Construction contracts : law and management /
By: Murdoch, J. R.
Contributor(s): Hughes, Will, Ph. D.
Publisher: London ; New York : Taylor & Francis, 2008Edition: 4th ed.Description: xxvi, 401 p. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780415393683 (hardback : alk. paper); 9780415393683:; 041539368X (hardback : alk. paper); 9780415393690 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0415393698 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Buildings -- Contracts and specifications | Civil engineering -- Contracts and specifications | Construction contracts -- Great Britain![](/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/images/filefind.png)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-387) and indexes.
UK construction industry context -- Roles and relationships -- General contracting -- Design and build -- Management contracting -- Construction management -- Procurement methods and risk allocation -- Contract choice -- Tendering and contract formation -- Liability in contract and tort -- Contractor's obligations -- Employer's obligations -- Responsibility for design -- Time -- Payment -- Contractors' claims for loss and expense -- Insurance and bonds -- Role of the contract administrator -- Sub-contracts -- Employer-selected sub-contractors -- Financial remedies for breach of contract -- Defective buildings and subsequent owners -- Suspension and termination of contracts -- Non-adversarial dispute resolution -- Adversarial dispute resolution.
Construction Contracts focuses on the law governing construction contracts, and the management and administration of these contracts.