Date [insert date of Agreement] Parties 1 [insert name of Employer] of [insert address] incorporated in England and Wales with company registration number [insert company...
1 Acceleration 1.1 If at any time the Employer (acting reasonably) wishes the Contractor to complete the [design and] construction of the Works or any part thereof on or...
What is acceleration? Acceleration in construction law is generally understood to mean taking measures to speed up the works in order to complete them earlier than would...
Produced in association with 4 Pump Court Use of insolvency proceedings in adjudication Insolvency proceedings will rarely be the most efficient or appropriate means of...
This Practice Note considers the requirements for a dispute to be capable of referral to adjudication. In summary, a dispute must: • have crystallised—such that the...
Produced in association with 4 Pump Court This Practice Note looks at preventing enforcement of an adjudication decision by obtaining a stay of execution. If a stay is...
Produced in association with 4 Pump Court This Practice Note considers the meaning of ‘dispute’ in the context of an adjudication pursuant to the Housing Grants,...
Administration is a procedure designed to give an entity breathing space, with a view to either a rescue or a restructure or to allow for a better outcome for all...
Advantages of BIM • BIM should reduce both capital and whole life costs of buildings. • Co-ordination and buildability problems can be ironed out at the design stage...
This Practice Note looks at how an agreement for lease with development obligations may require the landlord to remedy defects in the works. It also looks at whether...
Produced in partnership with CMS This document contains suggested amendments and additional clauses to be incorporated into our schedule of amendments to the JCT Design...
Produced in partnership with CMS This document contains suggested amendments and additional clauses to be incorporated into the Construction schedule of amendments to the...
There is currently no standard BIM protocol in the UK. At present, it is a matter for agreement on a project by project basis—parties may use a published form, or may...
What is BREEAM? The Building Research Establishment’s Environmental Assessment Methodology (BREEAM) is a method for evaluating and certifying the environmental...
Produced in association with 4 Pump Court ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained. This Practice Note provides background to and a summary of...
This Practice Note identifies the factors to consider when choosing which form of procurement to use for a construction project. It looks at factors relating to time...
This Practice Note serves as a quick reference guide for practitioners comparing the law of damages as it applies to claims in tort and in contract. For the basic...
Construction contracts commonly provide that, if a party wishes to bring a claim under the contract, it must follow a prescribed procedure. This often requires the...
The nature of construction projects, the contracts agreed and the law surrounding them, means that claims are commonly made by one or more parties. This Practice Note...
A company voluntary arrangement (CVA) is a binding contractual agreement between a company and its creditors. A CVA proposal must involve one or both of two things: • an...
Produced in association with 4 Pump Court ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained. This Practice Note sets out in detail how the provisions...
This Practice Note considers the meaning and relevance of concurrent delay on construction projects, contractual terms dealing with concurrent delay and the contractor’s...
Concurrent delay 1 The Contractor shall not be entitled to any adjustment of the [Completion Date] where and to the extent that any delay caused by a [Relevant Event] has...
Termination (consequences) Consequences of termination of a consultant’s appointment 1 Subject to the other provisions of this Agreement and without prejudice to any...
Termination (consequences) Consequences of termination of a consultant’s appointment 1 Subject to the other provisions of this Agreement and without prejudice to any...
Consequential loss 1 Consequential Loss means in relation to a breach of this Agreement, any indirect or consequential loss (including loss of production, loss of profit,...
