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What are preliminaries in a construction contract?What are prelims?‘Preliminaries’ in a construction contract, or ‘prelims’, is typically taken to...
What is a variation on a construction project?A variation (sometimes referred to as a change) is an alteration to the scope of work originally...
Escrow accounts and escrow agreementsThis Practice Note examines why parties involved in a construction project may enter into an escrow agreement (or...
Defects liability period and rectification of defectsIt is common in construction projects for defects to manifest or appear in the works. Most...
PFI—standardisation of contractsThis Practice Note looks at the standardisation of contracts in relation to PFI and PF2, and considers the practical use of model form contracts.BackgroundThe history of model, or standard form, contracts in the PFI context is a long one. Even before the July 1999
Infrastructure projects—forms of construction contractsInfrastructure is a broad term encompassing a wide range of facilities from schools, hospitals, roads and railway lines to wind, electricity, waste and water projects, oil and gas facilities, pipelines and processing plants.Increasingly
Construction projects in the education sectorThis Practice Note considers the key issues and risks which commonly arise on a major build project for an education provider, covering higher education, further education, academies and independent schools. See also Practice Note: Building Schools for
Build Operate Transfer (BOT) contracts [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.The Public Private Partnership (PPP) models are a popular way for governments to involve private investment, expertise and risk in procuring infrastructure, with the potential to
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