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UNINA9911019426403321 |
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Powell-Smith Vincent |
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Contract documentation for contractors / / Vincent Powell-Smith, John Sims, and Christopher Dancaster |
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Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Science, 2000 |
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9786612359811 |
9781282359819 |
1282359819 |
9780470696064 |
0470696060 |
9780470695319 |
0470695315 |
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Edizione |
[3rd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (330 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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SimsJohn <1929-> |
DancasterChristopher |
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Contracts for work and labor - Great Britain |
Contractors - Legal status, laws, etc - Great Britain |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contract Documentation for Contractors; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Third Edition; 1 Introduction; 1.01 General; 1.02 Letters and notices; 1.03 Tabular summary of mandatory requirements; 2 Pre-contract Documentation; 2.01 Introduction; 2.02 Qualification; 2.03 Preliminary enquiry; 2.04 Formal invitation to tender; 2.05 Errors in tender documents; 2.06 Time for tendering; 2.07 Onerous conditions in tender documents; 2.08 Submission of tender; 2.09 Subcontractorsand suppliers; 2.10 Letters of intent; 2.11 Signing the contract; 2.12 Performance bonds |
2.13 Advance payment bonds and bonds in respect of payment for off-site materials and/or goods3 Commencement and Progress; 3.01 Pre-commencement meeting; 3.02 Site and progress meetings; 3.03 Site diaries; 3.04 The master programme; 3.05 Discrepancies in documents; 3.06 Compliance with statutory requirements; 3.07 Problems with materials; 3.08 Information necessary for the works; 3.09 Instructions |
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generally; 3.10 Variations; 3.11 Work done by others; 3.12 Other matters; 4 Certificates and Payments; 4.01 Introduction; 4.02 Application for payment; 4.03 Late payment; 4.04 The withholding notice |
4.05 Wrongful deductions from the certificate by the employer4.06 Right of suspension of obligations by contractor; 4.07 Problems with interim certificates; 4.08 Off-site goods and materials; 4.09 Retention; 4.10 The Construction Industry Scheme; 5 Delays and Disruptions; 5.01 General; 5.02 Possession of the site and commencement of work; 5.03 Delay in general; 5.04 Detailed procedures under JCT 98 or WCD 98; 5.05 The grant of the extension; 5.06 Procedures under IFC 98; 5.07 Liquidated and ascertained damages; 5.08 Reimbursement of loss and expense under JCT 98 and WCD 98 |
5.09 Machinery for recovery5.10 Common law claims; 5.11 Reimbursement of loss and expense under IFC 98; 5.12 Delays and disruptions under the JCT Minor Works Form 1998; 6 Completion and Defects Liability; 6.01 Practical completion; 6.02 Sectional completion and partial possession; 6.03 Defects liability; 6.04 Final certificate; 7 Determination; 7.01 Introduction; 7.02 Determination by the employer; 7.03 Determination by the contractor; 7.04 Determination by the employer or contractor: no-fault determination; 7.05 Determination under the Minor Works Form; 8 Subcontractors and Suppliers |
8.01 Introduction8.02 Assignment; 8.03 Sub-letting: domestic subcontractors; 8.04 Letters of intent to subcontractors or suppliers; 8.05 Signing the subcontract; 8.06 Nominated suppliers; 8.07 Nominated subcontractors under JCT 98; 8.08 Right of objection; 8.09 Procedures after nomination; 8.10 Re-nomination; 8.11 Named subcontractors under IFC 98; 8.12 Subcontract notices in general; 8.13 Extensions of time; 8.14 Money claims; 8.15 Withholding notices; 8.16 Determination; 9 Settlement of Disputes; 9.01 Introduction; 9.02 Adjudication generally; 9.03 Appointing an adjudicator |
9.04 Arbitration generally |
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The JCT standard forms of building contract require a thorough understanding of their procedural requirements, as well as their legal implications. They require both the contractor and the architect, on behalf of the employer, to send a wide range of notices and letters if each party is to protect its legitimate interests. The main contract forms are also supported by complex sub-contract documentation. Therefore, it is not surprising that when this book of specimen letters, notices and forms was first published, it was widely welcomed by the construction industry. The book provides |
