§ Sir A. Bossomasked the Minister of Works if he will require that all constructional contracts passed through his Department shall in future have included as one of the contract documents a properly prepared and officially approved time and progress schedule in an endeavour to put an end to the delays not uncommon today in Government construction work.
§ Mr. MolsonIn all substantial constructional contracts my Department already stipulates in the contract documents that the contractor shall produce, in agreement with the superintending officer, within four weeks of the placing of the contract, a programme chart of the whole of the works. This procedure, combined with the full planning now adopted in pursuance of the fixed price tender policy, is effective in eliminating avoidable delays.