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Summary
Summary
This fifth edition of Contractual Procedures in the Construction Industry introduces a number of new chapters that reflect the changes in procurement, including health and safety management, partnering the supply chain, sustainability and constructing excellence in the built environment. It aims to provide the student with a comprehensive understanding of the subject and reinforces the changes that are taking place within the construction industry, such as how it is organised and the way in which consultants, contractors, subcontractors and all of those involved in the supply chain obtain work. The key features include: four new chapters on health and safety management, partnering the supply chain, sustainability and constructing excellence in the built environment; existing chapters have been updated to include present legislation; new case studies, and a special section on legal cases; and new appendices. This new edition is suitable for students taking undergraduate courses in Building and Surveying, Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, and Estate Management. Construction Management and foundation degree courses in Building and Construction Management. Allan Ashworth is currently a visiting professor in the School of Construction and Property Management at the University of Salford and the Adjunct Professor of Quantity Surveying at UNITEC in New Zealand. He is also a senior academic advisor to the Centre for Education in the Built Environment (CEBE), based at the universities of Cardiff and Salford. He is a former HMI (Her Majesty's Inspector) in the Department for Education and Employment.
Table of Contents
| List of Figures |
| List of Tables |
| List of Boxes |
| Preface |
| Acknowledgements |
| Table of relevant statutes |
| Part 1 Contract Law |
| 1 The English Legal System |
| 2 Legal Aspects of Contracts |
| 3 Discharge of Contracts |
| 4 Remedies for Breach of Contract |
| 5 Settlement of Disputes |
| Part 2 Procurement |
| 6 Forms of Contract |
| 7 Contract Strategy |
| 8 Contract Procurement |
| 9 Contract Selection |
| 10 Contract Documents |
| 11 Design and Build |
| 12 Procurement in the Twenty-FirstCentury |
| 13 Lean Construction |
| 14 Partnering and Supply Chain Management |
| Part 3 Process and Parties |
| 15 The Construction Process |
| 16 Parties Involved in the Construction of Buildings |
| 17 Site Communications |
| 18 Construcing Excellence in the Built Environment |
| 19 Health and Safety |
| 20 Sustainable Construction |
| Part 4 Standard form of Building Contract |
| 21 Introduction, Articles of Agreement, Appendix |
| 22 Quality of Work During Construction |
| 23 Costs of Construction |
| 24 Time Factor of Construction |
| 25 Works by Other Persons |
| 26 Injury and Insurance of the Works |
| 27 Fluctuations in the Costs |
| 28 Financial Matters |
| 29 Clauses of a General Nature |
| Part 5 Subcontract Conditions |
| 30 JCT Nominated Subcontract Documentation |
| 31 JCT Nominated Subcontract Conditions (NSC/C) |
| 32 Domestic Subcontract Conditions |
| Part 6 Other Contract Conditions |
| 33 Agreement for Minor Building Works |
| 34 JCT Intermediate Form of Building Contract |
| Appendix |
| A Cases of Interest |
| B |
| C |
| Bibliography |
