Building surveying > Standard forms of contract
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Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996
16 November 2009
An Act to make provision for grants and other assistance for housing purposes and about action in relation to unfit housing; to amend the law relating to construction...
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Contracts notice of dispute
25 March 2009
A sample notice of dispute taken from the RICS Contract Administrator tool.
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Summary
Within the UK's construction, engineering and process industries it is common to use standard forms of contract for the execution of works and the appointment of consultants. These contracts are sometimes prepared jointly by bodies representing employers, consultants and contractors. On other occasions they are prepared by one body in isolation.
It is common for these contracts to be amended to a greater or lesser extent to represent the management process and risk allocation designed for each particular project. However, there has been a lot of criticism recently of standard forms of contract being amended beyond recognition.
This section is maintain by Richard Mills of Mills & Co Solicitors.
Resources
- Glossary
- Forms
- Contracts certificate for payment
- Contracts certificate of making good defects
- Contracts certificate of non-completion
- Contracts certificate of practical completion
- Contracts extension of time
- Contracts instruction
- Contracts notice of determination
- Contracts notice of dispute
- Contracts notice of intention to determine
- Contracts notice of intention to withhold sums
- Contracts notice of release of sums being withheld
- Contracts site direction
- Contracts statement of retention values
- Contracts valuation form
- JCT 2005 contract administration
- JCT 98 contract administration
- Legislation
- RICS practice standards
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Worksmart tools
- Contract Administrator
- ProForms
- Survey Writer
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Why use a standard form of contract?
- To save time in drafting contracts
- As a check-list of items to be agreed
- To provide a benchmark for negotiating terms
- To benefit from previous judicial decisions on the interpretation of contract terms
- To record procedure and law in a form understandable to technically qualified managers
- To benefit from familiarity with the terms of the contract by all those involved in the administration of the contract
- Selecting the most appropriate form
- Amending standard forms of contract
- Standard forms of contract legislation
- Key cases involving standard forms of contract
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Frequently asked questions
- To amend or not to amend?
- On what basis should the form be selected?
- I am preparing a contract for tender and am wondering what amendments to include. The client has handed me some proposed amendments, a colleague has given me some from a previous job and I have a precedent book with proposed amendments listed.
- I represent a contractor. We have agreed terms with a subcontractor and I am compiling the contract for execution. Which of the following additional documents should I include in the package of contract documents?