Construction Contracts: law and management 3rd edition

by John Murdoch (Author), Will Hughes (Author)

This is a fully revised edition of the UK’s leading textbook-Construction Contracts on the law governing construction contracts and the management and administration of those contracts.

Although the legal principles involved are an aspect of general contract law, the practical and commercial complexities of the construction industry have increasingly made this a specialist area.

This new edition of Construction Contracts is up to date with recent cases and developments in the law as it stands at July 2000.

It takes full account of the effects of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996, the Arbitration Act 1996, the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 and the changes in the legal system brought about by the Woolf reforms.

The coverage of financial protection, particularly bonds and guarantees, the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations, construction insurance, and tendering controls has been extended and amplified.

All of the common standard-form contracts have been revised in recent years and the text takes account of these changes.

In particular, more use is made of the New Engineering Contract and the GC/Works family of contracts, especially where these contain specific differences from JCT 98, IFC 98 and ICE 7.

Rather than providing a commentary on standard-form contracts, the approach is to’ introduce the general principles that underlie contracts in construction, illustrating them by reference to the most important standard forms currently in use and to the practical issues arising in construction cases.

Practitioners — consultants, builders, clients and lawyers — will find this an extremely useful reference work, providing Indepth explanations for all of the features found in contemporary construction contracts, with reasons.

It is a key text for construction undergraduates and postgraduates as well as for those taking the RIBA Part III’ and CIOB Part II examinations.