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Contracts for Construction and Engineering Projects 2nd Edition

Contracts for Construction and Engineering Projects 2nd Edition

Author: Donald Charrett
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781032073835

Published In: December 2021
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Paperback Edition ISBN: 9781032074344

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Contracts for Construction and Engineering Projects provides unique and invaluable guidance on the role of contracts in construction and engineering projects. The work explores various aspects of the intersection of contracts and construction projects involving the work of engineers and other professionals engaged in construction, whether as project managers, designers, constructors, contract administrators, schedulers, claims consultants, forensic engineers or expert witnesses.

Compiling papers written and edited by the author, refined and expanded with additional chapters in this new edition, this book draws together a lifetime of lessons learned in these fields and covers the topics a practicing professional might encounter in construction and engineering projects, developed in bite-sized chunks.

The chapters are divided into five key parts:

the engineer and the contract
the project and the contract
avoidance and resolution of disputes
forensic engineers and expert witnesses, and
international construction contracts

The inclusion of numerous case studies to illustrate the importance of getting the contract right before it is entered into - and the consequences that may ensue if this is not done - makes this book essential reading for professionals practising in any area of design, construction, contract administration, preparation of claims or expert evidence, as well as construction lawyers who interact with construction professionals.

Foreword to Second Edition by Sir Rupert Jackson

Foreword to First Edition by Justice John Digby

1. Overview

Part 1: The engineer and the contract

2. The Evolution of the Role of the Engineer

3. Time, Cost and Quality - the Engineer’s Eternal Challenge

4. Risk and Construction Contracts

5. Managing Design Risk

6. Contracts for Design Services

Donald Charrett & Dan Washington

7. Design life or service life: What is the difference?

8. Fit for Purpose or Due Skill and Care?

9. Design & Construct Contracts and Final Design Cost Risk

10. The Duty of Care in Design – Can Engineers Rely on Codes of Practice?

Donald Charrett & Andrew Potts

Part 2: The project and the contract

11. Standard Form Contracts

12. The impact of COVID-19 on construction contracts

13. Challenges in Achieving Successful Megaprojects

Donald Charrett & Philip Loots

14. Sydney Opera House – Quality, Quality, Quality!

15. Managing Time, Cost and Quality - a Tale of Two Buildings

16. A Tale of Two Bridges: Issues Arising from Design and Construct Contracts

17. State of Tasmania v Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd

18. The Canterbury Earthquakes I

19. The Canterbury Earthquakes II

20. Construction Failures: Have We Learned the Lessons of History?

21. Lessons from failures – Quebec Bridge

22. Lessons from failures – West Gate Bridge

23. Is conventional insurance for construction projects fit for purpose?

Part 3: Avoidance and resolution of disputes

24. The avoidance of disputes by Contractors in design and construct contracts

25. Cost-effective Resolution of Construction Disputes

26. Dispute Boards and Construction Contracts

27. The commercial value of Dispute Boards under FIDIC contracts

28. FIDIC Conditions of Contract New Edition 2017 and Dispute Boards

29. Construction disputes after COVID-19 – jaw-jaw or war-war?

30. The “best” method of resolution of construction disputes – elusive or illusory?

Part 4: Forensic engineers and expert witnesses

31. The Engagement of Forensic Engineers

Donald Charrett & Andrew Potts

32. Guidelines for Experts

33. Getting the Most Out of Expert Witnesses

34. The Rules for Expert Evidence

Part 5: International construction contracts

35. Lex constructionis – or My Country’s Rules?

36. The Use of the UNIDROIT Principles in International Construction Contracts

37. Final Comments

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