Delay and Disruption in Construction Contracts 6th ed

Now in its 6th edition, Delay and Disruption in Construction Contracts retains its position as foremost guide to the complex issues arising in the course of construction, with robustly-updated content throughout and the addition of several new chapters with focus on such topics as standard form provisions for recovery of loss or expense, and Chinese and Peruvian construction law.

Expertly covering the manner in which delay and disruption should be considered at each stage of a construction project, from inception to completion and beyond, this book includes:

• Insight from an international team of specialist advisory editors
• Comparative analysis of the law in this field in Australia, Canada, England and Wales, Hong Kong, Ireland, New Zealand, the United States and in civil law jurisdictions
• Commentary upon, and comparison of, standard forms from Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, USA and elsewhere, including two major new forms
• Chapters on adjudication, dispute boards and the civil law dynamic
• Extensive coverage of Building Information Modelling
• New chapters on Chinese, Nordic, Peruvian, Singaporean and Malaysian construction law
• New in-depth discussion of the JCT 2016 suite
• Updated case law, linked directly to the principles explained in the text

This book is an essential reference for any lawyer, dispute resolver, project manager, architect, engineer, contractor, or academic involved in the construction industry

table of content

1. Introduction and Terminology

2. The Risk of Development

3. Project Procurement

4. Domestic Standard Form Provisions for Time and Cost

5. Standard Form Provisions for Money

6. Notices, Claims and Early Warnings

7. Extensions of Time and Time at Large

8. Planning and Programming

9. Presentation and Approval of Programmes

10. Revising, Updating, Monitoring and Reporting

11. Project Control

12. Mitigation, Recovery and Acceleration

13. Variation and Change

14. Construction Records

15. Cause and Effect

16. Forensic Programme Analysis

17. Float and Time Contingencies

18. Disruption to Progress and Lost Productivity

19. Concurrency, Parallelism and Pacing

20. Total Time, Total Loss and Global Claims

21. Apportionment

22. Damages

23. Construction Delay Insurance

24. Negotiation and Settlement of Claims

25. Dispute Resolution

26. An Introduction to Adjudication in the United Kingdom

27. An Introduction to Dispute Boards

28. Mandatory Laws in International Construction Contracts

29. An Introduction to Chinese Construction Law

30. An Introduction to Nordic Construction Law

31. An Introduction to Peruvian Construction Law

32. An Introduction to Constrution Law in Singapore and Malaysia

 

Appendix 1: Glossary of Terms and Definitions

Appendix 2: Types of Document