Subject Index by paragraph number

access, site 4.3, 5.16, 5.38, 8.35

additional payment 6.16, 6.17, 6.30

rules for valuation 2.31, 4.35, 6.17

adjudication 2.24, 9.10–9.20

advance warning and joint resolution of delay 4.22–4.23

advanced payment 6.20, 6.33

Agreement 2.12, 2.37

arbitration 2.24, 9.21–9.25

architect/contract administrator, duties 3.4–3.7, 5.10–5.11

bills of quantities 2.22

Building Regulations 2.20

calculation of periods 2.41

cancellation by customer 1.27

CDM see Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM) 2015

certificates

final payment 6.54, 6.75–6.76

interim payment 6.21–6.24, 6.44, 6.52, 6.58–6.59, 6.66

practical completion 5.36

change to works instructions 2.45, 4.27, 5.31, 6.13–6.15, 6.16

client 3.36, 3.37

liability 7.6, 7.8–7.11

risks 4.26

collateral warranty 2.28–2.30, 5.33

communication and notices 3.42, 8.26

complete works according to contract 3.9, 4.16

completion in sections 2.17, 2.1, 4.4, 4.7

conclusiveness 6.77

Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM) 2015 5.6–5.8, 8.13

consumer 1.23–1.28

Consumer Rights Act 2015 1.28

contract administrator, duties 3.4–3.7, 5.10–5.11

contract documents 2.15–2.16, 2.38

interpretation 2.39

priority 2.42

contract execution 2.37–2.38

contract price 2.22–2.23, 6.5–6.6

adjustments 6.7–6.17

contractor

application for payment 6.22, 6.65, 6.80, 6.81

indemnity 3.22, 7.12

liability 7.4–7.5, 7.8–7.11

obligations 3.9

right to suspend 6.86–6.88

risks 4.26

contractor design 2.15, 2.26–2.27, 3.11–3.15, 3.16, 3.19, 5.12–5.14

contractor’s representative 5.4

contracts

differences 1.12–1.13

key features 1.3–1.6

cost savings 6.9–6.10

court 9.20

customer acting as contract administrator 3.37

defective work 5.18–5.20, 6.12

defects fixing period 5.46–5.48

deferred access 4.6

definitions 2.40–2.41

delay 4.22–4.23

design 2.26–2.27

design liability, level of 3.16–3.22

dispute resolution 2.24–2.25, 9.1–9.25

documents see contract documents

due date for payment 1.18, 6.21, 6.48

early use 5.40–5.44

evidence of ability to pay 1.22, 6.86, 7.23

execution of contract 2.37–2.38

extensions of time see revisions of time

facilities 2.13

final contract price 6.53–6.56, 6.74–6.76

final date for payment 6.48, 6.56

final payments

CBC 6.53–6.56

DBC 6.74–6.76

fit for purpose liability 2.26, 3.19

fluctuations 1.11, 6.8

force majeure 4.26

health and safety 3.33–3.3, 5.6–5.8

Housing Grants Act 1996 1.14–1.19

improvements 6.9–6.10

inconsistency in the contract documents 2.43–2.45

inspection 5.16–5.20, 6.11

instructions 2.44–2.4, 4.17, 5.13, 5.19–5.23

contractor to comply immediately 5.24

contractor failure to comply 5.30, 6.36

delivery 5.24–5.28

response to notice, comply with decision 5.29

insurance 7.13–7.25

client 2.22–2.23, 7.15–7.16, 7.18, 7.20–7.21

contractor 7.15, 7.18–21

evidence of 6.36, 7.23

insurance backed guarantee 2.21

intellectual property 3.15

interest 6.84–6.85

interim payments

CBC 6.21–6.51

DBC 6.58–6.72

interpretation of contract documents 2.39–2.41

letters of intent 2.34

liability

client 7.6, 7.8–7.11

contractor 7.4–7.5, 7.8–7.11

design 3.16–3.22

limit of contractor liability, discrepancies 3.11

liquidated damages 2.17–2.19, 5.45, 6.36

mediation 2.24–2.25, 9.7–9.9

milestone payments 6.41–6.47, 6.66

negotiation

dispute resolution 9.2

pre-contract 2.5, 2.32–2.36

new building warranty 2.21

non-completion 5.45

notices in writing 3.42, 8.26

occupation before completion 5.40–5.44

oral instructions 5.24–5.28

other appointments 2.14

partial possession 5.41–5.44

party walls 2.20

pay less notice 6.51, 6.70–6.72

payment notice 6.34, 6.79–6.80

payment on completion of the works 6.39

payment on termination 8.29, 8.31–8.34

personal injury 7.5, 7.10–7.11

planning permission 2.20, 3.34

possession, of site 4.2–4.3

practical completion 5.32–5.37

pre-contract negotiations 2.5, 2.32–2.36

pre-start meeting 3.40–3.42

priority of contract documents 2.42–2.43

procurement route 1.7–1.11

products 3.10

professional indemnity insurance 3.21, 7.24–7.25

programme 4.8–4.19

non-financial consequences for non-submission 4.10

updates 4.18

progress meetings 3.43

public sector clauses 1.3

rate of interest 6.84

regularly and diligently 3.9, 4.4, 4.16, 8.8–8.11

regulations, compliance with 2.20, 3.33–3.35

regulatory consents 2.20, 3.34

repudiation 8.4

required specialists 3.26–3.32, 5.5

retention 5.38–5.39, 5.42, 6.24, 6.32

revisions of time 2.45, 4.24–4.42

rules for valuation 2.31, 4.35, 6.17

risks register 3.44

schedules of rates or works 2.22–2.23

Scheme for Construction Contracts 9.12–9.17

security 4.2, 4.5

site 2.13, 4.2

specification 2.27

statutory charges 3.34

statutory requirements 3.33

subcontracting 3.23–3.26, 5.5

submission of design details 5.12

suspension 6.86–6.88

tendering 2.3–2.8

termination

by client 8.6–8.15, 8.25

by contractor 6.89, 8.16–8.18

by either party 8.19, 8.29

due to insolvency 8.2

payment on termination 8.29–8.34

third party rights 2.30, 5.33

Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999 1.25

updates to contract documents 2.38

VAT invoice 6.49–6.50, 6.67–6.69

valuation 6.25–6.38, 6.61

variation of work see change to works instructions

withholding of payments 6.51, 6.70–6.72

working period 2.13

workmanship, contractor’s obligations 3.10

written communication 3.42