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Parties in a construction project

This Practice Note identifies the key parties involved in most construction projects (including the employer, the contractor, the professional team of...

The contractor's programme

This Practice Note considers the status of the programme in a construction contract, what difference it makes if the programme is a contract document...

Benefits and risks of adjudication

Produced in association with 4 Pump CourtParties to a 'construction contract' have the right to refer any dispute that has crystallised to...

Duty to warn

This Practice Note examines the extent to which contractors, sub-contractors and consultants have a duty to warn their employer of inadequacies that...

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JCT Pre-Construction Services Agreement

The JCT Pre-Construction Services Agreement was launched in 2008. A revised edition was published in 2011 to incorporate the amendments to the Housing...

9th Nov

Practice notes

Breach of natural justice in adjudication

Produced in association with 4 Pump CourtPrinciples of natural justiceIf an adjudicator breaches the rules of natural justice during the adjudication...

9th Nov

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Interim payments in construction contracts

This Practice Note provides an overview of what interim payments are, how the right to be paid (usually by monthly or stage/milestone payments) arises...

9th Nov

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'Pay when paid' and 'paid when certified' clauses

This Practice Note considers ‘pay when paid’ clauses and ‘pay when certified’ clauses in construction contracts, and the relevant provisions of the...

Produced in partnership with Womble Bond Dickinson 12th Jan

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FIDIC contracts—introduction to the Yellow Book 1999

This Practice Note looks at the FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Plant and Design Build 1999, commonly known as the FIDIC Yellow Book 1999.FIDIC...

Produced in partnership with Victoria Tyson of Corbett & Co 12th Jan

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Liquidated damages in construction contracts

This Practice Note explains what liquidated and ascertained damages (LADs/LDs) are and their purpose in a building contract. It considers the...

9th Nov

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Sectional completion

What is sectional completion?Where the construction contract splits the works into sections or parts, usually to be started at different times, there...

9th Nov

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Letters of intent—construction

What is a letter of intent?Letters of intent are used in construction and engineering projects to allow the employer to mobilise a contractor before...

9th Nov

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Schedules of services

This Practice Note examines the purpose and content of the schedule of services that will usually be appended to a consultant’s appointment entered...

9th Nov

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Responsibility for Employer's Requirements

This Practice Note looks at Employer’s Requirements (also referred to as ERs) within a building contract. It explains what Employer’s Requirements are...

9th Nov

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Concession contracts—materials and resources

Brexit impact—public procurement: The UK public procurement regime derives from EU public procurement laws, and is therefore impacted by the UK’s...

9th Nov

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Loss and expense

Claims by contractors for loss and expense arising from a disturbance to progress of the works are one of the most debated and contentious areas of...

9th Nov

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Differences between adjudication and other forms of dispute resolution

This Practice Note identifies some of the key differences between adjudication and litigation, arbitration, mediation and expert...

Produced in partnership with 4 Pump Court 12th Jan

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FIDIC contracts—introduction to the Silver Book 2017

In December 2017, FIDIC launched the second editions of the Red, Yellow and Silver Book. This Practice Note is an introduction to the FIDIC Silver...

Produced in partnership with Victoria Tyson of Corbett & Co 12th Jan

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The prevention principle

This Practice Note considers the meaning and nature of the prevention principle and its relevance to delay claims in construction projects. It also...

Produced in partnership with Tim James Seal 12th Jan

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What is practical completion?

Practical completion marks the end of the construction period of a project, when the works are 'finished' and the employer can occupy and/or use them....

9th Nov

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NEC contracts—which form?

This Practice Note is an introduction to the forms of contract in the NEC suites of contracts—NEC3 and NEC4—and looks at the factors that should be...

7th May

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JCT collateral warranties

A warranty'>collateral warranty is a contract which is collateral to, or sits alongside, the underlying or primary contract (ie the construction...

