| Description |
x, 360 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Contracts and the surveyor -- 2. Building procurement - traditional methods -- 3. Building procurement - alternative methods -- 4. Tendering methods and procedures -- 5. Examining and reporting on tenders -- 6. The contract -- 7. Prime cost and provisional sums -- 8. Variations -- 9. Fluctuations - traditional method of reimbursement -- 10. Fluctuations - formula method of reimbursement -- 11. Claims -- 12. Interim valuations -- 13. Final accounts -- 14. Cost control -- 15. Health and safety: The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994 -- 16. Indemnity and insurance -- 17. Taxation -- 18. Collateral warranties -- 19. Guarantees and bonds -- 20. Insolvency -- 21. Dispute resolution -- 22. Contract selection |
| Summary |
The purpose of this book is to provide a detailed guide to the principles and practice relating to construction contracts. It is mainly aimed at less experienced surveying practitioners and students reading for degrees in the various branches of surveying, who need to know not only what should be done in the variety of circumstances arising from the use of construction contracts, but how it should be done. Consequently, the approach adopted has been to consider in an ordered manner, the duties of the surveyor in the light of the principal provisions of the JCT Standard Form of Building Contract, as those duties should be dealt with in accordance with accepted good practice. This has been supported by detailed examples enabling the reader to appreciate how the provisions of the Standard Form should be addressed and how the duties laid upon the surveyor in relation to them should be discharged |
| Notes |
Rev. ed. of: Contract practice for quantity surveyors. 2nd ed. 1991 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Construction contracts -- Great Britain.
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Quantity surveyors -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Great Britain.
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| Author |
Birchall, Simon, BSc.
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Ramus, Jack.
Contract practice for quantity surveyors
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| LC no. |
97170910 |
| ISBN |
0750626615 |
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