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                  Road Construction Contract  
                                   
            C6830 General Conditions of Contract 
                                   
                                   
                                   
                          USER GUIDE 
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                       INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE 
         
        The General Conditions of Contract are based on the Australian Standard AS 2124 - 1992 
        published by Standards Australia. 
         
        This guide is intended to be a guide only for any of the parties to a Contract using these 
        General Conditions but do not form part of the Contract. 
         
        Amendments have been made, where necessary, to conform to the specific requirements of 
        the Queensland Department of Main Roads and Government legislation. 
         
        In this User Guide, the text comprising the General Conditions of Contract has been printed 
        only on the left hand pages. The opposite right hand pages contain a brief commentary on 
        and/or description of selected clauses. 
         
        The original issue of this User Guide was produced in 1996 and referred to the August 1996 
        version of the Road Construction Contract (RCC), which was then current.  There have been 
        several  subsequent  versions  of  the  RCC  (viz.  December  1999,  November  2001,  
        February  2002  and  January  2004).    The  User  Guide  has  therefore  been  revised  to 
        incorporate and comment on all of the important changes made to the RCC up to, and 
        including, the September 2005 version. 
         
        In  practice,  no  changes  are  to  be  made  to  the  General  Conditions  of  Contract  unless 
        authorised by General Manager (Engineering & Technology). 
         
         
               Department of Main Roads                                                                                      General Conditions of Contract 
               Road Construction Contract                                                                                                                    User Guide 
                
                 General Conditions of Contract 
                
               1        CONSTRUCTION OF CONTRACT                                                                quantities  in  the  Schedule  of  Rates  and 
               The law governing the Contract, its interpretation,                                              adding GST; or 
               any agreement to arbitrate and the conduct of any                                       (c)      where the Principal accepted a lump sum 
               arbitration or litigation, is the law of the State of                                            and  rates,  the  aggregate  of  the  sums 
               Queensland.                                                                                      referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b), 
               Unless otherwise provided, prices are in Australian                                     including  provisional  sums  but  excluding  any 
               currency and payments shall be made in Australian                                       additions or deductions which may be required to 
               currency  at  the  place  stated  in  Item  1  of  the                                  be made under the Contract; 
               Annexure.                                                                               ‘Contractor’ means the person bound to execute 
               Communications  between  the  Principal,  the                                           the work under the Contract; 
               Superintendent and the Contractor shall be in the                                       ‘Date of Acceptance of Tender’ means the date 
               English language.                                                                       which  appears  on  the  notice  in  writing  of 
               Measurements  of  physical  quantities  shall  be  in                                   acceptance of the tender; 
               Australian legal units of measurement within the                                        ‘Date for Practical Completion’ means — 
               meaning of the National Measurement Act 1960, 
               as amended from time to time.                                                           (a)      where Item 2 or Item 21 of the Annexure 
               Where  provisions  in  the  General  Conditions  of                                              provides a date for Practical Completion, 
               Contract are expressed to be alternatives and the                                                the date; 
               Contract fails to state which alternative applies, the                                  (b)      where Item 2 or Item 21 of the Annexure 
               first alternative shall apply.                                                                   provides  a  period  of  time  for  Practical 
               Where the Contractor  is  2  or  more  persons,  the                                             Completion, the last day of the period, 
               Contract  shall  be  binding  upon  them  jointly  and                                  but  if  any  extension  of  time  for  Practical 
               severally.                                                                              Completion is granted by the Superintendent or 
               Any provision of the Contract which purports to or                                      allowed in any arbitration or litigation, it means 
               has the effect of limiting or excluding a liability of                                  the date resulting therefrom; 
               the  Principal  shall  be  construed  as  limiting  or                                  ‘Date of Practical Completion’ means — 
               excluding that liability only to the extent permitted                                   (a)      the date certified by the Superintendent in 
               by law.                                                                                          a  Certificate  of  Practical  Completion 
               2        INTERPRETATION                                                                          issued pursuant to Clause 42.5, to be the 
               In the Contract, except where the context otherwise                                              date upon which Practical Completion was 
               requires —                                                                                       reached; or 
                  ‘Constructional  Plant’  means  appliances  and                                      (b)      where another date is determined in any 
                  things used in the execution of the work under                                                arbitration  or  litigation  as  the  date  upon 
                  the Contract but not forming part of the Works;                                               which Practical Completion was reached, 
                                                                                                                that other date; 
                  ‘Contract’  means  the  agreement  between  the                                      ‘day’ means calendar day; 
                  Principal and the Contractor;                                                        ‘Drawings’ means the drawings referred to in the 
                  ‘Contract  Duration’  means  the  number  of                                         Contract and any modification of such drawings 
                  calendar days between the Date of Acceptance of                                      notified to the Contractor by the Superintendent 
                  Tender and the Date for Practical  Completion,                                       and includes such other drawings as may from 
                  or, where a period of time is provided in item 2                                     time to time be supplied to the Contractor by the 
                  of the General Conditions of Contract Annexure                                       Superintendent,  or  the  use  of  which  has  been 
                  Part A then it shall mean the period of time;                                        permitted by the Superintendent, for the purposes 
                  ‘Contract Sum’ means —                                                               of the Contract; 
                  (a)      where the Principal accepted a lump sum,                                    ‘GST’ means the goods and services tax imposed 
                           the lump sum which includes the GST; or                                     under the GST Legislation.  A reference to an 
                  (b)      where  the  Principal  accepted  rates,  the                                amount of GST is reference to the GST liability 
                           sum  ascertained  by  calculating  the                                      in respect of the supply in question; 
                           products of the rates and the corresponding 
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                                                                                                                                                                     C6830 
                                                                                                                                                              September 05 
                     Department of Main Roads                                                                          General Conditions of Contract 
                     Road Construction Contract                                                                                                    User Guide 
                      
