JCT Minor Works Building Contract with Contractor's Design 2024 (MWD)

Features of projects using the Minor Works Building Contract:

• The employer is responsible for the design, and this is usually supplied to the contractor by the architect or design team working on the employer’s behalf. If the appointed contractor is to be responsible for designing specific parts of the works, then a Minor Works Building Contract with contractor’s design must be used
• The employer (through its advisers) will also need to provide drawings, a specification, or work schedules to specify the quantity and quality of work at tender stage. When using the Minor Works Building Contract with contractor’s design, the employer must also detail the requirements for the parts of the works that the contractor is to be responsible for designing
• The Minor Works Building Contract is not suitable where the project is complex enough to require bills of quantities, detailed control procedures, or provisions to govern work carried out by named specialists
• Minor Works Building Contracts are normally administered by the architect or a contract administrator

Additional Information:

• The employer must provide drawings, a specification, or work schedules to define the quantity and quality of work, as well as the requirements for the Contractor’s Designed Portion
• The price and payment structure of the contract is based on a lump sum with monthly interim payments
• Provisions are included for collaborative working and sustainability
• For use on both private and public sector projects
• It contains the guidance notes
• This contract can be used with the Framework Agreement (FA)
• For use on both private and public sector projects

Helpful Downloads:

• Download contents page (PDF 58KB)
• Download JCT Fluctuations Options (PDF 230KB)
• Download JCT Minor Works Building Contract with contractor's design (MWD) 2024 User Checklist (PDF 201KB)
• For industry guidance on the CDM Regulations 2015, please go to http://www.citb.co.uk/cdmregs
• CDM Regulations 2015 applies to both domestic and commercial clients. Domestic clients should refer to guidance produced by the HSE, Want construction work done safely? (INDG411(rev1)), which can be downloaded for free from www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg411.pdf
• Download information on the Public Contracts Regulations 2015