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Originally Posted by OldDutch
Maybe I am not remembering correctly, but I think Graham chose the welder from a list of pre approved contractors the city gave them. I think it was up to Graham to actually verify the work that pre approved contractor did was up to spec. I don't think the city inspected the welds until they were installed in Calgary.
Again, I could be wrong, it was a year ago, but if what I remember is true, ultimately to me it would be up to the contractor to verify actual work regardless if the city had approved a company list to work with.
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This is it exactly.
The city pre-qualified steel fabricators.
The qualified fabricators could then submit bids to the General contractors for the main tender.
The fabricator was a subtrade of Graham, and that means that Graham was fully responsible for the work of the subtrade. It would not be the city's responsibility to inspect the fabrication work until it was signing off on it at the end of the project.
"Our supplier did a crap job" is not a reason for a change order.
With the known details, I don't see a reason why Graham would be entitled to receive more money than their fixed price contract.