Tuesday, 18 September 2018

Getting Approval For Building Permits Not An Easy Task

By Rebecca Parker


As there are many risks associated with the contractors work it is better to take an insurance cover for protection. There are many possibilities of serious injuries happening to workers, third parties or with regard to clients properties. If the contractor is not fully protected and if any damage occurs, the contractor will be liable to pay for damages. The general liability insurance for contractors GA has many plans.

Before starting a construction, the first thing to do is to draw a plan of any building. Then this plan needs to be taken to a local government office to get approval. The office takes around two weeks of time to process this application. There would be site visits conducted by different officers of the concerned department.

Usually, when laborers are recruited from the hometown, only average wages need to be given or else higher wages have to be paid. It also depends on the demand and supply of workers. When there is less supply of workers, few people may ask for more wages. And if there is more supply of them, they will be ready to work for any amount which the builder says.

This is irrespective of very fact that the officer has own vehicle or not. Also, the person needs to be bribed. The most interesting fact is that every staff in every office would know the bribe amount. A person who is new to a building business would get more details of any bribe amount from other officials of the department.

Food shall be cooked by one of the labourers. This shall be on a rotational basis. Those people pool money and buy required commodities for preparation of food. The working time will vary in different countries. In some places, it may be only for eight hours and at other places it may be around twelve hours.

Unskilled laborers, most often demand from developing countries as there might be construction boom going on in these countries. The visa contract for few people will only be for a fixed period. Once the period is completed, these people have to return back to their home country.

There are some corrupt officers who do everything as per the demands of the builder. Most big builders know this and they bribe them very well. As per the building rules, sanction for big buildings can be given only after satisfying certain conditions. Corrupt officers ignore these rules, and there were many accidents which happened, due to ignoring of all rules.

There were many complaints raised by the common people with regard to paying bribes for officers. There is a big lobby behind this and all the staffs know that nothing is going to happen against this. But the government is committed to scrape the bribe system and they have initiated new amendments in the building rules for easy approval of plans.

As per the contract terms, there would be a fixed time of working for the laborers. Above those hours, overtime charges have to be paid. But at many places, builders do not care for this. When workers are provided visa and taken to other countries for work, these people would not try to complain against the employers.




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