PART ONE - THE PRE-CONTRACTUAL PHASE. Chapter 1: The pre-tender phase. Chapter 2: The tender phase. Chapter 3: The award phase. PART TWO - INTRODUCTION TO CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS. Chapter 4:Elements of an enforceable construction contract. Chapter 5: Main categories of construction contracts. PART THREE - CONTRACT NEGOTIATION: CLAUSES SPECIFIC TO CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS. Chapter 6: General contract negotiation issues. Chapter 7: Price and Payment. Chapter 8: Guarantees. Chapter 9: Contract Participants. Chapter 10: The Site. Chapter 11: Design. Chapter 12: Labour, health and safety. Chapter 13: Performance. Chapter 14: Time. Chapter 15:Suspension. Chapter 16:Variations. Chapter 17: Taking over. Chapter 18: Defects. Chapter 19: Insurance. Chapter 20: Indemnities. Chapter 21: Exclusion and limitation of liability. Chapter 22: Claims. PART FOUR - CONTRAC T NEGOTIATION: GENERAL AND “BOILER PLATE” CLAUSES. Chapter 23: General Issues. Chapter 24: Other general obligations. Chapter 25: Liability issues. Chapter 26: Environmental, social and governance issues. Chapter 27: Supervening events affecting the parties’ obligations. Chapter 28: Termination. Chapter 29: Governing law and dispute resolution. PART FIVE - THE CONTRACT: INTERPRETATION AND EXECUTION. Chapter 30: Implied terms. Chapter 31:Interpretation of construction contracts.PART SIX - CONTARCT EXECUTION.Chapter 32: Capacity. Chapter 33: Authority. Chapter 34: Form and formalities.PART EIGHT - DEFENCES FOR NON-PERFORMANCE. Chapter 35: Misrepresentation, illegality, mistake and duress. Chapter 36: Prevention and force majeure. Chapter 37: Suspension, termination and set-off. PART NINE - REMEDIES. Chapter 38: Remedies. Chapter 39: Breach of contract and negligence. PART NINE - CLAIMS Chapter 40: General aspects of claims in construction contracts. Chapter 41: Claims against the employer. Chapter 42: Claims against the contractor. PART TEN - DISPUTES. Chapter 43: Litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution
Fabio Solimene is a qualified solicitor with more than 15 years of experience in the construction sector. He is currently Assistant General Counsel at Honeywell HPS, where he manages the EMEA region. Before that, Fabio was Corporate Head of Legal at the global EPC contractor, Saipem, and lawyer at Watson, Farley & Williams. Since 2018, Fabio has been lecturing on the King's College London M.Sc. in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution.