January 2010
Contract issues
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Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today
2000
Simon Tolson provides an introduction to health and safety law for those in the construction industry, including a reminder that every participant in the construction process must address health and safety issues. His article appeared in the Construction Law Review 2000 (a supplement to Civil Engineering Surveyor).
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We don’t need a contract, we’re partnering
"Making claims for time and money"
17 October 2008
Nicholas Gould, in a paper given to the Sweet & Maxwell Construction Law 2008 conference, reviews the impact of notice provisions. In doing so, he discusses clause 20.1 of the FIDIC Form and considers whether or not this amounts to a time bar or condition precedent which has the effect of disallowing any claim a contractor may have that may otherwise be legally recognisable.
"Roles and Relationships Within the Project: the Employer"
5 October 2007
Jeremy Glover in a paper given to the FIDIC Contracts Conference 2007, discusses the roles and responsibilities of the Employer under the FIDIC form. In particular, the paper focuses on three issues, employer claims, payment and determination.
"Standard Forms: Standardisation, Bastardisation and the Virtual Contract"
8 November 2006
Nicholas Gould, reviews some of the standard forms and considers some of the basic principles relating to their use in the construction industry. Amongst the issues and contracts considered are the traditional procurement standard forms, the new JCT 2005 suite, the ICE 7 th Edition, the NEC 3 rd edition and the GC/Works contract. Nicholas also considers some of the options available relating to partnering.
"FIDIC: Pink Book: The MDB Harmonised Edition of the Red Book"
August 2010
Frederic Gillion highlights the main features of the Mulitlateral Development Banks (MDBs) Harmonised Edition of the 1999 Red Book (FIDIC Conditiona of Contract for Construction) and key differences between it and the 1999 Red Book. This FIDIC contract is usually referred to as the "Pink Book" or "MDB Harmonised Edition".
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