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UNINA9910970793403321 |
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Autore |
Mansharamani Vikram |
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Boombustology : spotting financial bubbles before they burst / / Vikram Mansharamani |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Hoboken, New Jersey, : Bloomberg Press, 2011 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-02699-6 |
9786613026996 |
1-118-02857-0 |
1-118-02855-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (300 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Business cycles |
Financial crises |
Business forecasting |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Boombustology: Spotting Financial Bubbles Before They Burst; Contents; Foreword; Preface: Is There a Bubble in Boom-Bust Books?; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Study of Financial Extremes: One-Armed Analysts, Secrets, Mysteries; Secrets versus Mysteries; Different Problems Necessitate Different Approaches; Financial Booms and Busts as Mysteries; Part I: Five Lenses; Chapter 1: Microeconomic Perspectives: To Equilibrium or Not?; ""Random Walks"" and Accurate Prices: The Efficient Market Hypothesis |
Constant Instability and Inefficiency: The Theory of Reflexivity Reconciling Efficiency and ReflexivityChapter 2: Macroeconomic Perspectives: The Impact of Debt and Deflation on Asset Markets and Prices; The Magnifying Power of Leverage; Collateral Rates and Debt Dynamics; Hyman Minsky's Financial Instability Hypothesis; Debt Deflation and Asset Prices; The Austrian Business Cycle Theory; Integrating the Macro Lenses; Chapter 3: The Psychology Lens: Homo economicus Meets Homo sapiens; The Study of Irrationality Is Born; Heuristics Gone Wild: How Rules of Thumb Lead Us Astray |
Our Flawed Brains: Other Cognitive IssuesThe Certainty of Uncertainty; |
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Chapter 4: Biological Frameworks: Epidemiology and Emergence Mechanisms, and Political Distortions; Can Anyone Own Anything?; Prices: To Guide or Be Guided?; Political Distortions of Property and Price; Chapter 5: Biological Frameworks: Epidemiology and Emergence; Revealing the Maturity of an Unsustainable Boom; How Micro Simplicity Drives Macro Complexity; Emergent Behavior in Human Swarms; The Blind Leading the Blind; Part II: Historical Case Studies; Chapter 6: Tulipomania: A Bubble in Seventeenth-Century Holland |
The Uniqueness of TulipsFertile Soil for Bubble Formation; The Boombustology of Tulipomania; The Multilens Look; Chapter 7: The Great Depression: From Roaring Twenties to Yawning Thirties; Castles in the Sand; From Booming Twenties to Busted Thirties; The Boombustology of the Great Depression; The Multilens Look; Chapter 8: The Japanese Boom and Bust: A Credit-Fueled Bubble Economy; Japan(ese) as Different; An Overview of the Bubble Economy; The Boombustology of the Japanese Boom and Bust; The Multilens Look; Chapter 9: The Asian Financial Crisis: The Mirage of a Miracle |
Boom Times in East AsiaThailand Catches the Flu; The Boombustology of the Asian Financial Crisis; The Multilens Look; Chapter 10: The U.S. Housing Boom and Bust: The Homeowner's Society Creates the People's Panic; ""Safe as Houses""; The Music Stops; The Boombustology of the U.S. Housing Boom and Bust; The Multilens Look; Part III: Looking Ahead; Chapter 11: Spotting Bubbles before They Burst: A Method for Identifying Unsustainable Booms; Reflexivity and Self-Fulfilling Dynamics; Leverage, Financial Innovation, and Cheap Money; Overconfidence; Policy-Driven Distortions |
Epidemics and Emergence |
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A multi-disciplinary framework through which to spot financial bubbles before they burst. Based on a popular undergraduate seminar, entitled Financial Booms & Busts, taught by the author at Yale University, Boombustology presents a multi-disciplinary framework for identifying unsustainable booms and forthcoming busts. The magnitude of our recent financial crisis mandates a firm understanding of this phenomenon before the next crisis occurs. Boombustology provides an in-depth look at several major booms and busts and offers a solid framework for thinking about future oc |
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