How do you check work sequencing claims in Garowe?

Checking work sequencing claims in Garowe starts with one written document: ask every bidder for a short proposed sequence of works, then compare it against the issued drawings and current site conditions before you award. A bid that describes only the finish trades, or that cannot say what must happen before blockwork, is a claim, not evidence of work sequencing competency. The section below sets out how the gap appears in a bid, what it does to a site, and how to close it before mobilisation.

How does an unverified work sequencing claim get into a bid?

A bidder can write "all works to programme" without naming one trade, one predecessor or one inspection, and nothing at tender stage forces the gap into the open. Not every reader has someone on site to ask the follow-up question. Ask the bidder to name the order of substructure, frame, envelope and services in their own words. Then ask what must be finished and signed off before each trade starts. A capable bidder answers in mechanisms. A bidder who repeats the phrase "as per drawing" has told you nothing about how the job will be run. Go through the bid line by line with the issued drawings open beside it, and mark every sequence statement that no drawing, method statement or named supervisor would confirm for you.

What do avoidable trade clashes look like on a Garowe site?

They look like one trade being released before the work behind it is accepted. Blockwork starts before the setting out is checked, so walls land off the grid and the electrician chases a different line. Or the plumber lays first-fix runs before the wall positions are fixed, and the pipe ends up inside a door opening. The cost is rework: the earlier trade returns, breaks out what it finished, and the later trade waits. General practice places hold points before covering up embedded work and before the trades that depend on it, with the engineer inspecting and signing off, but confirm the exact inspection points against the project specification and the engineer's instructions. Walk your own site and check whether each trade is being released against a signed-off predecessor or a verbal instruction.

How do you verify sequencing capability before award?

Verify it with documents and with a walk, not with a conversation. Ask for a one-page sequence with hold points, the names of the supervisors who will run each stage, and a recent comparable project the firm completed rather than one it is still building. Then visit a completed job and look for the signs of sequencing: straight chases in walls, pipe runs that clear openings, and finishes that meet without patched edges. Interview the site foreman, not the person who wrote the bid, and ask how they handle a trade that arrives before the work ahead of it is ready. Check whether the firm's proposed sequence matches the drawing issue register the consultant holds. Where a claim cannot be matched to a document, a past project or a named person, record it as unverified and follow the evaluation procedure set out in the contract before you score it. Keep that record with the tender file so the award decision rests on evidence.

What to do next

Open the tender file and list every claim about sequencing, supervision or past experience. Beside each one, write the document or site visit that could confirm it. Send each shortlisted bidder a written request for the sequence, the hold points and one reference project, and set a date to walk that site with the foreman. Score each bid only after the contract's own evaluation steps are complete.