Understanding & negotiating construction contracts : a contractor's & subcontractor's guide to protecting company assets /

Title:

Understanding & negotiating construction contracts : a contractor's & subcontractor's guide to protecting company assets /

Author:

Werremeyer, Kit.

Published:

Kingston, MA : c2006.

Format:

Book

Institution:

Wentworth Institute of Technology

Contents:

The Goals of This Book -- What Are the Benefits of This Book? -- Contractor & Owner Conventions -- Private Contracts or Government Contracts? -- Key Contracting Concepts -- Two Types of Commercial Terms & Conditions -- The Most Important Commercial Terms & Conditions -- The Contracting Process -- Excuses for Not Negotiating Better Commercial Terms & Conditions -- The Concept of Risk Transfer -- This is a Book Developed Just for Contractors -- Three Final Suggestions -- Chapter 1. Contracts: Basic Training -- What Is a Contract? -- The Steps to a Contract -- Coming to the Party? -- "Here's My Proposal" -- "Consideration," or Something of Value -- The "Happy Test" -- "Can That Person Sign This Contract?" -- Call in the Enforcer To Close the Breach -- A Contract Example -- Strange Words & Long Paragraphs -- Contracting Myths -- Contract Negotiations -- Chapter 2. Types & Forms of Contracts -- Fixed Price & Fixed Schedule Contracts -- Reimbursable Type Contracts -- Combined Fixed Price & Reimbursable Contracts -- Cost Plus Fee Contracts -- Guaranteed Maximum Price Contracts -- Target Price Contracts -- Contracts with Performance Incentives -- Form of Contracts -- Some Final Contract Housekeeping-Definitions -- Chapter 3. Scope of Work -- The Scope of Work Matrix -- Scoping Drawings -- Chapter 4. Terms of Payment & Cash Flow -- Cash Flow -- Interest Rates -- Periodic Progress & Milestone Payments -- Chapter 5. The Schedule -- Float -- Time Is of the Essence -- Extra Time, but No Money -- Chapter 6. Assurances of Performance -- Guaranties & Bonds -- What Does "Failure to Perform" Mean? -- What Is a Bond? -- Forms of Assurances of Performance -- Surety Companies -- Some Language Considerations on Guaranties & Bonds -- Types of Performance Assurances -- Chapter 7. Insurance -- What Is Insurance? -- Claims Made vs. Occurrence -- Types of Insurance --

Online access:

No online access

Library holdings:

Wentworth Circulation Desk
692.8 .W47 2006 – Available

• Available
  On reserve for PERM PERMANENT RESERVE (Library: Librarians)

Wentworth Stacks--Upper Level
692.8 .W47 2006 – Available