Building Contract Claims
- ISBN-10
- 140514808X
- ISBN-13
- 9781405148085
- Series
- Building Contract Claims
- Category
- Technology & Engineering
- Pages
- 568
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-04-15
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Authors
- David Chappell, Vincent Powell-Smith, John H. M. Sims
Description
Many building contract claims are ill-founded, often because thebasic principles are misunderstood. This highly regarded bookexamines the legal basis of claims for additional payment, and whatcan and cannot be claimed under the main forms of contract. Itincludes chapters dealing with direct loss and expense, liquidateddamages, extension of time, concurrency, acceleration, time atlarge, common law and contractual claims, global claims, heads ofclaim and their substantiation. The new fourth edition has been substantially restructured andupdated. Nearly 100 additional cases have been added as well asfour new contracts : the JCT Construction Management and MajorProject contracts, the JCT Standard Form of Domestic Subcontract,and the Engineering and Construction Contract (the NEC Form). Thebook continues to use the JCT Standard Form (JCT 98) as the basisof the text, with important differences highlighted in the otherforms. Seventeen forms are dealt with and they have all beenupdated since the last edition of this book. This new edition is essential reading for architects, contractadministrators, project managers and quantity surveyors. It willalso be invaluable to contractors, contracts consultants andconstruction lawyers. David Chappell BA(Hons Arch), MA(Arch), MA(Law), PhD, RIBA has 45years' experience in the construction industry, having worked as anarchitect in public and private sectors, as contracts administratorfor a building contractor, as a lecturer in construction law andcontract procedures and for the last fifteen years as aconstruction contract consultant. He is currently the Director ofDavid Chappell Consultancy Limited and frequently acts as anadjudicator. He is Senior Research Fellow and Professor inArchitectural Practice and Management Research at the Queen'sUniversity, Belfast. He was appointed Visiting Professor inPractice Management and Law at the University of Central England inBirmingham from 1 March 2003. David Chappell is the author of manyarticles and books for the construction industry. He is one of theRIBA Specialist Advisors and lectures widely. Vincent Powell-Smith LLM, DLitt, FCIArb was a practising arbitratorand formerly Professor of Law at the University of Malaya and theInternational Islamic University, Malaysia. He was author of manybooks on construction law. John Sims FRICS, FCIArb, MAE, FRSA is a chartered quantity surveyornow practising as a consultant, arbitrator, adjudicator andmediator in construction disputes. He is author of a number ofbooks on building contracts and arbitration. Also of interest Building Contract Dictionary Third Edition David Chappell, Derek Marshall, Vincent Powell-Smith & SimonCavender 0 632 03964 7 The JCT Minor Works Form of Contract Third Edition David Chappell 1 4051 1523 8 Parris's Standard Form of Building Contract Third Edition David Chappell 0 632 02195 0 The JCT Major Project Form Neil F. Jones 1 4051 1297 2 Evaluating Contract Claims R. Peter Davison 1 4051 0636 0 Construction Adjudication Second Edition John L. Riches & Christopher Dancaster 1 4051 0635 2 The Arbitration Act 1996 A Commentary Third Edition Bruce Harris, Rowan Planterose & Jonathan Tecks 1 4051 1100 3 In preparation The NEC and JCT Contracts Compared Deborah Brown 1 4051 1823 7 Cover design by Workhaus
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