Civil Engineering Contracts. Practice and Procedure

✍ Scribed by Charles K. Haswell and Douglas S. de Silva (Auth.)

• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 240
• Edition: 2 Sub
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Different contract procedures adopted on civil engineering projects are studied in this revised edition, taking into account the new developments. The new coverage includes comments on the second edition of the Civil Engineering Standard Method of Measurement (CESMM2), the fourth edition of the FIDIC conditions of contract for Works of Civil Engineering Construction and the latest Institution of Civil Engineers' Arbitration Procedure. Reference has also been made to new forms of contract that have been published and almost every chapter of the earlier edition has been revised and updated

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Foreword to the first edition, Page v
Preface to the second edition, Page vii
Preface to the first edition, Page ix
Acknowledgements, Pages xi-xii
Chapter 1 - The philosophy of the contract system in civil engineering, Pages 1-4
Chapter 2 - Contract promotion, Pages 5-25
Chapter 3 - Types of contract, Pages 26-36
Chapter 4 - Contract risk and contract responsibility, Pages 37-40
Chapter 5 - Contract documents and their application, Pages 41-51
Chapter 6 - General conditions of contract, Pages 52-87
Chapter 7 - Specifications, Pages 88-96
Chapter 8 - Bill of quantities and methods of measurement, Pages 97-114
Chapter 9 - Insurances, Pages 115-128
Chapter 10 - Tender procedure, Pages 129-142
Chapter 11 - Powers, duties and functions of the engineer and his representative, Pages 143-159
Chapter 12 - Engineer's estimates, methods of pricing and rate fixing, Pages 160-171
Chapter 13 - Claims, Pages 172-183
Chapter 14 - The nature of arbitration and related procedure, Pages 184-203
Appendix 14.1 - The Institution of Civil Engineers' Arbitration Procedure (1983) for England and Wales, Pages 204-217
Appendix 14.2 - Current arbitration clauses incorporated into conditions of contract, Pages 218-223
References and further reading, Pages 224-225
Index, Pages 227-234