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

Foreword xxi Preface xxiii 1 Procurement 1 2 Tenders and Bidding 27 3 Design 49 4 Letters of Intent 71 5 Programme 83 6 Delays and Delay Analysis 93 7 Extensions of Time 117 8 Liquidated/Delay Damages 137 9 Variations 167 10 Loss and Expense/Additional Cost 185 11 Payment 239 12 Practical Completion and Defects 303 13 Rights and Remedies 325 14 Adjudication 383 Table of Cases 433 Index 445