Guide to JCT Minor Works Building Contract 2016

5Control of the works

5.1 The contract administrator derives authority solely from the wording of the contract and will, for example, supply necessary information, issue instructions and issue certificates or notices. In some matters the contract administrator will act as agent of the employer, for example when issuing instructions which vary the works, and in others will act as independent decision maker, such as when issuing certificates or deciding on claims for an extension of time. Failure to comply with any obligation (usually prefaced by the phrase ‘the contract administrator shall’) will constitute failure on the part of the employer tantamount to breach of contract (see Tables 5.1 and 5.2).

5.2 The day-to-day control of the works, i.e. ...