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On a construction site, a partly erected steel structure collapses, causing injuries to a number of workers. The contractor orders a full stop of construction works on site in accordance with the contract’s safety requirements, until the reasons for the accident have been determined. The forensic engineering investigation, carried out over a period of three months, traces the accident to the soil under one of the major columns being weakened by a cavity underneath. The accident seems to have happened as a result of a differing site condition that has gone undetected until the weakened soil has been subjected to stresses induced by the structure’s dead and construction loads.
The contractor is concerned about the compensations for cavity filling/treatment (on the one hand) and for the remedy and reconstruction of works (on the other hand) . The contractor also thinks that he is entitled for a time extension, in respect of i) time lost due to the forensic study, ii) time needed to treat the cavity, iii) time needed to remove accident debris, iv) time needed to reconstruct the works, v) additional time to account for productivity loss due to work stoppage and reduced workers' morale on the site.
Question: The attached flow chart includes/accounts for all sub-clauses that are relevant to the case circumstances, which shall be triggered or relied upon (operated) in a simultaneous or alternating way, as the process warrants. You are requested to draft several statements, each representing an action that is to be initiated by the contractor or the Engineer, in a way that a coherent chronology of the exchanged correspondences is constructed.
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