Understanding Jct Standard Building Contracts

This tenth edition of David Chappell’s bestselling guide has been revised to take into account changes made in 2016 to payment provisions, loss and/or expense, insurance and many other smaller but significant changes, and includes a section on performance bonds and guarantees. This remains the most concise guide available to the most commonly used JCT building contracts: Standard Building Contract with quantities, 2016 (SBC16), Intermediate Building Contract 2016 (IC16), Intermediate Building Contract with contractor’s design 2016 (ICD16), Minor Works Building Contract 2016 (MW16), Minor Works Building Contract with contractor’s design 2016 (MWD16) and Design and Build Contract 2016 (DB16). Chappell avoids legal jargon and writes with authority and precision. Architects, quantity surveyors, contractors and students of these professions will find this a practical and affordable reference tool arranged by topic.

This is a new edition of a highly successful basic guide to JCT contracts, Which covers the 1996 Housing Grants and 1996 Construction Regeneration Acts, considers new case law and covers the 4 new amendments to JCT 80.

Books about construction contracts tend to be dense andwordy, but what most architects, quantity surveyors, projectmanagers, builders and employers are looking for is an easilynavigable, simple guide to using a contract, written in plainlanguage. The JCT Standard Building Contract 2011 is anuncomplicated book about a complex and commonly used contract. Itstraightforwardly and concisely sets out exactly what the contractrequires in various circumstances, as far as possible without legaljargon and without assuming any particular legal or contractualexpertise from the reader. It explains, often from firstprinciples, exactly what is meant by a contract and why certainclauses, such as extension of time clauses or liquidated damagesclauses are present and more importantly, what they mean. The bookis divided into many chapters, each with many sub-headings, to makeit easy to read and to help readers to find relevant explanationsquickly. Tables and flowcharts are used to ensure clarity and mostchapters include a section dealing with common problems. Covers the recently issued JCT Standard Building Contract2011 Straightforward, concise, and as far as possible free of legaljargon Sets out exactly what the contract requires in variouscircumstances Includes many tables and flowcharts to ensure clarity

This latest edition of David Chappell's bestselling guide provides an expanded presentation of the Joint Contract Tribunal (JCT) standard contracts, the most common forms of building contract. The JCT Contract With Contractor's Design (WCD 98), also known as 'the design and build form', is now covered alongside the other three major forms of contract in the JCT series: JCT 98, IFC 98 and MW 98. David Chappell has updated the book in line with amendments to the contracts and recent case law. He avoids legal jargon but writes with authority and precision, in a style which won, for the fifth edition of the book, the first prize in the Best Textbook category of the 1999 Chartered Institute of Building Literary Awards. Architects, quantity surveyors and contractors, and students of those professions, should find this a straightforward and practical reference tool arranged by topic.

This eigth edition of David Chappell’s bestselling guide to the most popular form of construction contracts has been completely revised to take into account the new contracts which have been introduced since May 2005. These include: JCT Standard Building Contract (SBC), JCT Intermediate Building Contract (IC) and ‘with contractor’s design’ (ICD), JCT Minor Works Building Contract (MW) and ‘with contractor’s design’ (MWD), and JCT Design and Build Contract (DB) which have replaced the old JCT 98, IFC 98, MW 98, and WCD 98 contracts. Each contract has been restructured and all the clause numbers have changed together with some terminology. Virtually all the clauses have been reworded and updated in line with recent case law. Chappell avoids legal jargon but writes with authority and precision. Architects, quantity surveyors, contractors and students of these professions will find this a straightforward and practical reference tool arranged by topic.