Group element 9: Main contractor’s preliminaries

Group element 9 comprises the following elements:

9.1 Employer’s requirements:
9.1.1 Site accommodation
9.1.2 Site records
9.1.3 Completion and post-completion requirements.
9.2 Main contractor’s cost items:
9.2.1 Management and staff
9.2.2 Site establishment
9.2.3 Temporary services
9.2.4 Security
9.2.5 Safety and environmental protection
9.2.6 Control and protection
9.2.7 Mechanical plant
9.2.8 Temporary works
9.2.9 Site records
9.2.10 Completion and post-completion requirements
9.2.11 Cleaning
9.2.12 Fees and charges
9.2.13 Site services
9.2.14 Insurance, bonds, guarantees and warranties

Note: Where the unit of measurement for a component or a sub-component has been given as ‘per week’, a week shall mean a period of 7 calendar days irrespective of public holidays.

Effective from 1 January 2013