Product Description: Now Available in Paperback From its launch in 1991 the New Engineering Contract has rapidly overtaken traditional building and civil engineering contracts to become the UK's leading standard form for major construction projects. Additionally, under the generic title NEC 3, there is now a family of New Engineering Contract standard forms...read more

Liquidated damages and extensions of time frequently form the basis of contract claims made under standard building and civil-engineering contracts. This book, which was very well received in its first edition, covers legal principles and examines in depth the relevant clauses of standard construction contracts. This second edition includes a number of new contracts (including the new Engineering Contract) as well as recent court decisions.

The ICE Conditions continues to be the dominant form of contract for civil engineering, despite the growing importance of the New Engineering Contract. The Seventh Edition of the ICE Conditions, published in 1999, introduced a number of changes, including: ? incorporating some of the concepts of the Latham Report ? amending certain provisions of the Sixth Edition which had attracted criticism ? rectifying conspicuous omissions from the text of earlier editions of the contract ? correcting small errors and faults from the previous edition ? modernising certain provisions and terms Brian Eggleston, whose previous book on the ICE Conditions was described as a likely to become the authoritative reference source for the Sixth Editiona , examines the contract clause by clause from a practical and legal viewpoint. There is extensive coverage of case law. Written by an experienced civil engineer and recognized authority on construction contracts, this book is an essential guide.

Product Description: The new engineering contract has been promoted widely following the Latham Report, as the ideal form of contract for building, civil engineering and plant projects, both in the UK and overseas. The contract has a novel style of drafting which deliberately avoids the legalistic wording of conventional contracts, and seeks, as a matter of policy, to reduce adversarial attitudes...read more

Product Description: The ICE Contract, the standard form of contract for civil engineering work, produced by the Institution of Civil Engineers, the Association of Consulting Engineers and the Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors, was published in its Sixth Edition in 1991, and will be the dominant form of contract for civil engineering throughout the 1990's...read more