DEFECT LIABILITY PERIOD

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Following the (by private company)   initiative, the Government has gazette a new statutory requirement for all developer to extend the DLP to 36 month, up from 14 month previously. With this new requirement, you as contractor are to be more careful on workmanship as the developers transferring risk to contractor. As a contractor, how to going to demand for 30% increase on the construction cost from your client to ensure of better quality? what effect extended DLP to third party.
 
 ** The above info is a Contribution by others.

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Hai, 

Thank you for your comments.

Defect liability Period(DLP).

Start right after the issuance of Certificate of Practical Completion (CPC) This period depend on the contract agreement it self. For conventional contract (not design and build) normally it is 12 months.If i not mistaken the last defect list that shall be issue by client (if any) must be within this stipulated time frame, however some contract also Stated that the last defect can still being issued out to contractor for rectification with-in 14 days after DLP.That mean the DLP is 12mth+14days. 

As for the extended DLP, I personally had not gone through this. As far as I know, There is Approved EXTENDED CONSTRUCTION PERIOD which being granted by client to contractor through Extension of time which will change the completion period of the contract and then will automatically change the start date of the DLP but not the DLP Period. 

To get clear picture of the term "Construction period" and "Defect Liability period" the best answer is, if you can have a look on the actual contract document. However the difficulties is this document normally being treated as CONFIDENTIAL. 

Hope that this will answer your question.

Actually this is good question and I wish that you had written it out in my blog comment box, so that others can read and have better idea on DLP.

Thank you for your feedback.

Regards,

AERO

  

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Hai..i oledi visited u tender process...overall it was good, especially the tender participation form..im never view it before..

Yup, the information are simple and easy to understand, good sharing to member that new in construction industry...

recently i studying PAM form and JKR form...including tender process...tender validity period...tender memorandum...and so on...

Lastly, i got some question wanna ask sir....about extended Defect liability period...may i ?

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