                      
                      1         CONSTRUCTION OF CONTRACT 
                     The law of the Contract is now stated as the law of the State of Queensland.  The place for payments is specified in Item 
                     1 of Part A of the Annexure. 
                     Note that where Clauses have Alternatives, the first Alternative applies unless specified otherwise, usually in Part A of 
                     the Annexure. Clauses which have Alternatives are Clauses 18, 19, 42.4 and 47.2. 
                      
                     2         INTERPRETATION 
                     The Clause contains definitions of common or important terms.  Further definitions are found in the body of the 
                     Contract. 
                     Contract  Sum: The "Contract Sum" always remains the same as originally specified in the Contract and includes 
                     Provisional Sums (to which Clause 11 applies). The Contract Sum is never adjusted, but the amount payable under the 
                     Contract may vary subject to approved variations, the final value of Provisional Sums and the extended value of items 
                     in the Schedule of Rates. 
                     Contract Value:  The value of the contract excluding GST. 
                     "Date for Practical Completion" means that date on which the Contractor is to achieve Practical Completion, taking into 
                     account any extensions of time granted to the Contractor under Clause 35.5. There will be a separate Date for Practical 
                     Completion for each Separable Portion. 
                     "Date of Practical Completion" means the actual date on which the Contractor achieves Practical Completion. There 
                     will be a separate Date of Practical Completion for each Separable Portion. 
                     "day" and "month" wherever mentioned mean calendar day and calendar month, respectively. 
                     "Practical Completion" means: 
                      (a)    the Works are complete except for minor omissions and minor defects which do not prevent the Works from 
                             being reasonably capable of being used for their intended purpose, which the Superintendent determines the 
                             Contractor  need  not  promptly  rectify  and  which  will  not  prejudice  the  convenient  use  of  the  Works  if  not 
                             rectified; 
                     (b)     all required tests have been carried out; and 
                      (c)    documents essential for use, such as instruction manuals and maintenance manuals have been supplied as required 
                             by the Contract. 
                     “provisional sum”.  Note the distinction between a provisional sum and the amounts in a Schedule of Rates for items 
                     described as “provisional”, “provisional quantity” or “if ordered, provisional quantity” or Schedule of Rates items with 
                     a “P” or “PS” suffix.  
                     A provisional sum may be contained as an item in a Schedule of Rates.   
                     “Schedule of Prices” and “Schedule of Rates”.  The total of the Schedule of Prices, plus GST if applicable, will be equal 
                     to the Contract Sum.  The Schedule of Prices may be comprised of the extended total value of a number of Schedules of 
                     Rates for the various sections of work to be carried out.  Note that the rates for the items in a Schedule of Rates should 
                     not include GST.   
                     “subcontractor"    The  definition  has  been  simplified  from  that  appearing  in  the  1996  version  of  the  Contract  and 
                     extended so that it now includes suppliers or hirers of materials, plant or equipment. 
                         
