Other standard forms

Standard forms of construction contract

There are a number of organisations that publish standard form contracts for use in relation to construction projects in the UK. The most widely used are those produced by the Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT). See subtopics: JCT contracts 2016, JCT contracts 2011, JCT contracts 2005 and JCT contracts 1998 for copies of the contracts, and related content on the JCT suite.

The suite of contracts produced by the NEC are also popular and these contracts are particularly widely used on public sector projects. See subtopic: NEC contracts for content on these forms.

For international projects, the suite published by FIDIC are widely used (although they can also be used for UK projects). See: subtopics FIDIC contracts 2017 onwards and FIDIC contracts pre-2017 editions for copies of the contracts and associated content.

Other forms of contract used in the UK and detailed in this subtopic include the Infrastructure Conditions of Contract (ICC), the MF/1 General Conditions of Contract (and other MF forms), PPC 2000 and the IChemE Model Form Conditions of Contract (see below).

Copies of the contracts

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