The desired services include Construction Engineering and Inspection (CEI) and Construction Contract Administration for the entire project with the component as described above. Tasks to be performed include, but are not necessarily limited to: • Producing an Inspector’s Daily Report giving a detailed account of all activities during the life of the project. • General project oversight. • Required Materials testing • Maintaining a Project Diary with Inspector’s Daily Reports and other required information • Maintaining Pay Records • Attend preconstruction conference and assist Town staff in ensuring proper execution of all contract documents. • Ensuring safety compliance from the Contractor • Reviewing and verifying contractor pay applications • Maintaining written correspondence with the Contractor • Schedule and conduct monthly progress meetings as necessary • Completing and maintaining minutes of all project monthlymeetings • Ensuring Contractor compliance with Buy America provisions in 23 U.S.C. Sec. 313 and 23 C.F.R. Sec. 635.410 • Ensuring timely Contractor/Subcontractor submission of Certified Payrolls, ensuring Certified Payrolls include all required information, and maintaining Certified Payrolls in the project file • Verifying certified payrolls to assist Town in making payments to theContractor • Performing calendar year quarterly Wage Rate Interviews and other employee interviews as necessary to ensure proper Contractor and-or Subcontractor employee classification and compensation and proper inclusion of employees on Contractor and-or Subcontractor Certified Payrolls; notifying the Town of any and all complaints by Contractor/Subcontractor employees related to payment or employment classification; and coordinating with the Town as needed to investigate and-or report complaints to NCDOT or other applicable agencies • Ensuring that appropriate federal posters are displayed on the jobsite and accessible to all employees on the jobsite • Processing all Change Orders and Supplemental Agreements for project construction • Processing all Requests for Extensions in Contract Time and Additional Compensation claims • Ensuring prompt payment by the Contractor to any Subcontractors • Ensuring Contractor submittal, with each pay request, of accounting of payments made to DBE firms, including material suppliers and contractors at all levels(prime, subcontractor or second tier subcontractor); comparing final payments to DBE firms with project commitments (see below); and, as needed, obtaining explanations of DBE payment shortfalls • Performing final inspection and when work is to contract standards recommending acceptance of the project to the Town • Working with the NCDOT Materials and Tests Unit in ensuring that all project materials and products meet the required criteria; and providing and/or maintaining required materials and testing documentation