                         
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                        C6830 
                        September 05 
              Department of Main Roads                                                                              General Conditions of Contract 
              Road Construction Contract                                                                                                         User Guide 
               
               
                ‘GST Legislation’ means the A New Tax System                                   Contractor is required to provide a unit rate in its 
                (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999, associated                                  tender; 
                legislation  and  any  additional  or  substituted                             ‘Schedule of Rates’ means any schedule (other 
                legislation  providing  for  a  value  added  tax,                             than  a  Schedule  of  Prices)  included  in  the 
                consumption tax, retail  tax  or  other  goods  and                            Contract which, in respect of any section or item 
                services tax;                                                                  of  work  to  be  carried  out,  shows  the  rate  or 
                ‘month’ means calendar month;                                                  respective rates of payment for the execution of 
                ‘person’  includes  a  firm  or  body  corporate  or                           that  work  and  which  may  also  include  lump 
                unincorporate or an individual;                                                sums,  provisional  sums,  other  sums,  quantities 
                                                                                               and  prices.    The  rates  of  payment  should  not 
                ‘Practical  Completion’  is  that  stage  in  the                              include  an  amount  of  GST  in  respect  of  the 
                execution  of  the  work  under  the  Contract                                 work; 
                when —                                                                         ‘Separable Portion’ means a portion of the work 
                (a)      the Works are complete except for minor                               under the Contract described in the Contract as a 
                         omissions and minor defects —                                         Separable  Portion  or  which  the  Superintendent 
                      (i)      which do not prevent the Works from                             has determined pursuant to Clause 35.4 shall be a 
                               being  reasonably  capable  of  being                           Separable Portion; 
                               used for their intended purpose; and                            ‘Site’  means  the  lands  and  other  places  to  be 
                       (ii)     which the Superintendent determines                            made  available  as  described  in  Item  4  of  the 
                                the      Contractor         has      reasonable                Annexure and any other lands and places made 
                                grounds for not promptly rectifying;                           available to the Contractor by the Principal for 
                                and                                                            the purpose of the Contract; 
                       (iii)    rectification       of     which  will  not                    ‘Specification’ means the specifications referred 
                                prejudice  the  convenient  use  of  the                       to in the Contract and any modification of such 
                                Works; and                                                     specification  thereafter  directed  or  the  use  of 
                (b)      those  tests  which  are  required  by  the                           which has been permitted by the Superintendent 
                         Contract  to  be  carried  out  and  passed                           pursuant to powers contained in the Contract; 
                         before       the      Works        reach       Practical              ‘subcontractor’  includes  a  supplier  or  hirer  of 
                         Completion  have  been  carried  out  and                             materials, plant or equipment; 
                         passed; and                                                           ‘Superintendent’ means the person stated in Item 
                (c)      documents and other information required                              5 of the Annexure as the Superintendent or other 
                         under the Contract which, in the opinion                              person from time to time appointed in writing by 
                         of the Superintendent, are essential for the                          the  Principal  to  be  the  Superintendent  and 
                         use,  operation  and  maintenance  of  the                            notified as such in writing to the Contractor by 
                         Works have been supplied;                                             the Principal and so far as concerns the functions 
                ‘Principal’ means the Principal stated in Item 3                               exercisable             by         a         Superintendent’s 
                of the Annexure;                                                               Representative,  includes  a  Superintendent’s 
                                                                                               Representative; 
                ‘provisional  sum’  includes  monetary  sum,                                   ‘Superintendents’s  Representative’  means  a 
                contingency sum and prime cost item, but does                                  person        appointed          in     writing        by       the 
                not include any amounts in a Schedule of Rates                                 Superintendent under Clause 24; 
                for  items  described  or  marked  “provisional”,                              ‘supply’  has  the  meaning  given  in  the  GST 
                “provisional quantity” or “if ordered, provisional                             Legislation; 
                quantity”  (or  similar)  or  any  amounts  for 
                numbered items in a Schedule of Rates which                                    ‘Temporary  Works’  means  works  used  in  the 
                include the suffix “P” or “PS”;                                                execution of the work under the Contract but not 
                ‘Schedule  of  Prices’  means  a  schedule  (other                             forming part of the Works; 
                than  a  Schedule  of  Rates)  which  provides  an                             ‘work under the Contract’ means the work which 
                itemised  breakdown  of  the  work  under  the                                 the Contractor is or may be required to execute 
                Contract and which is priced by the Contractor in                              under  the  Contract  and  includes  variations, 
                its  tender,  with  the  sum  of  the  prices  and  the                        remedial        work,       Constructional          Plant      and 
                amount of GST totalling the Contract Sum and a                                 Temporary Works; 
                Schedule of Prices may also include an itemised 
                table  of  work  related  tasks  for  which  the 
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