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Machine generated contents note: pt. I Preliminaries -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. What is a contract? -- 1.2. Purpose of building contracts -- 1.3. Types of construction contracts -- 1.4. Characteristics of a standard form -- 1.5. Commonly used contracts -- 1.6. Important background to SBC -- 1.7. SBC and variants -- 2. Basic matters -- 2.1. Works -- 2.2. Drawings -- 2.3. Specification -- 2.4. Schedules -- 2.5. Bills of quantities -- 2.6. The Standard Method of Measurement -- 2.7. Privity of contract and the Third Party Act -- 2.8. Third party rights and collateral warranties -- 2.9. Base Date -- 2.10. Common problems -- 3. About the contract documents -- 3.1. What constitutes the contract? -- 3.2. What are articles and recitals? -- 3.3. How to complete the contract form -- 3.4. Priority of documents -- 3.5. Errors, discrepancies and divergences -- 3.6. Custody and copies -- 3.7. Limits to use -- 3.8. Reckoning days -- 3.9. Certificates, notices and other communications -- 3.10. Applicable law -- 3.11. Common problems -- 4. Related matters -- 4.1. The Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 as amended -- 4.2. Entire contracts -- 4.3. Express and implied terms -- 4.4. Limitation periods -- 4.5. Letters of intent -- 4.6. Quantum meruit -- 4.7. Limited companies -- 4.8. Bonds -- 4.9. Common problems -- pt. II Participants -- 5. The architect's powers and duties -- 5.1. What the architect can do or must do -- 5.2. Specific requirements under the JCT contract -- 5.3. Powers -- 5.4. The architect's design role under SBC -- 5.5. The architect as agent for the employer -- 5.6. No power to direct contractor -- 5.7. Issue of certificates -- 5.8. The issue of instructions -- 5.9. Instructions in detail -- 5.10. Issue of information -- 5.11. Duties under the contract -- 5.12. General duties -- 5.13. Does the architect have any duty to the contractor? -- 5.14. Common problems -- 6. The contractor's powers and duties -- 6.1. What the contractor can do or must do -- 6.2. Person-in-charge -- 6.3. Access to the Works and premises -- 6.4. Carrying out the Works -- 6.5. Levels and setting out -- 6.6. Workmanship and materials -- 6.7. Contractor's master programme and other documents -- 6.8. Statutory obligations -- 6.9. Antiquities -- 6.10. Drawings, details and information -- 6.11. Compliance with architect's instructions -- 6.12. Suspension of performance -- 6.13. Does the contractor have a duty to warn of design defects? -- 6.14. Common problems -- 7. The employer's powers and duties -- 7.1. What the employer can or must do -- 7.2. Express and implied powers and duties -- 7.3. General powers -- 7.4. General duties -- 7.5. Common problems -- 8. Consultants -- 8.1. General points -- 8.2. Quantity surveyors -- 8.3. Employer's representative/project manager -- 8.4. Structural engineers, mechanical engineers and others -- 8.5. Common problems -- 9. The clerk of works -- 9.1. Method of appointment -- 9.2. Duties -- 9.3. Snagging lists -- 9.4. Defacing materials -- 9.5. Common problems -- 10. Sub-contractors and suppliers -- 10.1. General -- 10.2. Assignment -- 10.3. Sub-contracting -- 10.4. Listed sub-contractors -- 10.5. Named specialists -- 10.6. Common problems -- 11. Statutory authorities -- 11.1. Work not forming part of the contract -- 11.2. Statutory authorities in contract -- 11.3. The CDM Regulations 2007 -- 11.4. Common problems -- pt. III Work in Progress -- 12. Insurance -- 12.1. Why insurance? -- 12.2. Types of insurance in the contract -- 12.3. What is an indemnity? -- 12.4. Injury to persons and property -- 12.5. Things that are the liability of the employer -- 12.6. Insurance