Volume Six - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - Select Aspects - The Quay Wall at the West End of Dock - 1909 . .

The Tender Document continues:

Quay Wall Specification - General Conditions-

3. "The word "Engineer" shall signify George Thomas Sibberling, M.Inst.C.E., or failing him such person or persons as the Company (TVR) may from time to time appoint as Engineer or Engineers of the Works."

8. "The word "Works" shall signify the whole or any part of the works herein specified, whether of a temporary or permanent character, and shall include all the additional works which may be ordered by the Engineer under the powers herein contained, and to the ground upon which the works are to be or may be executed or upon which any of the materials or plant may be deposited."

11. "The Contract is for the erection of a Quay Wall at the west end of Penarth Dock of the Company and comprises the construction of a Concrete Quay Wall, and the extension of the two existing culverts from the Company's pumping plant, including excavations for foundations and all other necessary and contingent works connected therewith in this Specification, set out in the Bills of Quantities and delineated upon the Contract Drawing and detail drawings which may be from time to time furnished by the Engineer to the Contractor, and all additional works which may be ordered by the engineer under the powers herein contained and further the maintenance and upholding of the works for a period of six calendar months after the date of the Engineer's "Provisional Certificate of Completion."

At clause 12, "The works are to be executed for the Company under the direction and control and to the absolute satisfaction of the Engineer," . . . and at 13. "Time shall be especially considered of the essence of this Contract on the part of the Contractor." There was a penalty of £20 per week for overrunning the completion date, and at clause 14: "The Contractor shall commence work forthwith after his tender has been accepted, and shall complete and deliver up to the Company the Works, within a period of five months from such date . . ." Clause 16 required that: "The Contractor shall, without recompense, claim or demand, delay or suspend the progress of the Works, or any part thereof, if and when and so often as he shall be required to do so by the Engineer, and for such time or times as may in the judgement of the Engineer be necessary for the purpose or advantages of the Works . . . " The General Conditions continue for pages and pages and make for interesting reading - but only once!