Book description
This book examines 200 contractual problems which regularly arise on
building and engineering projects and provides a detailed explanation of
their solutions, citing standard contract conditions and key parts of
legal judgements as authority. A succinct summary is provided at the end
of each detailed solution.
It covers problems together with their solutions in respect of:
- Procurement matters
- Tenders and bidding
- Design issues
- Letters of intent
- Contractor's programme
- Contractor's float
- Delays
- Concurrent Delays
- Extensions of time
- Liquidated/delay damages
- Unliquidated damages
- Variations
- Loss and expense/additional cost claims
- Acceleration
- Global claims
- Payment
- Damage to the works
- Exclusion clauses
- Retention of title
- Practical completion
- Defect correction
- Adjudication
This book deals with a broad range of construction contracts
including JCT Standard Form and Design and Build, New Engineering
Contract NEC3, ICE and GC/Works/1.
This book was first published under the title of One Hundred
Contractual Problems and Their Solutions, with a second edition
entitled One Hundred and Fifty Contractual Problems and their
Solutions. This third edition adds 50 new problems and replaces 15
of those in the last edition. Of the remainder half have been the
subject of revision.
"Deserves a place on every site and in every office as the
standard handbook on contractual problems"
-Construction
Law Digest
Roger Knowles is a chartered surveyor, chartered
arbitrator, barrister and CEDR accredited mediator. He left school as
16 years of age and commenced work as a trainee quantity surveyor,
following which he secured his qualifications employing distance
learning courses. His early career was that of a quantity surveyor,
when he gained a great deal of experience of working on construction
sites. He founded James R Knowles in 1973, a company of dispute
resolution consultants, as a sole practitioner.
Roger built up
James R Knowles until it was a world renowned brand and in 1998 became
a quoted company on the AIM market. He sold his interests in James R
Knowles in 2006, since which time he has acted as an independent
disputes resolution consultant. His career has involved representing
clients in many parts of the world including East Asia, the Middle
East and throughout the United Kingdom. His work includes the
preparation and resolution of construction claims, representing
parties in arbitration and adjudication and acting as arbitrator,
adjudicator and mediator.
Roger has been involved in training for
many years. His specialist subjects include construction law, contract
administration, arbitration, adjudication and ADR and he has lectured
at well over 1,300 seminars at locations all over the
world.
Since the mid 1970s, Roger has been a regular contributor
to technical journals, with more than 400 published articles to his
name. His career has also included representing trade associations and
he is a former member of the Joints Contract Tribunal which publishes
JCT contracts.
Roger was the founder of the Quantity Surveyors
International and joint author of the Public Sector Partnering
Contract.
