国际工程合同管理 双语PDF电子书下载

Chapter 1　Introduction to Construction Industry 1

Chapter 2　The Parties To The Contracts 3

2.1　Employer 4

2.2 Contractor 6

2.3　Contract Administrator 9

Chapter 3　Procurement Methods of Construction Contracts 13

3.1　General Contracting 13

3.1.1　Background 13

3.1.2 Basic Characteristics of Traditional General Contracts 15

3.2　Design and build 19

3.2.1　Background 20

3.2.2　Features of Design and Build Contracts 20

3.3　Management contracting 25

3.4　Construction Management 28

3.5 EPC 31

Chapter 4　Tendering and Contract Formation 34

4.1　Agreement 34

4.1.1 Offer 34

4.1.2 Acceptance 35

4.2　Contracts made by tender 37

4.2.1　Purpose of tendering 38

4.2.2　Tendering procedures 38

4.2.3　Legal analysis of tenders 44

4.2.4　Problems in the constitution of bids 45

Chapter 5　Contract Terms 51

5.1　Express Terms 51

5.1.1　Terms and representations 51

5.12 Contract documents 53

5.1.3　Priority of documents 58

5.2　Implied Terms 62

5.2.1　Implication in law 63

5.2.2　Implication in fact 64

Chapter 6　Contractor's Obligations 66

6.1　Standard of work 66

6.1.1　Workmanship 67

6.1.2　Standard of materials 68

6.1.3　Suitability of materials 68

6.1.4　Suitability of the building 68

6.2　Statutory obligations 70

6.2.1　Contractor's duties 70

6.2.2　Divergence between statutory requirements and contract 71

6.2.3　Emergency work 71

6.3　Co-ordination and Management 73

6.3.1　Control of persons on the site 73

6.3.2　Exclusion of persons from the works 74

6.3.3　Antiquities 74

6.3.4　Testing and approvals 75

6.4　Transfer of materials 76

6.4.1　General position 77

6.4.2　Contract provisions 77

6.4.3　Retention of title 78

Chapter 7　Employer's Obligations 80

7.1　Implied obligations 80

7.1.1　Non-hindrance and co-operation 80

7.1.2 Specific examples of non-hindrance and co-operation 81

7.2　Express terms of Employer's Obligations 84

7.2.1　Payment 84

7.2.2　Necessary Nominations 85

7.2.3　Site Obligations 85

7.2.4　Insurance 85

7.3 Responsibility for the Contract Administrator 85

7.4 Responsibility for site conditions 88

7.4.1 Contractor's Risk 88

7.4.2　Employer's Responsibility 89

Chapter 8　Time 91

8.1 Commencement 91

8.1.1　Possession of the site 91

8.1.2　Date for possession 92

8.1.3　Deferred Possession 92

8.2　Progress 92

8.3　Completion 94

8.3.1　Meaning of Completion 94

8.3.2　Date for Completion 95

8.3.3　Delay in completion 95

8.3.4　Sectional completion and partial possession 95

8.3.5　Effects of completion 96

8.4　Contractor's Obligations after Completion 96

8.5　Extensions of Time 98

8.5.1 Grounds for extensions of time 99

8.5.2　'Relevant events'as a ground for extensions of time 99

Chapter 9　Payment 106

9.1　Employer's obligations to pay 106

9.1.1　Contract price 106

9.1.2　Time of payment 106

9.1.3　Effect of certificates 107

9.2　Contract sum 107

9.2.1　Definitions in the contracts 107

9.2.2　Permissible changes 108

9.3　Variations 109

9.3.1　The need for variations 109

9.3.2　Definition of variations 110

9.3.3 Issuing variations 111

9.3.4 Valuing variations 112

9.4　Fluctuations 113

9.5　Retention money 114

Chapter 10　Role of the Contract Administrator 117

10.1　Contract administrator as the employer's agent 117

10.1.1　Extent of powers 117

10.1.2 Functions and duties 120

10.2　Contract administrator as independent adjudicator 123

10.2.1　Certification 123

10.2.2　Other decision-making functions 125

10.2.3　Liability for negligent decision-making 125

Chapter 11 Subcontracting and Nomination 129

11.1　Outline of Subcontracting 129

11.1.1 What is construction subcontracting 129

11.1.2 Reasons for subcontracting 129

11.1.3　Types of subcontractors 130

11.2　Domestic subcontractor 132

11.2.1 Selection of domestic subcontractors 132

11. 2.2 Relationship between the main contractor and subcontractors 134

11.3 Nominated Subcontracting 136

11.3.1　Why Nominate 136

11.3.2　Difference between nominated subcontractors and domestic subcontractors 136

11.4　Payment to subcontractors 139

Chapter 12　Suspension and Termination of Contract 142

12.1　Suspension of Work 142

12.1.1　Suspension by Employer 142

12.1.2　Suspension by Contractor 145

12.2　Termination of Work 147

12.3　Termination by Employer 148

12.3.1　The Event Incurring Termination for Default 149

12.3.2　Steps of Termination for Cause Taken by Employer 151

12.3.3　Termination for Convenience 153

12.4　Termination by Contractor 156

Chapter 13　Alternative Dispute Resolutions 159

13.1　Definition of ADR 159

13.2　Features of ADR 160

13.3　Forms of ADR 162

13.3.1 Negotiation 162

13.3.2　Conciliation 162

13.3.3　Mediation 163

13.3.4　Dispute Adjudication Board 164

13.4　The Mediation/Conciliation Agreement 167

13.5　The Procedure of DRB/DAB 168

13.5.1 Selection and Appointment of Dispute Board Members 168

13.5.2　Dispute Board Rules 168

13.5.3 The Work of the Dispute Board 168

Chapter 14　Arbitration and Litigation 171

14.1 Arbitration 171

14.1.1　Advantages of Arbitration over Litigation 171

14.1.2　Disadvantages of Arbitration 176

14.1.3　Arbitration Institutions 177

14.1.4　Choosing of Arbitrator 180

14.1.5　Duty of Arbitrators 181

14.1.6　The Arbitral Proceedings: 182

14.2　Litigation 189

14.2.1　 Litigation or Arbitration 189

14.2.2　Process of Litigation 190

Glossary 197

References 210