2nd Edition
Understanding the NEC4 Term Service Contract A Practical Handbook
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction to the NEC4 Term Service Contract
Chapter 1 Early warnings
Chapter 2 The Contractor’s main responsibilities
Chapter 3 Time
Chapter 4 Quality Management
Chapter 5 Payment
Chapter 6 Compensation events
Chapter 7 Use of Equipment, Plant and Materials
Chapter 8 Liabilities and insurance
Chapter 9 Termination
Chapter 10 Resolving and avoiding disputes
Chapter 11 Tenders
Chapter 12 Comparison of the Term Service Contract (TSC) with the
Professional Service Contract (PSC) and the Facilities
Management Contract (FMC)
Biography
Kelvin Hughes is a leading authority on construction contracts and has had substantial theoretical and practical experience of all contracts, including NEC, JCT and FIDIC, over a 49-year working life, including four years as a full-time consultant to a major project management company drafting a suite of contracts for use on public projects in Qatar, and was also head of contracts/claims for another major project management company in Qatar. He has written eleven previous practical books on construction contracts.
Patrick Waterhouse is an adjudicator, mediator and expert determiner specialising in NEC, JCT and PFI contracts. He is a member of ten adjudicator nominating body panels. He has worked with NEC contracts since their first publication in the early 1990s. He is a chartered civil engineer, a chartered surveyor and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
