Construction Management Guide

Variations in Construction Contracts

Variations in construction contracts can mean changes to the terms of the contract or it can mean changes to the scope or character of the works. In this article, Lim Chuen Ren looks at variations in construction contracts in the latter sense.

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When you create a schedule you generally don’t know enough to enter all of the detailed activities the first time though. Instead, you identify large chunks of work first, and then break the larger chunks into smaller pieces. These smaller pieces are, in turn, broken down into still smaller and more discrete activities. This technique is referred to as creating a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). [Read more...]

What is ‘incorporation by reference’? Put simply, it is a means by which the parties to a contract make reference to a standard form of contract conditions, technical specifications or similar publication without the need of having to retype the whole of that document in order for it to form part of the documentation which together forms the contract between the parties. [Read more...]

KATIE LISZKA* looks at the circumstances in which the beneficiary of an on-demand performance bond may be prevented from calling on the bond for reasons outside the terms and conditions of the bond itself.

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In the Society of Construction Law Delay and Disruption Protocol, four retrospective delay analysis techniques are referred to, as follows:
1. As-Planned v As-Built.

2. Impacted As-Planned.

3. Collapsed As-Built.

4. Time Impact Analysis.

A brief analysis of each of these delay analysis techniques is given below.

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Main Contract Dispute

Subcontractors being lower down the food chain are reliant upon contractors for payment. Where disputes arise over the amount a main contractor is obliged to pay to the subcontractor the usual ” he who alleges must prove ” argument comes to the fore. If the main contractor makes a claim against a subcontractor and as a result reduces the amount due for payment or seeks to recover actual payment from the subcontractor then the shoe is on the other foot. [Read more...]

Legal debates come up frequently in the construction industry. No matter what the problem is or whose fault it actually was, professionals and project owners alike seem to be good at playing the blame game. When problems related to a structure’s stability or safeness arise, contractors generally find themselves having to resolve the problem in one way or another. [Read more...]

By ALEXIS GUEST
THE construction industry has seen a traditional method of procurement come to prominence, with many projects now being developed on a ‘design-build’ model as opposed to procuring separate design and build packages. [Read more...]

There are three types of communication – mandatory, informational and marketing. When you create a Communication Plan for your project it might make sense to have different types of communication that fit into all three categories.

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