by elizabeth

ATTENDACE IN CONTRUCTION
Attendance is the main contractor’s mark up for specific services it has to provide for individual suppliers or sub-contractors. This might include items such as material handling, scaffolding and rubbish clearance.

Attendance can be ‘general’ or ‘special’.

General attendance is the description of main contractor attendance available site wide to all contractors/subcontractors such as:

Welfare facilities.
External scaffolding.
Temporary power and lighting.
Platform and passenger hoists.
Tower crane lifts by prior arrangement.
Site security.
Waste disposal.

Special attendance is specific to a particular contractor/subcontractor if it requests it to be provided by the main contractor such as:

Special hoisting.
Builders work such as a concrete plinth.
Special scaffolding.

It is important to establish within the contract documents whether items that the sub-contractor will require will constitute attendances that will be provided by the main contractor, or whether they will provide them themselves (such as their own specialist equipment).

Attendance should not be confused with general site preliminaries or builder’s work in connection with mechanical and electrical services. These items are separately priced.