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Local Road Management Manual 162 working, idle or broken down; i. The names of all visitors and the purpose of their visit to the site; j. Any accidents, however slight whether or not Contractor’s or any other site staff is involved, with witness, extent of damage/injury; and k. Peace and Order problems. The CS team members should be reminded that under no circumstances should they admit liability or express an opinion of the cause of any accident until approved by the Resident Engineer. In case of complicated matters where separate investigation reports, memoranda or instructions are issued, a note stating the date, the reason and to whom it was issued, should be entered in the log book. Examples of such events are given hereunder: a. Removal and replacement of sub-base material; b. Subgrade spots— location, dimension, material above and below suspected causes; c. Drainage—operation, location, equipment, and manpower being used; d. Pavement Construction—location, weather, materials being laid, layer depths and extra depths, air and material temperatures; and e. Concrete pour—weather conditions, batching performance, quantity and rate, curing, etc. 2.5 Claims for Extensions of Time and Variation Orders Certain criteria have to be established if a claim for extension of time can be considered justifiable. a. Variation Orders may be issued by the Procuring Entity to cover any increase/decrease in quantities, including the introduction of new work items that are not included in the original contract or reclassification of work items that are either due to change of plans, design or alignment to suit actual field conditions resulting in disparity between the preconstruction plans used for purposes of bidding and the “as staked plans” or construction drawings prepared after a

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