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The document discusses different types of subcontractors that may be involved in a building contract, including domestic subcontractors, nominated subcontractors, manufacturers/suppliers, and other contractors. It explains that a domestic subcontractor contracts directly with the main contractor, while a nominated subcontractor is selected and approved by the architect or supervising officer. The main contractor is responsible for the work of subcontractors and ensuring payments but makes a profit from nominated subcontractors.

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NSC

The document discusses different types of subcontractors that may be involved in a building contract, including domestic subcontractors, nominated subcontractors, manufacturers/suppliers, and other contractors. It explains that a domestic subcontractor contracts directly with the main contractor, while a nominated subcontractor is selected and approved by the architect or supervising officer. The main contractor is responsible for the work of subcontractors and ensuring payments but makes a profit from nominated subcontractors.

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NSC

Who are the 3rd parties involve in building contract PAM2006?


Direct contract Direct contract
Appendix3-7
Consultant Employer
Articles of agreement Clause 29.0
Craftsman,
tradesman and
Contractor other contractors.

Domestic Nominated

Clause 17.3 Clause 6.8 Clause 27.0 Clause 28.0


Domestic manufacturer, Nominated Nominated
subcontractor supplier, subcontractor supplier
supplier’s
contractor
27. 0 Nominated Sub Contractor
1. PC Sums and Provisional sums- NSC

2. Nomination of Sub- contractor

3. Objection to NSC

4. Action following objection of NSC

5. Payment by contractor to NSC

6. Failure of contractor to pay NSC

7. Final payment to NSC

8. Determination of the NSC employment

9. Contractors responsibility for NSC

10. Employer no privity contract withNSC

11.Re nomination sub contractor due to


determination by contractor

12.Re nomination of sub contractor due to


determination by NSC

13.Contractor to recover additional


expenses fromNSC

14.Contractors permitted to tenderfor PC


sum
WHATIS SUB CONTRACTOR

•Asubcontractor is an individual or in many cases a business that signs


a contract to perform part or all of the obligations of another'scontract.

•Asubcontractor is hired by a main contractor to perform a specific task as


part of the overall project and is normally paid for services provided to the
project by the originating general contractor.

•While the most common concept of a subcontractor is in building works


and civil engineering
WHYHIRE SUB CONTRACTOR

•The incentive to hire subcontractors is either to


reduce costs or to mitigate project risks.

•In this way the general contractor receives the


same or better service than the general contractor
could have provided by itself, at lower overall risk.
Types of subcontractor

Domestic subcontractor Nominated subcontractor

Asubcontractor who contracts with Certain contracts permit the architect


the main contractor to supply or fix or superintending officer to reserve the
any materials or goods or execute right of the final selection and approval
work forming part of the main of subcontractors.
contract.
The main contractor is permitted to
Essentially this contractor is make a profit from the use of
employed by the maincontractor. nominated subcontractors on site, but
must provide attendance (usually
provision of water, power, etc. to enable
the nominated subcontractor to do his
job

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