The NEC3 engineering and construction contract [[electronic resource] ] : a commentary / / Brian Eggleston

• Record Nr.: UNISA996213205003316
• Autore: Eggleston Brian (Brian C).
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, : Blackwell, 2006
• ISBN: 1-280-74280-1; 9786610742806; 0-470-70844-1; 0-470-75849-X; 1-4051-7282-7
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (394 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): EgglestonBrian (Brian C).
• Disciplina: 343.4107862; 343.41078624
• Soggetti: Engineering contracts - Great Britain; Construction contracts - Great Britain
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Rev. ed. of: The new engineering contract. 1996.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Author's note; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Development of NEC contracts; 1.2 Characteristics of NEC contracts; 1.3 Structure of the NEC 3 Engineering and Construction Contract; 1.4 Feedback from ECC 2; 1.5 Changes from ECC 2; 1.6 Points of interest in NEC 3; 2 Main options; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Contract strategy; 2.3 Option A - priced contract with activity schedule; 2.4 Option B - priced contract with bill of quantities; 2.5 Target contracts generally; 2.6 Options C and D - target contracts; 2.7 Option E - cost reimbursable contract; 2.8 Option F - management contract; 2.9 Option W1 - dispute resolution2.10 Option W2 - dispute resolution; 3 Secondary option clauses; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Option X1 - price adjustment for in.ation; 3.3 Option X2 - changes in the law; 3.4 Option X3 - multiple currencies; 3.5 Option X4 - parent company guarantee; 3.6 Option X5 - sectional completion; 3.7 Option X6 - bonus for early completion; 3.8 Option X7 - delay damages; 3.9 Option X12 - partnering; 3.10 Option X13 - performance bond; 3.11 Option X14 - advanced payment to the contractor; 3.12 Option X15 - ; limitation of contractor's liability for design; 3.13 Option X16 - retention3.14 Option X17 - low performance damages; 3.15 Option X18 - limitation of liability; 3.16 Option X20 - key performance indicators; 3.17 Option Y(UK)2 - Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996; 3.18 Option Y(UK)3 - Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999; 3.19 Option Z1 - additional conditions; 4 Contract documents; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Entire agreements; 4.3 Clause 12.4 of NEC 3; 4.4 Construction of contracts generally; 4.5 NEC 3 documentation; 4.6 Essential contract documents; 4.7 Identified and defined terms; 4.8 The contract date; 4.9 Works information4.10 Site information; 4.11 Contract data; 4.12 Schedules of cost components; 4.13 Ambiguities and inconsistencies in the contract documents; 4.14 Schedule of clauses referring to the works information; 5 Key players; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Others; 5.3 Actions; 5.4 The employer; 5.5 Express obligations of the employer; 5.6 The project manager; 5.7 Express duties of the project manager; 5.8 The supervisor; 5.9 Express duties of the supervisor; 5.10 Communications; 5.11 The project manager and the supervisor; 6 General core clauses; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Actions; 6.3 Identified and defined terms6.4 Interpretation and the law; 6.5 Communications etc.; 6.6 Instructions; 6.7 Adding to the working areas; 6.8 Early warning; 6.9 Ambiguities and inconsistencies; 6.10 Illegal and impossible requirements; 6.11 Prevention; 7 Obligations and responsibilities of the contractor; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Design obligations, responsibilities and liabilities; 7.3 Providing the works; 7.4 The contractor's design; 7.5 Using the contractor's design; 7.6 Design of equipment; 7.7 People; 7.8 Working with the employer and others; 7.9 Subcontracting; 7.10 Other responsibilities
• Sommario/riassunto: This book provides a detailed commentary on the latest edition of the New Engineering Contract NEC3. It explains how the contract is intended to operate and examines each clause to consider its application and legal interpretation. It draws upon the author's successful book on the second edition of the Engineering and Construction Contract, ECC2, and it identifies and comments on the changes between ECC2 and NEC3.Particular attention is given to the revised compensation event procedures, as well as:* the role of the project manager* the liabilities and obligations of the partie