| Description |
1 online resource (417 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Glossary of Latin terms; Abbreviations; 1. Style of JCT 98, contract execution and related problems; 1.1 Standard form contracts generally; 1.2 The Joint Contracts Tribunal Limited; 1.3 JCT 98: use, style and criticism; 1.4 Documents forming the Contract; 1.5 Preparing the Contract Documents; 1.6 When things go wrong; 1.7 Forming a contract and the 'Battle of Forms'; 1.8 Letters of intent and the right to payment; 2. Participants in the project and their roles under the Contract; 2.1 Employer; 2.2 Employer's representative |
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2.3 Contractor2.4 Architect; 2.5 Quantity Surveyor; 2.6 Planning Supervisor; 2.7 Principal Contractor; 2.8 Designers; 2.9 Person-in-Charge (PIC); 2.10 Clerk of Works (COW); 2.11 Suppliers and Sub-contractors; 2.12 Joint liability; 3. JCT 98 timetable; 3.1 Possession of site; 3.2 Completion Date; 3.3 Certificate of Practical Completion; 3.4 Certificate of Non-completion; 3.5 Defects Liability Period; 3.6 Certificate of Completion of Making Good Defects; 3.7 Final adjustment of the Contract Sum; 3.8 Nominated Sub-contract final accounts; 3.9 Final Certificate; 3.10 Partial possession |
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3.11 Sectional completion4. Performance Specified Work; 4.1 General; 4.2 Meaning of Performance Specified Work; 4.3 Contractor's statement; 4.4 Architect's response to Contractor's statement; 4.5 Provisional sums; 4.6 Variations; 4.7 Analysis; 4.8 Execution; 4.9 Liability for design and installation; 5. Architect's Instructions; 5.1 Power to issue instructions; 5.2 Form of instruction; 5.3 Compliance and query; 6. Variations and provisional sums; 6.1 Variations: the general position; 6.2 Variations 'to' or 'under' the contract?; 6.3 Variations under JCT 98: definition |
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6.4 Architect's power to order Variations6.5 Contractor's right to objection; 6.6 Architect's power to sanction Variations; 6.7 Variations after Practical Completion; 6.8 Oral variation instructions; 6.9 Instructions in regard to provisional sums; 6.10 Variations instruction and evaluation: a choice of method; 6.11 Variation rules -- Alternative A: Contractor's price statement; 6.12 Variation rules -- Alternative B: 'basic method' (Clause 13.4.1.2); 6.13 Variation rules: quotations (Clause 13A); 6.14 Errors, discrepancy and divergence in and between documents |
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7. Risks to health and safety: allocation and insurance7.1 General nature of the problem; 7.2 Allocation of risks under the JCT 98; 7.3 JCT 98 Insurance requirements; 7.4 Enforcement of insurance requirements; 7.5 Effect of Joint Fire Code; 7.6 Commercial insurance products; 7.7 Amendments to the insurance provisions; 7.8 Role of the Architect; 8. Novation, assignment and domestic sub-contracting; 8.1 Novation; 8.2 Assignment; 8.3 Domestic sub-contracting; 9. Nominated Sub-contractors; 9.1 Reasons for nomination; 9.2 Circumstances permitting nomination; 9.3 Contract structure |
| Summary |
The Joint Contracts Tribunal's Standard Form of Building Contract is the most common contract used in the UK to procure building work. Understanding it is a core part of any construction student's degree and a vital part of the working life of professionals in the construction industry. 'The JCT98 Building Contract' works through the contract systematically explaining it in easy-to-follow language, covering all contract issues thoroughly and illustrating with case law examples the current situation and latest amendments. It is ideal reading for both the student of construction and the professi |
| Notes |
9.4 Nomination procedure |
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Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rycroft, Michael
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| ISBN |
9781317761334 |
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1317761332 |
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