Aqua Group Guide to Procurement, Tendering and Contract Admi

ISBN-13: 9781405131988 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 378 str.

Mark Hackett

Opis

The period from starting a college course to successful completion of professional examinations represents a long and steep learning curve. The range of skills and the knowledge required to perform work efficiently and effectively might, at first, seem rather daunting. This guide will provide you with sufficient understanding and hold you in good stead for your early years in professional practice.

The Aqua Group Guide to Procurement, Tendering and Contract Administration is the merging of three established textbooks written by the Aqua Group - a highly respected group of architects and quantity surveyors. It has been edited, enlarged and updated into a single volume by Davis Langdon and now covers the entire building process from inception through to final account.

With clear and thorough explanations by practising professionals from this distinguished practice, you are taken through self-contained chapters covering the detail of:

* the briefing stage;
* procurement methods;
* tendering procedures; and
* contract administration.

Throughout, the emphasis is on current best practice and the book draws from the widely used Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) series of contracts, notably the 2005 edition of the Standard Building Contract.

This authoritative guide provides a detailed account of the building team's roles and responsibilities, and industry practice required to ensure that projects meet clients' expectations in respect of time, cost and quality.

Recenzje

From the Foreword by Rob Smith, Senior Partner, Davis Langdon LLP:
The Aqua Group Guide provides a comprehensive account of the systems, procedures, documents and industry practices encountered during construction projects. The guide also captures and contains the level of understanding that one is expected to have acquired in order to pass professional examinations and, therefore, provides a good grounding to a successful career in the construction industry.

From the reviews of previous editions:

These publications by the Aqua Group are absolutely essential reading for the young architect, civil engineer and QS. Chartered Quantity Surveyor

This is a good concise book for members of the building team. The Architects Journal

Spis treści

Foreword by Rob Smith, Davis Langdon LLP.

Introduction.

Part I Briefing the Building Team.

Chapter 1. The Building Team.

Chapter 2. Assessing the Needs.

Part II Available Procurement Methods.

Chapter 3. Principles of Procurement.

Chapter 4. Basic Concepts.

Chapter 5. Accountability.

Chapter 6. Value and Risk Management.

Chapter 7. Fixed Price and Cost Reimbursement.

Chapter 8. Fixed Price Contracts.

Chapter 9. Cost Reimbursement Contracts.

Chapter 10. Target Cost Contracts.

Chapter 11. Management and Construction Management Contracts.

Chapter 12. Design and Build Contracts.

Chapter 13. Continuity Contracts.

Chapter 14. Partnering.

Part III Preparing for and Inviting Tenders.

Chapter 15. Procedure from Brief to Tender.

Chapter 16. Pre–Contract Cost Control.

Chapter 17. Drawings and Schedules.

Chapter 18. Specifications.

Chapter 19. Bills of Quantities.

Chapter 20. Sub–Contractors.

Chapter 21. Obtaining Tenders.

Chapter 22. Placing the Contract.

Chapter 23. Important Rights, Duties and Liabilities of Members of the Building Team.

Chapter 24. Meetings.

Chapter 25. Site Duties.

Chapter 26. Instructions.

Chapter 27. Variations and Post–Contract Cost Control.

Chapter 28. Interim Payments.

Chapter 29. Completion, Defects and the Final Account.

Chapter 30. Delays and Disputes.

Chapter 31. Insolvency.

Chapter 32. Capital Allowances.

Index

O autorze

Mark Hackett, Ian Robinson and Gary Statham are Senior Quantity Surveyors at Davis Langdon, UK.