1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996218789703316

Autore

Whitticks Edward

Titolo

Construction contracts [[electronic resource] ] : how to manage contracts and control disputes in a volatile industry / / Edward Whitticks

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Houston, Tex., : Gulf Pub. Co., c2005

ISBN

0-12-799973-6

1-60119-619-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 p.)

Disciplina

625.70993

Soggetti

Construction contracts

Engineering contracts

Construction industry

Petroleum industry and trade

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Construction Contracts; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; CHAPTER ONE. Client Policy and Practice; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The Fundamental Contract Document; 1.3 Invitations to Bid; 1.4 Lump Sum Contracting Preferred; 1.5 Lump Sum Plus Unit Rates; 1.6 Unit Rate Only; 1.7 Reimbursable Cost Contracts Where Necessary; 1.8 Cost Plus a Percentage Fee; 1.9 Start Cost Reimbursable with Later Conversion to Lump Sum; 1.10 Provisional Contract Price Agreement; 1.11 Target Cost (Shared Overrun or Underrun); 1.12 Partnering; 1.13 Prime Contracts; 1.14 Professional Services Contracts

1.15 Short Form Contracts1.16 Incentive Plans; 1.17 Policy on Claims; 1.18 Quality and "Intent" of Contracts; 1.19 Field Administration of Contracts; 1.20 Planning Policies; 1.21 Integration; 1.22 Governmental Policies and Influences-The "Third Party"; CHAPTER TWO. The Bid Package; 2.1 Preparation by the Client's Team; 2.2 Errors and Omissions; 2.3 What Type of Contract?; 2.4 Job Explanation Meeting; 2.5 Site Visit; 2.6 Bid Package Worksheets; CHAPTER THREE. Bid Preparation; 3.1 Bidders' Responses to the Invitation to Tender; 3.2 Articles of Agreement or General Terms and Conditions



3.3 Scope of Work3.4 Has It Been Done Before?; 3.5 Changes to the Scope of Work; 3.6 Schedule; 3.7 Compensation; 3.8 Materials; 3.9 Specifications and Drawings; 3.10 As Built Documentation; 3.11 Bid Preparation in General: Alternative Proposals; 3.12 Subcontractors; CHAPTER FOUR. Evaluation; 4.1 Reception and Examination of the Bids; 4.2 The Bid Clarification Meeting; 4.3 Low Bidding; 4.4 Bids Above the Company Estimate; 4.5 Unit Rates for Work Variations; 4.6 General Observations; CHAPTER FIVE. Procedures; 5.1 Client's Procedures; 5.2 Project Coordination Procedures (A Typical Client Issue)

5.3 Contractor's Procedures: The Work ProcedureCHAPTER SIX. Contracts Management; 6.1 The Contract Manager; 6.2 The Contract Engineer; 6.3 The Client's Team; 6.4 Distribution of the Contract; 6.5 Execution; 6.6 Mobilization; 6.7 The Kick-off Meeting; 6.8 Indemnity and Insurance; 6.9 Liquidated Damages; 6.10 Progress Reporting; 6.11 Contractor Scheduling Requirements; 6.12 The Change Order; 6.13 The Negative Change Order; 6.14 The Change Order Closeout Form; 6.15 The Work Order; 6.16 The Amendment; 6.17 The Short Form Contract; 6.18 Completion and Acceptance; 6.19 Mechanical Completion

6.20 Substantial Completion6.21 Standardization; 6.22 Contract Management Policy; 6.23 The Contract; 6.24 Contract Documents; 6.25 Conclusion on Model Contracts and Procedure Standardization; 6.26 Conflict of Interest; 6.27 The Diplomatic Brush-off; CHAPTER SEVEN. Claims; 7.1 Construction Claims; 7.2 A Claim by Any Other Name; 7.3 The Breeding Ground-Source of Claims before Contract Award; 7.4 After Contract Award; 7.5 Types of Construction Claims; 7.6 Claim Review; 7.7 Contractor Tenacity in Claims Promotion; 7.8 Change Order and Claims Meetings

7.9 Contractor's Claims Preparation and Presentation

Sommario/riassunto

In this superb new volume, Edward Whitticks has charted the course for anyone working with contracts anddispute control in oil and gas, one of the most volatile industries in the world. His practical, straightforwardapproach will move you step by step through the process of contractual negotiations, bids and closeouts. Foranyone working in the oil and gas industry today, finding your way through the maze of contract management seems more cutthroat and challenging than ever before. In Construction Contracts, Edward Whitticks dispels the myth that "there has to be a winner and a lose



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910135398503321

Autore

Parke Aubrey L.

Titolo

Degei's descendants : spirits, place and people in pre-cession Fiji / / Aubrey Parke ; edited by Matthew Spriggs and Deryck Scarr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

ANU Press, 2014

Canberra, ACT : , : ANU E Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-925021-84-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource ( xxx, 308pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Terra Australis ; ; 41

Disciplina

996.11

Soggetti

Mythology, Fijian

Fiji History

Fiji Civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

Dr Parke’s monograph examines how Fijians, especially in western areas of Fiji, currently understand and explain the origins and development of the social and political divisions of late pre-colonial traditional Fijian society. It assesses the reasoning, consistency and, where possible, the historical accuracy of such understandings. The oral history research which forms the backbone of the study was conducted in either standard Fijian or one or other of the western Fijian dialects with which Dr Parke was familiar. The period on which the monograph concentrates is the two centuries or so immediately prior to the Deed of Cession on 10 October 1874. A number of the major chiefs of Fiji had offered to cede Fiji to Queen Victoria; and after the offer had been accepted, Fiji became a British Crown Colony on that day. The volume will be of interest to all archaeologists, anthropologists and historians with an interest in Fiji. It will also be of wider interest to Pacific Studies scholars and those of British colonial history as well as historians with a wider interest in indigenous traditional histories and their role in governance today.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910139609103321

Titolo

Dendrimers : towards catalytic, material, and biomedical uses / / Anne-Marie Caminade ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, U.K. ; ; Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2011

ISBN

9786613240439

9781119977575

1119977576

9781283240437

1283240432

9781119976530

1119976537

9781119976523

1119976529

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (558 p.) : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

CaminadeAnne-Marie

Disciplina

668.92

Soggetti

Dendrimers

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

Introduction : what are dendrimers and dendrons? -- Syntheses of poly(propyleneimine) dendrimers (PPI) -- Synthesis of poly(amidoamine) dendrimers (PAMAM) -- Syntheses of poly(ether) dendrimers -- Syntheses of poly(ester) dendrimers -- Synthesis of poly(lysine) dendrimers -- Syntheses of silicon-containing dendrimers -- Syntheses of phosphorus-containing dendrimers -- Syntheses of carbon-based dendrimers -- Syntheses of dendrimers constituted of nitrogen heterocycles -- Syntheses by self-assembly -- Accelerated syntheses.

Sommario/riassunto

This book will be mainly focussed on the properties and uses of dendrimers and dendrons. The aim of this book is to be the reference book about dendrimers applications. It will not describe all details, but it will give the reader a unique overview of what has currently been done with dendrimers, with numerous references and illustrations. It



will be divided in four main parts: Part 1) Generalities, syntheses, characterizations and properties; Part 2) Applications in catalysis; Part 3) Applications for the elaboration or modification of materials; and Part 4) Applic