The role of FIDIC on the global stage

FIDIC’s ‘Rainbow Suite’ of contracts are among the most heavily used in international construction. Michael Conroy Harris of Eversheds explains their main features.

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Valuing omissions – the alternative method

Michael Sergeant of Holman Fenwick Willan examines a recent TCC case that illustrates the difficulties in valuing omissions using an increasingly common, alternative, approach to using the same rates as in the original contract valuation.

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Contract law as others see it

Our contracts monitor Michael Phipps, Principal of Thurston Consultants, reflects on the minefield of pitfalls that can be dug by those who would devise their own contracts or amend standard forms.

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Reports from the courts: December 2013

Our regular round up of the court decisions of most interest to construction from Andrew Croft and Will Buckby of Beale & Company includes an adjudication decision being upheld despite the adjudicator applying a clause in a way that neither party had argued; and one which highlights the importance of naming the correct legal entities in contracts.

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Site Waste Management Plan Regulations 2008

he government has recently reported the results of the public consultations on the proposed repeal of the Site Waste Management Plan Regulations 2008, SI 2008/314, which ran between June and July this year.

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State of play table 186

This table, prepared by Clyde & Co, provides a regularly amended guide to new and proposed legislation that will affect the construction industry. In addition to EU Directives and UK legislation, the table includes notes highlighting discussion papers issued by both government and non-government organisations, and commentary on the latest developments.

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Radar for dispute avoidance

Without trust and transparent communication Building Information Modelling projects will fail, says guest editor Edward Moore of ResoLex, which has launched a web based service designed to give early warning of problems arising on projects.

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Legal terms explained: Scott Schedules

A Scott Schedule is a useful tool that has developed to assist judicial decision-making by summarising the issues in dispute in a given claim. It typically consists of a schedule in which disputed issues are particularised and quantified so that the treatment of disputes can be carried out in a methodical and efficient manner.

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News in Brief: December 2013

The government is launching a £200m Sharia law compliant bond to attract investment for UK infrastructure projects. It is understood to be the first Islamic bond issued outside an Islamic country. The Sharia compliant finance industry is estimated to be worth over £600,000m globally.

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Crisis of confidence

The current pace of scale of outsourcing of public sector work outstrips the ability of civil servants to design and manage these complex contracts effectively, says the Institute for Government (IfG).

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