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by Sarah Lupton
Guide to the RIBA Domestic and Concise Building Contracts 2014
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Title
Copyright
Foreword
About the Author
Contents
About this Guide
1 Introduction
Features of the RIBA Building Contracts
Suitability for different procurement routes
Differences between the concise and domestic contracts
Compliance with the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (as amended)
Other differences between the contracts
Use of CBC by a ‘consumer’
Comparison with other contracts
2 Forming the contract
Tendering
Tendering procedures
Information that must be included in tender documents
Pre-contract negotiations
Executing the contract
Interpreting the contract and resolving inconsistencies
Definitions
Priority of contract documents
Inconsistencies, errors or omissions
3 Roles and management systems
Role of the contract administrator
Role of the contractor
Completing the works
Contractor’s design obligation
Contractor’s obligations in respect of subcontracted work
Compliance with statute/health and safety legislation
Role of the client
Customer acting as contract administrator
Management systems
Pre-start meeting
Progress meetings (CBC)
Risks register
4 Project progress
The site: possession
Starting the work
Completion in sections
The contractor’s programme
Content of programme
Progress
Updated programmes
Finishing the work
Delay
Revisions to the contract completion date
Applying for a revision of time
Assessment of an application
Final assessment of revisions of time
5 Control of the works
Control of day-to-day activities
‘Person-in-charge’
Responsibility for subcontractors
Principal designer
Flow of information
Information to be provided by the contract administrator
Information to be provided by the contractor
Inspection and tests
Inspection
Testing and defective work
Contractor administrator’s instructions
Delivery of instructions
Procedure following an instruction
Practical completion
Consequences of practical completion
Use/occupation before practical completion
Non-completion
The defects fixing period
6 Payment and certification
The contract price
Adjustments to the contract price
Certification and payment – concise contract
Advanced payment
Interim payments – monthly certification
Interim payments – payment on practical completion
Interim payments – milestone payments
Payment of interim payments
Final contract price and payment
Certification and payment – DBC
Interim payments – monthly certification
Interim payments – milestone payments
Payment of interim payments
Payments following practical completion
Final contract price and payment
Conclusiveness
Non-payment and non-certification
Contractor’s remedy if no certificate issued
Contractor’s remedy if payment not made
7 Insurance
Liability
Indemnity
Insurance
Professional indemnity insurance
8 Termination
Termination by the client
Abandoning the works
Failing to proceed regularly and diligently
Consistently failing to comply with instructions
Material breach of contract
Termination by the contractor
Failure to pay the contractor when payment is due
Material breach of contract
Termination by either party
Insolvency or bankruptcy
Frustration
Procedure for terminating
Consequences of termination
Payment
Access to the site and security
9 Dispute handling and resolution
Mediation
Adjudication
The adjudication process
Challenging an adjudicator’s decision
Arbitration
References
Further Reading
Clause index
Subject index
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