terms -- 12.7. Insurance of the Works: alternatives -- 12.8. A new building where the contractor is required to insure -- 12.9. A new building where the employer insures -- 12.10. Alterations or extensions to an existing building -- 12.11. Benefits for sub-contractors -- 12.12. The Joint Fire Code -- 12.13. Terrorism cover -- 12.14. Common problems -- 13. Possession of the site -- 13.1. General -- 13.2. Date of possession -- 13.3. Common problems -- 14. Extension of time -- 14.1. Basics -- 14.2. Extension of time -- 14.3. Grounds -- 14.4. Procedure -- 14.5. Important conditions -- 14.6. Common problems -- 15. Liquidated damages -- 15.1. What are liquidated damages? -- 15.2. Procedure -- 15.3. Common problems -- 16. Financial claims -- 16.1. Loss and expense claims -- 16.2. Procedure -- 16.3. Effect on regular progress -- 16.4. The architect's opinion -- 16.5. Ascertainment -- 16.6. Reimbursement under other contract provisions -- 16.7. Relevant matters forming the basis of a claim -- 16.8. Certification of direct loss and/or expense -- 16.9. Contractor's other rights and remedies -- 16.10. Common problems -- 17. Architect's instructions -- 17.1. Purpose -- 17.2. Scope -- 17.3. Common problems -- 18. Variations -- 18.1. What is a variation? -- 18.2. Does extra work always involve payment? -- 18.3. Valuation -- 18.4. Treatment of approximate quantities, defined and undefined provisional sums -- 18.5. If the conditions for carrying out other work are altered -- 18.6. Valuation of obligations and restrictions -- 18.7. Schedule 2 quotations -- 18.8. Acceleration -- 18.9. Daywork -- 18.10. Valuation of contractor's designed portion -- 18.11. Common problems -- 19. Payment -- 19.1. The Contract Sum -- 19.2. Valuation -- 19.3. Method and timing -- 19.4. Payment procedure -- 19.5. Retention -- 19.6. Final payment -- 19.7. The effect of certificates -- 19.8. Off-site materials -- 19.9. Fluctuations -- 19.10. Common problems -- 20. Contractor's design -- 20.1. Contractor's Designed Portion (CDP) -- 20.2. Documents -- 20.3. The contractor's obligations -- 20.4. Liability -- 20.5. Variations -- 20.6. Insurance -- 20.7. Common problems -- pt. IV Closing Stages -- 21. Practical completion -- 21.1. Definition -- 21.2. What the contract says -- 21.3. Consequences -- 21.4. Partial possession and sectional completion -- 21.5. Common problems -- 22. Defects liability -- 22.1. During construction -- 22.2. Rectification period -- 22.3. Definition -- 22.4. Defects, shrinkages or other faults -- 22.5. Frost -- 22.6. Procedure -- 22.7. Common problems -- 23. Termination -- 23.1. General points -- 23.2. Termination by the employer -- 23.3. Grounds: contractor's defaults -- 23.4. Grounds: insolvency of contractor -- 23.5. Grounds: corruption -- 23.6. Grounds: neutral causes -- 23.7. Grounds: insurance risks and terrorism cover -- 23.8. Consequences of termination for contractor's default or insolvency -- 23.9. Consequences of termination for neutral causes or insurance risks -- 23.10. Termination by the contractor -- 23.11. Grounds: employer's defaults -- 23.12. Grounds: insolvency of employer -- 23.13. Grounds: neutral causes -- 23.14. Grounds: insurance risks and terrorism cover -- 23.15. Consequences of termination for employer's default, neutral causes or insolvency of the employer, etc. -- 23.16. Consequences of termination for insurance risks -- 23.17. Suspension of the Works by the contractor -- 23.18. Common problems -- pt. V Intractable Problems -- 24. Dispute resolution procedures -- 24.1. General -- 24.2. Adjudication -- 24.3. Arbitration -- 24.4. Legal proceedings (litigation) -- 24.5. Mediation -- 24.6. Common problems.

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