.

Bear in mind that approximately 30 properties as well as public works are to be checked within this time frame, including variation claims AND other works involved while certifying the claims.

We also had to check claims which need double checking, for example there are items which were claimed twice (see ITC#XXX) and claimed but no work had been done.

We wouldn't have known if they were not looked at in detail.


Now please take a look at the facts for the March Claim:

Our firm received the claims on 4th April (Wednesday) INSTEAD OF 25th March -- more than 1 WEEK LATE.
6th April and 9th April are public holidays. -- PUBLIC HOLIDAYS ARE UNAVOIDABLE
That leaves our firm with only Thursday 5th April (ONE DAY) to work on approximately 30 properties and public works, again, including variation claims.

This month's (March) claim I was allowed ONE extra day by our client (10th April, thanks to our client) to work on the schedule.

Conclusion:
2 working days to work on all properties and public works, including verifying all variations.


Dear contractor

I understand we all do have deadlines to meet but what you implied that our firm being 'unprofessional' was not appropriate. This is solely my personal opinion.

How it affects your company's cash flow I would not comment because our firm did follow up on 29th March, 30th March, 2 April, 3 April and your company has not sent in the claims.

Let's again lay out the facts:

How many properties can one person check in a single day? I was expected to check all these along with all public works AND variation claims in a single day when in fact 1 week (or 10 days in total) was taken away since Fulton Hogan had not sent in the claim ON TIME.

For this claim:
100% has been paid to properties I think are done up to satisfactory level.
75% (mostly) has been paid to properties which might need a second check.

ALSO, public works have all been paid for 100% when in fact we could have paid way less than 100% when they have not been checked. We do think of your situation about cash flow.

It could have been 0% of items paid to FH if they are not checked, or in this case, 75% out of our firm's discretion (as suggested by my boss).


dear contractor

I opted to stay silent during the meeting today because I believe you should be informed the same time as everyone else involved in this project.

We're working together here. Let's get this done as openly as possible. with respect.

It might be that my wordings in the previous email was a bit on the harsher side but I recommend that it always pays to find out the background of this before you 'take it further'.

Again, please understand from our point of view.

I trust that this response is satisfactory enough.




Have a nice day.

Kind regards


Kevin Teh




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From: the contractor
Sent: Thursday
To: contractor; subcontractor; our firm
Subject: RE: March Claim


Kevin

I don not accept our claim being reduced because you cant get out to check the quantities, I find this both completely unacceptable and unprofessional. Your firm are duty bound are as per contract law to pay the contractor for those items claimed unless you can provide justification for the item not being included in the payment certificate. I have sub contractor and suppliers to be paid for all works completed for the month and this type of decision making has a significant affect on both cash flow / interest accrued on WIP etc on both my company and third parties.

I expect full payment on all items unless you can justify otherwise. If I do not get a satisfactory response to this I will take this further.

Kind regards

the contractor



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From: contractor's rep
Sent: Thursday
To: contractor
Subject: FW: March Claim







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From: Kevin
Sent: Wednesday
To: contractor's rep
Cc: kevin's boss
Subject: March Claim



Dear contractor's rep



Due to time constraint (long weekend) there is a number of properties which I have not been able to inspect thoroughly, thus no full payment will be certified. This includes Variation claims.



However, we will get on to this once the March Payment is sorted.



Thank you.

european night. i've got to say this. manchester united . 7-1. total humiliation for roma. I mean.... not for Roma. maybe the rest of Italian football.

big story for soccernet. maybe they should have a goal of the month. hmm... which goal for the soccer world to choose from? what about just goals from the united vs roma game. 8 goals.

Sufficient to say?

I have never seen a thing like this before. it's MAGIC.

My name is Jawad Jouran, I am a banking officer(Assistant manager)in a bank here
in the United Kingdom. I am contacting you regarding a business transfer, of a
huge sum of money from a deceased account. Though I know that a transaction of
this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring
you
that everything has been taken care off, and all will be well at the end of the
day. I decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.

PROPOSITION; I am the account officer of a foreigner named Dr Paul Jakobi who
died in an air crash along with his wife on the 31st October 1999 in an
Egyptian airline 990 with other passengers on board. You can confirm this from
the website below which was published by BBC WORLD NEWS.

WEBSITE.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm

Since his death, none of his next-of-kin is alive to make claims for this money
as his heir,because they all died in the same accident himself and his wife(May
their soul rest in peace). We cannot release the fund from his account
unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated
in our banking guidelines.
Upon this discovery, I now seek your permission to have you stand as a next of
kin to the deceased, as all documentations will be carefully worked out by me
for the funds fifteen million british pounds which is equivalent to twenty
eight million,two hundred and seventeen thousand,seven hundred American
dollars(15,000,000 British Pound = 28,217,700 US Dollar) to be released in your
favor as the
beneficiary and next of kin. Because after Ten years the money will be called
back to the bank treasury as unclaimed bills and the money shared amongst the
directors of the bank. so it is on this note,that i decided to seek for who
will be interested in this profitable venture as the next of kin/beneficiary to
this funds rather than allow the bank directors to share this money amongst
themselves at the end of the year.
It may interest you to know that we have secured from the probate an order of
mandamus to locate any of the deceased beneficiaries. Please acknowledge
receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual business endeavor by
furnishing me with the following information if you are interested.

1.A Beneficiary name..In order for me to prepare the document for transfer of
the funds in your name.

2. Direct Telephone ...For our personal contact and mutual trust in each other.

I shall be compensating you with 50% of the entire lump sum on final conclusion
of this project for your assistance, If this proposal is acceptable by you,
please endeavor to contact me immediately via my personal email adress
(jawadjour@yahoo.co.uk) I await your urgent mail.Please if you are not
interested just delete this email and i appologise for taking a bit of your
time.

Regards,
Mr.Jawad Jouran.


motherfucker. go spam someone else. u're wasting my mailbox space

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If they are recounting them..
Put them in auditing.

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Put them in sales.

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And then last but not least.
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Congratulate them and put them in top management.

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documentation may be required):
- You're unable to travel due to a medical condition
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can't they be more specific? geez.

I'm getting married. Will advise u on the details. I'm just too excited. :)