Engineering Contracts. A Management Guide

Engineering Contracts is intended for those who wish to acquire skills in drafting, negotiating and working with commercial and engineering contracts. It aims to bring a different approach to the subject; combining the traditional legal perspective of the law of contract with the needs of the commercial manager or engineer who is seeking solutions to technical and commercial problems. The context within which these matters are examined is as wide as possible; for the purposes of illustration cases are drawn from the fields of mechanical, electrical, chemical, electronic and civil engineering, as well as from construction and building contracts. In many cases the important points are common to all disciplines, for instance the importance of ensuring that what has been specified is what is delivered by a supplier, and that any such delivery or indeed any event critical to the timely conclusion of a project takes place when arranged. There is advice on how to the concepts broached relate to real-life requirements and the reader will benefit from the helpful 'Legal Questions Answered' section that is included in most chapters. In addition there is a summary guide to drafting an engineering contract, a section on the relevant statutes and other legislation in force, and a list of the engineering institutions and their standard forms of contract. Case-studies of genuine and practical origin from the author's wide-ranging experience in industrial practice complete this comprehensive treatment of the subject matter. Read more... Content: Introduction; Planning and Making Contracts; Structuring Contracts; Price and Payment; Risk and Delivery; Progress in Commercial Contracts; Ownership of Goods and Intellectual Property; Terms About Quality; Liability, Insurance and -- Indemnities; Multipartite Projects; Legal and Financial Matters; Glossary of Commercial Terms; Useful Names and Addresses; Table of Statutes and EC Directives; Table of Cases; Engineering institutions and their Standard Contracts; Index. Abstract: Engineering Contracts is intended for those who wish to acquire skills in drafting, negotiating and working with commercial and engineering contracts. It aims to bring a different approach to the subject; combining the traditional legal perspective of the law of contract with the needs of the commercial manager or engineer who is seeking solutions to technical and commercial problems. The context within which these matters are examined is as wide as possible; for the purposes of illustration cases are drawn from the fields of mechanical, electrical, chemical, electronic and civil engineering, as well as from construction and building contracts. In many cases the important points are common to all disciplines, for instance the importance of ensuring that what has been specified is what is delivered by a supplier, and that any such delivery or indeed any event critical to the timely conclusion of a project takes place when arranged. There is advice on how to the concepts broached relate to real-life requirements and the reader will benefit from the helpful 'Legal Questions Answered' section that is included in most chapters. In addition there is a summary guide to drafting an engineering contract, a section on the relevant statutes and other legislation in force, and a list of the engineering institutions and their standard forms of contract. Case-studies of genuine and practical origin from the author's wide-ranging experience in industrial practice complete this comprehensive treatment of the subject matter Engineering Contracts is intended for those who wish to acquire skills in drafting, negotiating and working with commercial and engineering contracts. It aims to bring a different approach to the subject; combining the traditional legal perspective of the law of contract with the needs of the commercial manager or engineer who is seeking solutions to technical and commercial problems.

The context within which these matters are examined is as wide as possible; for the purposes of illustration cases are drawn from the fields of mechanical, electrical, chemical, electronic and civil engineering, as well as from construction and building contracts. In many cases the important points are common to all disciplines, for instance the importance of ensuring that what has been specified is what is delivered by a supplier, and that any such delivery or indeed any event critical to the timely conclusion of a project takes place when arranged.

There is advice on how to the concepts broached relate to real-life requirements and the reader will benefit from the helpful 'Legal Questions Answered' section that is included in most chapters. In addition there is a summary guide to drafting an engineering contract, a section on the relevant statutes and other legislation in force, and a list of the engineering institutions and their standard forms of contract. Case-studies of genuine and practical origin from the author's wide-ranging experience in industrial practice complete this comprehensive treatment of the subject matter. Content: Preface, __Page vii__Acknowledgements, __Page ix__1 - Planning and making contracts, __Pages 1-18__2 - Structuring contracts, __Pages 19-38__3 - Price and payment, __Pages 39-54__4 - Terms about risk and delivery, __Pages 55-73__5 - Progress in engineering contracts, __Pages 74-88__6 - Quality and fitness for purpose, __Pages 89-105__7 - Liabilities, exclusions and indemnities, __Pages 106-124__8 - Ownership of goods and intellectual property rights, __Pages 125-137__9 - Multipartite arrangements, __Pages 138-151__10 - Negotiating legal and financial matters, __Pages 152-174__Appendix 1 - Designing and structuring an engineering contract, __Pages 175-177__Appendix 2 - Statutes and other legislation, __Page 178__Appendix 3 - Cases, __Pages 179-182__Appendix 4 - List of engineering institution and their contracts, __Pages 183-184__Glossary, __Pages 185-189__Select Bibliography, __Page 190__Index, __Pages 191-193__ Nothing stands still in the world of commerce and new laws and interpretations of existing laws to it arise continuously.