Construction contract preparation and management: from concept to completion

Construction contract preparation and management: from concept to completion

Powell, Geoff

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A practical approach starting at the very beginning of projects and making important connections between stages which are often misunderstood. Considers the topic from an industry perspective including key issues such as Health & Safety, the Environment and EU regulations often ignored in other texts. Covers NEC and JCT contracts. GEOFF POWELL is Senior Lecturer in Construction Contracts, Contract Management and Procurement at Coventry University, UK. He is a Chartered Civil Engineer, with many years of experience in industry, including twelve years as a senior manager with Severn Trent Water, where he was responsible for the design and delivery of a capital programme of over ú100 million per annum, the management of a number of design offices and of up to two hundred engineers. For 20 years, he was also responsible for the training of graduates as a Supervising Civil Engineer for the Institution of Civil Engineers. INDICE: The Construction Industry - The Investment Process - Parties and Stakeholders - An Introduction to Contracts - Rights and Obligations - Tendering and Contractor Selection - Site Investigation - The Construction (Design andManagement) Regulations 2007 (CDM 2007) and Safety - Contract Strategies: Separated, Integrated and Management - Designers and Design Contracts - Contract Strategies: Partnering and Commercial Arrangements - Framework Agreements - The EU Procurement Directives - Pricing and Payment Mechanisms - Methods of Measurement and BoQs - Time and Programmes - Contract Law - Liquidated Damages - Negligence - Construction Contracts - NEC3 ECC Fundamentals - NEC3 ECC Core Clauses One and Two - NEC3 ECC Core Clauses Three and Four - NEC3 ECC Core Clauses Five - NEC ECC Core Clauses Six - NEC ECC Core Clauses Seven to Nine - JCT Standard Building Contract SCB05 - Disputes

  • ISBN: 978-0-230-27379-5
  • Editorial: Palgrave MacM
  • Encuadernacion: Rústica
  • Páginas: 528
  • Fecha Publicación: 02/03/2012
  • Nº Volúmenes: 1
  • Idioma: Inglés