7th Edition
Contractual Procedures in the Construction Industry
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Boxes
Preface
Table of Statutes
Part 1 Contract Law
1. The English Legal System
2. Legal Aspects of Contracts
3. Discharge of Contracts
4. Remedies for Breach of Contract
5. Settlement of Disputes
Part 2 Procurement
6. Forms of Contract
7. Contract Strategy
8. Contract Procurement
9. Contract Selection
10. Contract Documents
11. Design and Build
12. Procurement in the 21st century
13. Lean construction
14. PFI/PPP
15. Value for Money
Part 3 Process and Parties
16. Partnering and SCM
17. The Construction Process
18. Parties involved in the construction industry
19. Site communications
20. Constructing Excellence in the Built Environment
21. Health, Safety & Welfare
22. Sustainable construction
23. BIM
24. Carbon Pricing
Part 4 Principles of Construction Contract
25. Introduction
26. Quality
27. Costs
28. Time
29. Works by other parties
30. Injury and Insurance
31. Fluctuations
32. Financial matters
33. General clauses
Appendices
Professional bodies
Cases of interest
Contract and Procurement web sites
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Allan Ashworth is Visiting Professor in Quantity Surveying at the University of Malaya, Malaysia. He was recently a Visiting Professor at the University of Salford, UK, where he was involved with the work of the Centre for Education in the Built Environment.
Srinath Perera is the Chair and Professor of Built Environment and Construction Management at Western Sydney University, Sydney, Australia. He is also the Director of Centre for Smart Modern Construction (c4SMC). He is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor and Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) with over 25 years' experience in both industry and academia. He is a Fellow of both the Royal Society of NSW and the Australian Institute of Building and is also a member of the Australian Institute of Quantity Surveyors.
