The ACE Professional Services Agreement (PSA) is a standard form consultant appointment published by the ACE (Association for Consultancy and Engineering). This Practice...
Having established the existence of a ‘professional’ who may owe duties to their client, it is then necessary to consider the bases on which such duties may be founded....
The CIC Consultants' Contract Conditions The Construction Industry Council (CIC) publishes a standard form of consultant appointment: The CIC Consultants' Contract...
This Practice Note looks at claims made against professional consultants (also known as construction professionals) on construction projects and issues that typically...
ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained. This article appears as originally published in Construction Law on 1 May 2017 and is not...
Contents This Agreement is made on [date] Parties 1 [Insert name of Employer] (Company Registration No. [insert number]) whose registered office is at [insert address of...
Contents This Agreement is made on [date] Parties 1 [Insert name of Employer] (Company Registration No. [insert number]) whose registered office is at [insert address of...
Consultants carrying out the role of certifier Consultants such as employers' agents, contract administrators, project managers and architects are often required to act...
The question of who owns intellectual property in the designs, drawings, specifications etc, created in relation to a construction project is very important for all the...
What is meant by design liability? If a party is said to have ‘design liability’, it means that they bear legal responsibility for all or part of the design of a...
This Practice Note examines the extent to which contractors, sub-contractors and consultants have a duty to warn their employer of inadequacies that they discover in...
This Practice Note considers the role of the Engineer under the FIDIC Red and Yellow Books 1999 and the Pink Book 2010. The FIDIC Silver Book 1999 and the FIDIC Gold Book...
This Practice Note considers the role of the Engineer under the FIDIC Red and Yellow Books 2017. For more information on these contracts, see Practice Notes: FIDIC...
To: [insert name and address of recipient of letter] Date: [insert date] Dear [insert name of person/organisation wishing to rely on the report], [insert name of project]...
This Practice Note provides specific guidance on exclusions and limits of liability relevant to consultant appointments. It should be read alongside Practice Note:...
'MF/4' is one of the suite of Model Forms published on behalf of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. It is...
The NEC Professional Service Contract (PSC) is a long form consultant appointment published as part of the NEC suite of contracts. The NEC4 suite of contracts was...
Overview of the NEC Professional Service Short Contract The NEC Professional Service/Services Short Contract, or PSSC, is part of the NEC3 and NEC4 suites of contracts...
While tort claims are not as common in construction projects as breach of contract claims, they do still arise and it is not uncommon for a claimant to advance a claim in...
This Practice Note examines net contribution clauses (sometimes known as proportionate liability clauses) and their inclusion in collateral warranties and consultants’...
Payment 1 The Consultant shall submit an account (the ‘Account’) for sums due in respect of an instalment at the end of the calendar month in which such instalment and/or...
Consultant appointments and the HGCRA 1996 ‘Construction contracts’ as defined in the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (HGCRA 1996) are subject to...
A consultant’s appointment will contain numerous duties and obligations, both express and implied. This Practice Note looks at the consultant’s obligation to perform the...
General requirement A consultant’s appointment will routinely require the consultant to take out and maintain professional indemnity (PI) insurance. For many...
What are prohibited or deleterious materials? Most building contracts, sub-contracts, consultants’ appointments and collateral warranties will include provisions dealing...
This Practice Note considers the obligation for contractors and consultants providing services under construction contracts to exercise reasonable skill and care. It...