200 Contractual Problems and their Solutions

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. <p>It covers problems together with their solutions in respect of:</p> <ul> <li>Procurement matters</li> <li>Tenders and bidding</li> <li>Design issues</li> <li>Letters of intent</li> <li>Contractor's programme</li> <li>Contractor's float</li> <li>Delays</li> <li>Concurrent Delays</li> <li>Extensions of time</li> <li>Liquidated/delay damages</li> <li>Unliquidated damages</li> <li>Variations</li> <li>Loss and expense/additional cost claims</li> <li>Acceleration</li> <li>Global claims</li> <li>Payment</li> <li>Damage to the works</li> <li>Exclusion clauses</li> <li>Retention of title</li> <li>Practical completion</li> <li>Defect correction</li> <li>Adjudication</li> </ul> <p>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.</p> <p>This book was first published under the title of <i>One Hundred Contractual Problems and Their Solutions</i>, with a second edition entitled <i>One Hundred and Fifty Contractual Problems and their Solutions</i>. 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.</p> <p>"Deserves a place on every site and in every office as the standard handbook on contractual problems"<br />—<b><i>Construction Law Digest</i></b></p>