Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 25 September 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Update on Construction of New National Children's Hospital: National Paediatric Hospital Development Board
9:30 am
Mr. David Gunning:
The contractor is saying that we have issued a change and it will now take it that bit longer, but it is going further than that. It is saying that this is a critical path change. In other words, it is extending the timeline of the project. Therefore, the contractor is saying it is entitled to payment for that extension of time. Let us say the extension of time is 30 days. BAM is claiming 90 days for that extension of time, which is three times the amount. We are saying it is not entitled to it. We are disputing BAM's entitlement in any case but we are certainly disputing that it is entitled to three times what it is looking for.
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