CONTRACT PROBLEMS IN MAJOR UNDERGROUND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

Contract problems in major underground construction projects generally emerge from four principal areas: the gathering and presentation of geological data, the present form of contract, the identification and allocation of major contract risks, and the fair and expeditious handling of contract disputes. Contract problems emerging from these four principal areas too often result in continual disputes during the life of the contract and consume administrative, management and engineering time, time that could be put to more creative and constructive use. Further, in many cases a lengthy period of litigation follows the contract completion, again consuming time and money which could be put to better use. /TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  Pergamon Press, Incorporated

  Headington Hill Hall
  Oxford OX30BW,    
• Authors:
  • Kellogg, J C
• Publication Date: 1976-7-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 101-109
• Serial:
  • Underground Space
  • Volume: 1
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Pergamon Press, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0362-0565

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Compliance; Construction; Contract administration; Contracts; Geological surveying; Hazards; Litigation; Risk assessment; Specifications; Tenders; Tunnels; Underground structures
• ITRD Terms: 155: Administration; 137: Bid; 178: Compliance (specif); 3655: Construction; 146: Contract; 137: Tender; 3374: Tunnel
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Bridges and other structures; Construction; Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; I10: Economics and Administration; I54: Construction of Tunnels;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00156488
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 20 1977 12:00AM