Contract documentation for contractors / / Vincent Powell-Smith, John Sims, and Christopher Dancaster

• Autore: Powell-Smith Vincent
• Pubblicazione: Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Science, 2000
• Edizione: 3rd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (330 p.)
• Disciplina: 346.4102/2
• Soggetto topico: Contracts for work and labor - Great Britain; Contractors - Legal status, laws, etc - Great Britain
• Altri autori: SimsJohn <1929-> DancasterChristopher
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Contract documentation for contractors
• ISBN: 1-282-35981-9; 9786612359811; 0-470-69606-0; 0-470-69531-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910877155303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II