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This book examines the key issues and best practice to be considered in the contractual and financial management of major construction projects. Uniquely, it encompasses the building and civil engineering sectors by approaching the subject from the viewpoint of both the employer and the contractor.
List of contents
- INTRODUCTION: overview and observations
- MANAGEMENT OF THE PRE-CONTRACT STAGE: Feasibility Studies
- Pre-contract management
- Financing of major projects
- CONTRACT STRATEGIES: Organisational method
- Tendering procedures and bid evaluation
- MANAGEMENT OF THE TENDERING STAGE: Contractor's estimating and tendering
- Construction programming
- MANAGEMENT OF THE POST-CONTRACT STAGE: Cost control and monitoring procedures
- Variations
- Claims
- CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS MANAGEMENT: Information management
- STANDARD FORMS OF CONTRACT: ICE Conditions of Contract (6/e)
- JCT Standard Form of Management Contract
- FIDIC Fourth Edition (1987)
- New Engineering Contract
- CASE STUDY: Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway
- References
- Index
Summary
This book examines the key issues and best practice to be considered in the contractual and financial management of major construction projects. Uniquely, it encompasses the building and civil engineering sectors by approaching the subject from the viewpoint of both the employer and the contractor.
