ABSTRACT
The decision to certify practical completion is one of the most important that the contract administrator makes during the whole project as it triggers many contractual consequences that are important to both the client and the contractor. A practical completion certificate was issued, and new contractors commenced a separate contract to construct the bakery. The contractor is required to notify the contract administrator when it thinks that practical completion of the works, or a section, has been achieved. The contractor is required to ‘remedy all defects associated with the Works notified to them during the Defects Fixing Period’. The period begins at practical completion and lasts for the length of time entered in the Contract Details. Practical completion is not certified, but the contract administrator must issue a notice ‘clearly identifying the part(s) taken over and the date of takeover, as well as any outstanding work and arrangements for access by the Contractor’.
