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Construction contract claims, changes & dispute resolution
Construction contract claims, changes and dispute resolution
1 online resource (xv, 255 pages) : illustrations, forms
""CONTENTS""; ""FOREWORD""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENT""; ""PREFACE""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""1-1. Claims Background""; ""1-2. Definition of a Claim""; ""1-3. Purpose of Book""; ""1-4. Public Contracts (Heavy Construction)""; ""1-5. Private Contracts (Commercial and Residential)""; ""1-6. Beyond the Contractâ€?Principles of Construction Law""; ""1-7. Policies and Procedures for Administration""; ""1-7a. Necessity of Procedures for Administrative Relief""; ""1-7b. Basic Procedures for Claims and Change Order Administration""; ""1-7c. Active Claims Policy""; ""1-7d. Active Claims Program""
""1-7e. Procedural Roadblocks and How to Overcome Them""""1-8. Review of Chapters""; ""1-9. Owners, Designers, and Their Representatives""; ""2. IDENTIFICATION AND NOTIFICATION""; ""2-1. Claims Consciousness""; ""2-2. Early Identification""; ""2-3. Identification of Claims and Change Orders""; ""2-3a. Importance of Identification""; ""2-3b. First Requirement of Identificationâ€?Knowledge of Contract Documents""; ""2-3c. Frame of Reference""; ""2-3d. Communications""; ""2-3e. Second Requirement of Identificationâ€?Familiarity with Legal Concepts and Rights""; ""2-3f. The Changes Clause""
""2-3g. Warning Signs of Claim Situations""""2-4. Notification of Claims and Change Orders""; ""2-5. Notificationâ€?Time Requirements""; ""2-5a. Federal Clauses""; ""2-5b. Private Clauses""; ""2-6. Late Notice""; ""2-7. Failure to Notify""; ""2-8. Notificationâ€?Problems of Owners""; ""2-9. Federal Contracts and the Contract Disputes Act""; ""2-9a. Request for Final Decision, Claims Certification""; ""2-9b. Notice Requirements for Appeal of Decision""; ""2-9c. Failure to Request Decision or Certify Claim""; ""2-9d. Appeal of Board Decision""; ""2-9e. Additional Notes on Claims Certification""
""2-10. Conclusion""""3. DIFFERING SITE CONDITIONS""; ""3-1. Introduction""; ""3-2. Differing Site Conditions Clause""; ""3-3. Type One Conditionsâ€?Examples""; ""3-4. Type Two Conditionsâ€?Examples""; ""3-5. Man-Made Conditionsâ€?Previous Construction""; ""3-6. Forces of Nature""; ""3-7. Site Investigation""; ""3-7a. Duty to Investigate: Reasonable Investigation""; ""3-7b. Disclaimers for Differing Site Conditions""; ""3-7c. Representations of Conditions Must Be Specifically Incorporated in Specifications""; ""3-7d. Inadequate Investigation""; ""3-7e. Site Investigation Requirements""
3-8. Summary and Checklist4. INTERPRETATION AND REQUIREMENTS OF CONTRACT SPECIFICATIONS -- 4-1. Introduction -- 4-2. Rules of Contract Interpretation -- 4-2a. Background -- 4-2b. Reasonableness -- 4-2c. Read the Contract as a Whole -- 4-2d. Language -- 4-2e. Custom or Usage -- 4-2f. Parol Evidence Rule -- 4-2g. Against the Drafter -- 4-2h. Conduct -- 4-3. Defective Specifications -- 4-3a. Introduction -- 4-3b. Suitability of Designated Methods or Materials -- 4-3c. Possibility and Practicality -- 4-3d. Cardinal Changes
Revised edition of: Claims and changes. 1978.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-252) and index.