Fundamentals of building contract management

Contracts are vital to the construction delivery process; they direct and govern every move. This book strips the legal mystique and jargon from contracts and exposes their basic logic.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Uher, Thomas E.
Other Authors: Davenport, Philip (Lawyer)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Sydney : UNSW Press, 2009.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Construction management (Sydney, N.S.W.)
Subjects:
Construction contracts > Australia > Management.
Construction contracts > Australia.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
ISBN: 9781628709506
1628709502
9781742231860
1742231861
1742230210
9781742230214
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 438 pages) : illustrations

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245 1 0 |a Fundamentals of building contract management /  |c Thomas E Uher & Philip Davenport. 
250 |a 2nd ed. 
260 |a Sydney :  |b UNSW Press,  |c 2009. 
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490 1 |a Construction management series (Sydney, N.S.W.) 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-431) and index. 
505 0 |a Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 PRE-CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION -- 1. Introduction to contract administration -- 1.1. What is a contract? -- 1.2. Contracts in context -- 1.3. The elements of a contract -- 1.4. General comments on contracts -- 1.5. Acts and regulations -- 1.6.A brief history of building contracts -- 1.7. Fundamentals of contract administration -- 2. Project lifecycle -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Conceptual stage -- 2.3. Design stage -- 2.4. Tendering stage -- 2.5. Pre-construction stage -- 2.6. Construction stage -- 2.7.Commissioning stage -- 2.8. Post-occupancy evaluation (audit) -- 3. Contract strategy -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Contract strategy -- 3.3. Project delivery methods -- 4. Options for contract price -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Fixed-price contracts -- 4.3. Cost-plus contracts -- 5. The traditional method of project delivery -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Nature of the traditional method -- 5.3.Organisation structure of the traditional method. 
505 0 |a Note continued: 5.4. Advantages to the principal -- 5.5. Disadvantages to the principal -- 5.6. Traditional contract strategy -- 5.7. Standard forms of general conditions of contract for use with the traditional method of project delivery -- 6. Non-traditional methods of project delivery -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Design and construct method -- 6.3. Construction management method -- 6.4. Project management method -- 6.5. In-house development method -- 6.6. Public private partnership -- 6.7. Performance of different methods of project delivery -- 6.8. Impact of non-traditional methods on different contractual parties -- 6.9. Impact of non-traditional methods on the construction industry -- 7. Administration of managed methods of project delivery -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. The agency CM method -- 7.3. The non-agency CM method -- 7.4. General comments on managed delivery methods -- 7.5. Construction packages -- 7.6. Cost administration -- 7.7. Time administration -- 7.8. Incentives. 
505 0 |a Note continued: 8. Partnering and startegic alliance -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. Definition of partnering -- 8.3. History of partnering -- 8.4. Essential elements of partnering -- 8.5. Types of partnering -- 8.6. Partnering process -- 8.7. Performance of partnering -- 8.8. Partnering performance indicators -- 8.9. Reward for performance -- 8.10. Legal issues in partnering -- 8.11. Startegic alliance -- 9.Competitive tendering -- 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. Formation of building contracts and subcontracts -- 9.3. Tender documentation -- 9.4. Tender process -- 9.5. Selection of the best tender -- 9.6.A model of effective tender administration -- 9.7. Cost of tendering -- 10. Subcontracting practice -- 10.1. Introduction -- 10.2. History of subcontracting -- 10.3. Subcontracting in the US, UK and Australian construction industries -- 10.4. Risks in subcontracting in Australia -- 10.5. Subcontract conditions -- 10.6. Subcontracting and the principal. 
505 0 |a Note continued: 10.7. Bid shopping in the construction industry -- 11. Risk allocation: a new approach -- 11.1. Risk allocation theory -- 11.2. Analysing the theory -- 11.3. An alternative approach -- pt. 2 CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION -- 12. Analysis of general conditions of contract -- 12.1. Introduction -- 12.2. Risk allocation -- 12.3. Flow of information -- 12.4. General contract clauses -- 12.5. Latent conditions -- 12.6. Responsibilities of contractual parties -- 12.7. Assignment and subcontracting -- 12.8. Time -- 12.9. Payment to contractor -- 12.10. Adjustment of contract sum -- 12.11. Contract insurance -- 12.12. Defective work -- 12.13. Termination of contract -- 12.14. Disputes -- 13.A guide to the selection and preparation of contracts -- 13.1. Introduction -- 13.2. Types of contract -- 13.3. Cost risk by type of delivery method -- 13.4. Clauses and conditions of contract -- 13.5. Risk in specific contract clauses -- 13.6. Special conditions of contract. 
505 0 |a Note continued: 14. Defective work -- 14.1. Introduction -- 14.2. Duties of superintendent -- 14.3. Implications of concurrent tort liability -- 14.4. Estoppel -- 14.5. Agreement to overcome defect -- 14.6. Rectification order -- 14.7. Trifling defect -- 14.8. Progress payments -- 14.9. Electing to accept defective work -- 14.10. Valuing involuntarily accepted defective work -- 14.11. Variations to overcome a defect -- 14.12. Summary -- 15. Legislation and registration -- 15.1. Legislative framework -- 15.2. Contracting entity -- 15.3. Licensing and registration -- 15.4. Unlicensed contracting: offence -- 15.5. Unlicensed contracting: payment -- 15.6. Limits on freedom to contract -- 15.7. Trade Practices Act -- 16. Construction programs -- 16.1. Introduction -- 16.2. Purpose of programs -- 16.3. Interpretation of construction programs -- pt. 3 POST-CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION -- 17. Contract disputes -- 17.1. Introduction -- 17.2. Contractual notice provisions. 
505 0 |a Note continued: 17.3.Common sources of contractor's claims -- 17.4. Types of claims -- 17.5. Claims preparation -- 17.6. Quantifying a claim -- 17.7. Damages -- 17.8. Unjust enrichment -- 17.9. Latent defects and economic loss -- 17.10. Hudson formula and prevention principle -- 17.11. Frustration -- 17.12. Termination -- 18. Dispute resolution -- 18.1. Introduction -- 18.2. Resolution by agreement -- 18.3. Resolution by a binding decision of a third party -- 18.4. Litigation -- 18.5. Arbitration -- 18.6. Expert determination -- 18.7. Differences between experts and arbitrators -- 19. Security of payment -- 19.1. Introduction -- 19.2. Payment culture of the construction industry -- 19.3. Means of securing payment -- 19.4. Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW) -- 19.5. Acceptance or otherwise of the NSW Act by courts -- 19.6. Acceptance or otherwise of the NSW Act by courts -- 19.7. Brief overview of different security of payment schemes. 
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