These training materials contain template PowerPoint slides and associated notes for use by a trainer when providing a training session on assignment and novation in...
These training materials contain template PowerPoint slides and associated notes for use by a trainer when providing a training session on collateral warranties in...
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...
In most cases, a construction contract will incorporate a number of documents that all work together to set out the obligations and liabilities of the parties and to...
This Practice Note provides an introductory guide to construction disputes, aimed at trainee solicitors and others who are new to construction disputes. It looks at the...
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ABI Model Form of Guarantee Bond Form of performance guarantee bond produced by the Association of British Insurers...
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Back end Contentious/disputes-focussed legal work, for example acting for a party in litigation proceedings....
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Call-off The practice, under a framework agreement, of instructing specific works to be carried out. Depending on the...
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z D&B See Design and build below. DBO See Design, build and operate below. Date for completion/completion date The date...
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Early neutral evaluation Early neutral evaluation is a form of alternative dispute resolution whereby the parties...
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Facilities management Facilities management contracting is essentially a commercial services contract arrangement,...
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z GC Works A family of construction contracts issued by the government (by what was then the Department of the...
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Hard FM Facilities management (FM) contracting is essentially a commercial services contract arrangement, and Hard FM...
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ICC This can refer to the Infrastructure Conditions of Contract (see below) or the International Chamber of Commerce...
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z JCT contracts The most popular standard form of building contracts, which are produced by the Joint Contracts Tribunal...
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Key date This phrase is sometimes used in a construction contract to describe a date by which an identifiable step or...
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z LADs See Liquidated and ascertained damages (LADs or LDs). Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1999 The...
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z M&E Mechanical and electrical. Main contractor On a project where some of the work is sub-contracted, the main...
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Named sub-contractor A sub-contractor who is named by the employer in the specification or employer's requirements....
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Off-site construction An approach to a project whereby a proportion of construction activities are carried out under...
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Parent company guarantee (PCG) A contract between a parent company and a beneficiary, by which the parent guarantees...
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Quantity surveyor (QS) Person/firm appointed by the employer, also known as a cost consultant. The QS advises the...
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Referral Notice Once a Notice of Adjudication has been given, and a person has been appointed to act as an...
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Schedule of amendments A set of amendments to a standard form contract whereby the parties set out agreed amendments...
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Taking-Over Certificate The certificate issued by the Engineer under a FIDIC contract (by the Employer in the Silver...
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Unforeseen ground conditions Ground conditions which may affect the works (in terms of cost or time) and which were...