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I have a question regarding billing for extended General conditions on a project that has been severely delayed.

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I am a subcontractor on this project even though I am a general contractor, I am only providing all the light gauge metal studs and all phases of the drywall including Exterior (Dens-glass) and interior on this particular project, it's a new build from the ground up, 5 stories 109 guest rooms. I was awarded the work as the GC knew I was from out of town, we allotted 6 months for this project from the time we started to the finish of our phases, based on the G.C.'S schedule and timetable for us. This project had a lot of issues with the schedule to begin with due to COVID this was put on hold for about a year or more before it came back online and had a lot of issues out of the gate, but we were in constant communication with the project manager and job superintendent. And based our schedule, on the job schedule from the project manager (through building connected) and that communication, and due to being from out of town, it took us many months to find a place to stay for four people that would all be working on the project, for an extended amount of time again allotting 6 months for the project, so finding a place to stay for the duration of the project had to be done months before our part of the project started. We were scheduled to be on and start the project on May 23rd 2022 so we made sure that we were here and moved into the place we rented a week prior to that so we would be ready to start on the 23rd. We were scheduled to have 10 working days to do the exterior Dens glass, but due to issues on the project, and none that were our fault, the constant delays prevented that from happening, and stretched that out to about 5 plus months before we could complete that, and even now at this point, 6 months in (today is 11/25/22) we are still waiting for them to address some issues so we can actually complete the exterior. And now they want to change some things on the exterior. Anyway all that we have done on the interior is about 200 sheets of prelim work. So, I need to know if I can and how I can bill for the "extended general conditions" on this project. meaning, can I bill them for the cost of our stay these last six months? I have six months of rent on the house we rented as well as an Office/storage container on site. I also have a lot of flights/travel (driving back and forth) between Sacramento where we are based and live and this project in LA. I am already trying to get them to approve my change orders on the material price increase since we first bid this 2 years ago, which they said wouldn't be an issue, but now it seems to be an issue, due to them changing management in the middle of this project. We still have about 5-6 months to go on this project which will double our projected timetable/ cost that was again based on "their" the General contractor/owners job schedule, and should not have to pay that out of our pocket. Can I bill for and how do I fight to make sure that they cover these cost due to their delays? Thank you.

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Nov 29, 2022
On the surface, it appears you would have entitlement to compensation for delay impacts, including costs and lost profits. However, the terms of your contract and perhaps other factors, can significantly impact your rights to such compensation. Feel free to contact us in the upcoming week to discuss your matter in greater depth.
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