The claim made by IC is rejected due to the following reasons;

1.	The area between Sta. 13+800 to 14+450 is under KAUST Security and IC has been informed that entering secure areas requires that IC does not create a breach in the security on this Security related project. Referring to clause 3.5 and 3.6 of SCH-B, IC must adhere with its contractual obligations.
2.	A key role like Engineering Manager and establishment of a site design office has been neglected by IC throughout the project (refer to letter no’s. K&TPD/KRP&SFPD/SF/L-140/13, 144/13, 219/13, 253/13, 309/13, 576/14, 746/14 and 1027/14) and thus IC is suffering from delays on various activities due to lack of shop drawings. Still a dedicated role is not established as the current Engineering Manager Mr. Ali Elshayal works only part-time.
3.	An interface drawing was created when Mr. Jun Aquino was working with IC as Engineering Manager and all the interfaces were resolved for area between Sta. 13+800 to 14+450. Since IC changed the Engineering Manager in Sep. 2014 and no action has been taken to carry on the subject activity.
IC shall ensure that no scope change or cost/schedule implication arises from this letter.

Should you have any questions, please contact Sohail Moughal, Project Engineer at 012 422-4570.
