Contractor Payment Knowledge Check
This content provides valuable information on contractor payment processes, including ways items are measured for payment, steps to take when payment is not received, when to issue non-compliance on failing tests, and actions for Prime and Subcontractors to address payment issues. It outlines the necessary steps to follow to ensure prompt payment and satisfactory completion of work.
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1. Name four ways items are measured for payment. a. _______________ b. _______________ c. _______________ d. _______________ 1. Which method requires actual quantities?
3. If a Prime Contractor has not been paid for completed work, what is the first step that must be taken? 4. If a Subcontractor sees that the Prime has been paid, but he has not yet received payment, what should be done?
5. When is it necessary to issue a non- compliance on a failing test? 6. Why is it necessary to issue a non- compliance, even if the contractor was informed verbally of a failing test?
Knowledge Check Prompt Pay
If a Prime Contractor feels that he has completed work satisfactorily, but has not been paid, what should he do? Step 1: _____________________________ 1. ___________________ 2. ___________________ 3. ___________________ 4. ___________________ 5. ___________________ 6. ___________________ 7. ___________________
If a Prime Contractor feels that he has completed work satisfactorily, but has not been paid, what should he do? (continued) Step 2: The Department will investigate and provide written response within 15 business days of receipt of the complaint.
If a Subcontractor feels that he has completed work satisfactorily, but has not been paid, what should he do to see if the Prime Contractor has been paid for that work? Step 1:
If a Subcontractor feels that he has completed work satisfactorily, but has not been paid, what should he do? (continued) Step 2: __________________________ 1. ___________________ 2. ___________________ 3. ___________________ 4. ___________________ 5. ___________________ 6. ___________________ 7. ___________________
If a Subcontractor feels that he has completed work satisfactorily, but has not been paid, what should he do? (continued) Step 3: The Department will investigate and provide written response within 15 business days.
Knowledge Check Noncompliance Notice
If there is a noncomplying test, but the contractor elects to reject the material and it is not incorporated, do we need to issue a noncompliance?
Knowledge Check Contractor s Bulletin Board
You an inspecting an asphalt overlay project and the asphalt work and shoulders are done. There will be a subcontractor coming back to mill in rumble strips in the fall. When the Prime Contractor s employees tear down the asphalt plant, they take the bulletin board too. Is that OK?
You an inspecting a multi-year project involving several contracts grading, paving, and lighting. At the end of the first season, when the grading contractor has completed their work and that contract has been accepted, they take the bulletin board. Is that OK?
If Prevailing Wages are not applicable, which documents do not need to be displayed on the Contractor s bulletin board?
Knowledge Check Contractor Payrolls
Employee #10 is a Finish Roller Operator on an Asphalt Overlay project in Polk County. When you review the Contractor s Payroll, the employee is receiving $29.00 per hour wages and $11.15 per hour fringe benefits. Does this fulfill the Davis-Bacon Requirements?
Employee #10 is a Finish Roller Operator on an Asphalt Overlay project in Polk County.
The employee is receiving $29.00 per hour wages and $11.15 per hour fringe benefits. Does this fulfill the Davis-Bacon Requirements?
Knowledge Check Disadvantaged Business Enterprise
Why is it just as important to know not only who the DBE contractors are on your project, but what work they will be performing?
When a DBE has contracted a partial item, how does the inspector know what portion of that item the DBE will be completing?
Is it ever acceptable for a DBE Subcontractor to use equipment that is owned by the Prime Contractor or another one of the Subcontractors?
Is it ever acceptable for a DBE Subcontractor to use employees of the Prime Contractor or another one of the Subcontractors?
Knowledge Check Working Days Why do we not charge working days if weather prevents regular work to proceed and the contractor is working, but not on the controlling operation?
Knowledge Check Working Days If the contractor has not started work and it is past the late start date, what action should be taken?
Knowledge Check Change Orders / Contract Modifications
Knowledge Check Change Orders / Contract Modifications Where would you look to find the Accounting ID Number that the Office of Finance needs to identify the Contract that the Change Order is modifying?
Knowledge Check Change Orders / Contract Modifications What should you do if the number of working days will need to be adjusted, but at the time that the Change Order is written it is unknown how long the extra work will take?
Knowledge Check Change Orders / Contract Modifications When increasing or decreasing an existing item, what number should be used for the item number? When adding new items to a contract, how should the items be numbered?
Knowledge Check Change Orders / Contract Modifications Is it OK to use the statement Agreed Price to justify the cost of a new item added to a contract? Why is it not acceptable?
Knowledge Check Change Orders / Contract Modifications What is the difference between Participating and Non-Participating? What should you do if you do not know what the funding source for the change will be?
Knowledge Check Storm Water Management
Knowledge Check Storm Water Management How often must Storm Water Site Inspections be performed? If there are deficiencies found during a Storm Water Site Inspection, by the Permit what time frame is allowed for corrections?
Knowledge Check Storm Water Management Which subcontractors need to have signed Co- Permit Certification Statements on file? What form is completed once soil disturbing activities are completed and at least 70% of permanent seeding has been established?
Knowledge Check Storm Water Management What are the normal periods (dates) for permanent urban and rural seeding? What are the normal periods (dates) for permanent urban and rural seeding?
Knowledge Check Storm Water Management If there is a major rain event that causes the erosion control measures to fail (an emergency event) and the contractor is notified to come to the site and make corrections, what is the cost for that mobilization to occur?
Knowledge Check Storm Water Management If the contractor fails to respond within eight hours of the Engineer s written order to install temporary erosion control items for an emergency event, what action will be taken?
