International contracting : contract management in complex construction projects / / John van der Puil, TiasNimbas Business School, Tilburg, the Netherlands, Arjan van Weele, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910453254203321
• Autore: Puil van der John
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [London] : , : Imperial College Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-908979-51-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (523 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): van WeeleArjan
• Disciplina: 692.8
• Soggetti: Construction contracts; Export sales contracts; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: part I. International contracting: defining the playing field -- part II. The contracting cycle -- part III. Project and risk management -- part IV. Legal issues in international contracting.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book, about international contracting and contract management, is written from the angle of the contractor and discussed from an international perspective. It comments on real-life cases, taken from various kinds of projects: infrastructural works (roads, bridges, tunnels, rail roads), wind- and sunfarms, oil and gas installations, such as platforms, pipe lines, power generating works, and large buildings.The book is structured around the contracting cycle. Chapters include dealing with the role of the contractor in international contracting, the tender process, landing and negotiating