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Useful Construction Resources "Contracts"
Never split the difference. Negotiating as if your life depended on it. A former FBI hostage negotiator's field tested tools for talking anyone into (or out of) just about anything.
1 April, 2020
A book by Chris Voss with Tahl Raz - well worth a read even for skilled and experienced negotiators, provides a different view on negotiations.
Variations
Final-Accounts
Contracts
Interim Valuations and Payment - RICS Guidance note
1 April, 2020
RICS professional guidance for interim valuations under JCT and NEC forms of contract.
JCT
NEC
Contracts
Fine Margins - Delivering financial sustainability in UK construction
1 April, 2020
A detailed report by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) into the risk management practices of the UK construction industry.
Contracts
Risk
Risks-and-Opportunities
There offsite trap: modular methods and contract law. An article in Building 2 June 2020 by Robert Akenhead.
21 June, 2020
A first step in unravelling the puzzle of successfully procuring modern methods of construction.
Specialist-subcontractor
Contracts
Modular
Modern-Methods-of-Building
NEC 4 Key Amendments Summary January 2021
22 January, 2021
A brief summary of 5 key amendments to NEC 4 construction contracts written by Christopher Dickson of CMS and published by Construction News 15th January 2021
Contracts
Payment
Early-Contractor-Involvement
Project-Bank-Accounts
Delay-Damages
Construction Industry Playbook
4 February, 2021
Government guidance on sourcing and contracting public works projects and programmes
Procurement
Public-sector
Contracts
Collaboration
MMC
Buildbackbetter
Back to basics, executing documents. A simple summary by Wragge
2 March, 2021
A guide to executing documents whether a simple contract or a deed.
Sub-contract
Contracts
Execution
CIOB - Time & Cost Management Contract
15 April, 2021
The Time and Cost Management Contract is a revised edition of what was previously the CIOB’s Complex Projects Contract, published in 2013. The name has been changed to reflect more clearly the core strengths of the Contract. The Time and Cost Management C