CIVIL ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS. 2ND EDITION

This book is an introduction to contract law and the standard forms of contract used in civil engineering projects. The first part of the book provides the principles of contract law, including privity, formation contract and implied terms, exclusion, limitation and indemnity and the features of contracts. Discussion of the main forms of contract form part two of the book. Chapter headings are: (1) Introduction; (2) General principles of contract law; (3) The scope and quality of agreed work; (4) Payment in accordance with the contract; (5) Time for performance; (6) The contract and third parties; (7) Miscellaneous matters associated with civil engineering contracts; (8) Extra-contractual entitlements; (9) Civil engineering professional services contracts; (10) Civil engineering claims: entitlements and evaluations; (11) Dispute resolution; (12) Types of civil engineering contract; (13) The ICE Conditions of Contract - measurement version (7th edn 1999); (14) The Engineering and Construction Contract (2nd edn and short contract); (15) Dispute resolution procedures. A list of the standard forms of contracts by publisher is given as Appendix A. The author is a chartered civil engineer, barrister and academic.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Thomas Telford Limited

  London,   United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • O'Reilly, M
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 378 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Construction; Contractors; Contracts; Personality; Textbooks
• Uncontrolled Terms: Responsibility
• ITRD Terms: 155: Administration; 3655: Construction; 146: Contract; 136: Contractor; 2264: Responsibility; 8526: Textbook
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Construction; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00782683
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-7277-2785-0
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Feb 7 2000 12:00AM