Full Description
200 Contractual Problems and their Solutions This book examines 200 contractual problems which regularly arise on building and engineering projects and provides a detailed explanation of their solutions, citing standard contract conditions and key parts of legal judgements as authority. A succinct summary is provided at the end of each detailed solution.
It covers problems together with their solutions in respect of:
Procurement matters
Tenders and bidding
Design issues
Letters of intent
Contractor's programme
Contractor's float
Delays
Concurrent Delays
Extensions of time
Liquidated/delay damages
Unliquidated damages
Variations
Loss and expense/additional cost claims
Acceleration
Global claims
Payment
Damage to the works
Exclusion clauses
Retention of title
Practical completion
Defect correction
Adjudication
This book deals with a broad range of construction contracts including JCT Standard Form and Design and Build, New Engineering Contract NEC3, ICE and GC/Works/1.
This book was first published under the title of One Hundred Contractual Problems and Their Solutions, with a second edition entitled One Hundred and Fifty Contractual Problems and their Solutions. This third edition adds 50 new problems and replaces 15 of those in the last edition. Of the remainder half have been the subject of revision.
"Deserves a place on every site and in every office as the standard handbook on contractual problems"
Construction Law Digest
Contents
Foreword xxi Preface xxiii
1 Procurement 1
2 Tenders and Bidding 27
3 Design 49
4 Letters of Intent 71
5 Programme 83
6 Delays and Delay Analysis 93
7 Extensions of Time 117
8 Liquidated/Delay Damages 137
9 Variations 167
10 Loss and Expense/Additional Cost 185
11 Payment 239
12 Practical Completion and Defects 303
13 Rights and Remedies 325
14 Adjudication 383
Table of Cases 433
Index 445
