The industrys leading professional reference for four decades - fully revised and updated "Construction Contracting" remains a bestseller in the construction industry forty years after its first publication. A cornerstone of the construction professionals library, this text presents the hard-to-find information essential to successfully managing a construction business, and applies to building, heavy civil, high-tech, and industrial construction endeavors alike.

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This analysis of the causes of construction delays and resulting litigation has been revised and updated to focus on disruption, lost productivity and acceleration claims. Chapters demonstrate how to prove delay, how to calculate its cost, and how to establish liability.

This book explains the key issues that must be uncovered when assembling facts for a construction litigation case. It provides paralegals with sample forms which can be used to prepare the necessary documentation.

Contracts for major commercial and construction projects contain a host of specific terms defining the duties and responsibilities of the parties to the agreement

The most significant unanticipated costs on many construction projects are the financial impacts associated with delay and disruption to the works. Assessing these, and establishing a causal link from each delay event to its effect, contractual liability and the damages experienced as a direct result of each event, can be difficult and complex. This book is a practical guide to the process of delay analysis and includes an in-depth review of the primary methods of delay analysis, together with the assumptions that underlie the precise calculations required in any quantitative delay analysis.

Dispute Avoidance is a practical management primer for construction professionals based on over forty years hard-won commercial construction contract experience around the world.

This book provides an introduction to the 1999 FIDIC forms of contract including the FIDIC Red Book, the FIDIC Yellow Book, the FIDIC Silver Book and the new 2008 FIDIC Gold Book. Consulting engineers, architects and employers will also find reliable information about the FIDIC White Book. The authors explain the meaning of terms and features which are used by FIDIC. In particular the authors attempt to explain the English legal wording in its original legal context for use in civil law countries. Common law practitioners will find useful advice on civil law features and concepts which affect the use of FIDIC contracts in civil law countries. The book covers pre-contractual and contractual issues and the management of FIDIC contracts and offers support in interpreting and understanding the contract terms and contract procedures as to variations, tests, payment certificates, taking-over cases, claims and dispute resolution features. It includes flow charts, glossaries, checklists and sample letters. Common law practitioners will also find helpful information on civil law jurisdictions and civil law concepts.

In recent years, a number of global claims have failed because they were presented without any systematic analysis, justification or proper calculation of losses. Hence, Global Claims in Construction highlights these issues as well as the importance of understanding causation, factual necessity and the courts attitude and approach to global claims. Global Claims in Construction addresses the principles of global claims and their calculation methodologies in detail through extensive references to literature, case law and a real world case study. It aims to be a valuable resource for professionals working in the construction industry, as well as students in construction and engineering.

This handbook provides a clear explanation of the commercial, contractual and statutory aspects of a capital project in the process industries from feasibility studies, through commissioning/contract to construction operation.