4th May

Precedents

Form of Agreement—NEC4

Agreement in relation to [insert brief details of the works/project] at [insert address of works] (Incorporating (inter alia) the NEC4 Engineering and...

29th Apr

Precedents

Schedule of Amendments to JCT Intermediate Building Contract with contractor’s design 2016

Schedule of amendments to the jct intermediate building contract with contractor’s design 2016The Contract comprises the completed the Intermediate...

28th Apr

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Schedule of Amendments to JCT Standard Building Contract With Approximate Quantities 2016

The Contract comprises the completed Standard Building Contract With Approximate Quantities 2016 published by the JCT subject to the following...

28th Apr

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Schedule of Amendments to JCT Construction Management Trade Contract (CM/TC) 2016

Schedule of amendments to the jct Construction Management trade contract 2016The Trade Contract comprises the completed Construction Management Trade...

28th Apr

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Schedule of Amendments to JCT Intermediate Building Contract 2016

Schedule of amendments to the jct intermediate building contract 2016The Contract comprises the completed the Intermediate Building Contract 2016...

28th Apr

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Schedule of Amendments to JCT Design and Build Contract 2016

The Contract comprises the completed Design and Build Contract 2016 Edition published by the JCT subject to the following amendments:RECITALSThird...

28th Apr

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Schedule of Amendments to JCT Intermediate Building Contract 2011 [Archived]

ARCHIVED: This Precedent has been archived and is not maintained.The Contract comprises the completed the Intermediate Building Contract 2011...

28th Apr

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Schedule of Amendments to JCT Minor Works Building Contract 2016

Schedule of amendments to the jct minor works building contract 2016 The Contract comprises the Minor Works Building Contract 2016 Edition published...

28th Apr

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Schedule of Amendments to JCT Standard Building Contract With Quantities 2011 [Archived]

ARCHIVED: This Precedent has been archived and is not maintained.The Contract comprises the completed Standard Building Contract With Quantities 2011...

28th Apr

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Schedule of Amendments to JCT Minor Works Building Contract 2011 [Archived]

Schedule of amendments to the jct minor works building contract 2011 (as Modified by Amendment 1: cdm regulations 2015)ARCHIVED: This Precedent has...

28th Apr

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Schedule of Amendments to JCT Design and Build Contract 2011 [Archived]

ARCHIVED: This Precedent has been archived and is not maintained.The Contract comprises the completed Design and Build Contract 2011 Edition published...

28th Apr

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Schedule of Amendments to JCT Construction Management Appointment (CM/A) 2016

Schedule of amendments to the jct Construction Management Appointment 2016The Contract comprises the completed Construction Management Appointment...

28th Apr

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Schedule of Amendments to JCT Standard Building Contract With Approximate Quantities 2011 [Archived]

ARCHIVED: This Precedent has been archived and is not maintained.The Contract comprises the completed Standard Building Contract With Approximate...

28th Apr

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Schedule of Amendments to JCT Measured Term Contract 2016

Schedule of amendments to the jct MEASURED TERM contract 2016The Contract comprises the completed Measured Term Contract 2016 (MTC 2016) published by...

28th Apr

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Schedule of Amendments to JCT Minor Works Building Contract with contractor’s design 2011 [Archived]

Schedule of amendments to the jct minor works building contract with contractor’s design 2011 (as modified by amendment 1: cdm regulations...

28th Apr

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Schedule of Amendments to JCT Standard Building Contract With Quantities 2016

The Contract comprises the completed Standard Building Contract With Quantities 2016 published by the JCT subject to the following...

28th Apr

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Schedule of Amendments to JCT Standard Building Contract Without Quantities 2016

The Contract comprises the completed Standard Building Contract Without Quantities 2016 published by the JCT subject to the following...

28th Apr

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Schedule of Amendments to JCT Minor Works Building Contract with contractor’s design 2016

Schedule of amendments to the jct minor works building contract with contractor’s design 2016 The Contract comprises the Minor Works Building Contract...

28th Apr