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Author Ashmore, Barry J., 1954- author.

Title The Streetwise Subbie / Barry Ashmore ; illustrations by Dave Eastbury
Edition Fourth edition
Published London : Routledge, 2018

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Description 1 online resource
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Author; 1 The order; Worth the risk?; Beware letters of intent; Collateral warranties; Make sure you check that order; 2 Programme and progress; Beware 'starting the clock'; A programme checklist; Don't be shy -- get noticed!; Some key thoughts on notices; Why work for free?; Site records and survival; Records and codes; Site records checklist; What makes a good delay notice?; Get the picture?; Just a minute; The twilight zone; Keep an eye on the Main Contract programme!; 3 Personal factors
Get your site team on board from day oneAdverse reactions; Little tin gods; 4 Acceleration; Best endeavours or acceleration?; Acceleration -- the true costs; The alligator problem; 5 Cash flow and variations; Cash flow -- everybody's problem; Payment problems; Don't get angry -- get paid!; Valuation of variations -- change of character/conditions; Variations -- the true costs of engineering and supervision involvement; Are your systems user-friendly?; 6 Claims; Claims and confrontation; Damages and extension of time; Claim for delay costs; Head office headaches; Disruption claims
Key points of the 'Delay and Disruption Protocol' -- ignore it at your peril!Loss and expense -- some questions answered; Set-off and contras; 7 The Construction Act; Introduction to the Construction Act; Payment under the Construction Act; Adjudication under the Act; Tricks and dodges of the Construction Act; The Construction Act -- some questions and answers; 8 The JCT and NEC subcontracts; JCT 2016 -- what's changed?; The standard JCT building subcontracts SBCSub/C, SBCSub/D/C and DBSub/C; Have you met the NEC subcontract?; NEC problems and pitfalls; 9 Useful tips for the 'real world'
Brave new world or con trick?the real world -- set your stall out from day one!; What is normal?; Provisional sums; Dirty negotiating tricks and what you can do about them; Get it in the budget; Stand by your man; Business 'partnerships' are not love affairs!; Conclusion; Appendices; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Appendix 3; Appendix 4; Appendix 5; Appendix 6; Index
Summary Very few books explore the problems which are particular to the relationship between Specialist Contractors and the Main Contractor, or Clients with whom they are in contract. Fewer still provide solutions in such a down to earth no-nonsense way as The Streetwise Subbie does
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 29, 2018)
Subject Subcontractors.
Construction industry -- Management.
Construction industry -- Subcontracting.
Small business -- Management.
subcontractors.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Civil -- General.
Construction industry -- Management.
Construction industry -- Subcontracting.
Small business -- Management.
Subcontractors.
Form Electronic book
Author Eastbury, Dave, illustrator
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