Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the Author -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introductory Remarks -- Introductory Remarks -- Introductory Remarks -- Chapter 1 International Construction Projects -- 1.1 The unique nature of the construction industry -- 1.2 Individuality of construction projects -- 1.3 Roles and relationships -- 1.3.1 Contractors -- 1.3.2 Designers -- 1.3.3 Regulators -- 1.3.4 Employers -- 1.3.5 Users -- 1.4 Contract administration: The Engineer -- 1.4.1 The Engineer -- The Engineer's certifications and fair determinations -- The Engineer's responsibilities and liabilities -- 1.5 Further important aspects of construction projects -- 1.5.1 Overlap of construction project phases -- 1.5.2 Admissibility of variations and the need for variation management -- 1.6 Typical contractual relationships -- 1.7 Motivation for international business -- 1.8 Managerial analyses -- 1.9 Hazards and risks -- 1.10 Hazard identification -- 1.11 Risk analysis -- 1.12 Anti-risk measures -- 1.12.1 Take -- 1.12.2 Treat -- 1.12.3 Transfer -- 1.12.4 Terminate -- 1.13 Typical hazards in the international construction business -- 1.14 Risk allocation in contracts -- 1.15 Form of business organization -- 1.15.1 Representative office and domestic or foreign subsidiary -- 1.15.2 The consortium and the joint venture in construction -- 1.15.3 The consortium -- 1.15.4 The joint venture -- ARGE -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 2 Civil Law and Common Law -- 2.1 Specifics of the governing law -- 2.2 Common law versus civil law: Differences and interconnections -- 2.3 Delay damages (liquidated damages) versus contractual penalty -- 2.4 Substantial completion versus performance -- 2.4.1 Taking-over of the works -- 2.5 Binding nature of adjudication awards -- 2.6 Limitation of liability.

2.7 Lapse of claim due to its late notification (time bars) -- 2.8 Allocation of unforeseeable and uncontrollable risk to the contractor -- 2.8.1 Principle of good faith (good manners) protection -- 2.8.2 Imprévision -- 2.8.3 Protection of the weaker party -- 2.8.4 Force majeure -- 2.8.5 Hardship -- 2.8.6 Frustration of purpose -- 2.8.7 Impossibility -- 2.8.8 Impracticability -- 2.9 Contract administration (The Engineer's neutrality and duty to certify) -- 2.10 Termination in convenience -- 2.11 Time-related issues -- 2.11.1 Delay -- 2.11.2 Disruption -- 2.11.3 Ownership of floats -- 2.11.4 Time at large and Extension of Time -- 2.11.5 Concurrent delay -- 2.11.6 Constructive acceleration -- 2.12 Quantification of claims -- 2.12.1 Headquarters overhead claims -- 2.12.2 Global claims -- 2.13 Statutory defects liability -- 2.14 Performance responsibility: reasonable skill and care versus fitness for purpose -- 2.15 Common law, civil law and Sharia interconnections -- References -- Further reading -- Website -- Chapter 3 Common Delivery Methods -- 3.1 Common delivery methods: Main features -- 3.1.1 Design responsibility -- 3.1.2 Contract price determination -- 3.1.3 Contract administration -- 3.1.4 Risk allocation and admission of claims -- 3.2 General contracting -- 3.3 Design-build -- 3.3.1 Design-build procurement -- 3.3.2 Employer's requirements in design-build projects -- 3.4 Construction management -- 3.4.1 CM-at-risk -- 3.5 Multiple-prime contracts -- 3.6 Partnering -- 3.7 Alliancing -- 3.8 Extended delivery methods (PPP, BOT, DBO) -- 3.9 Further aspects of delivery methods -- 3.9.1 Fast track projects -- 3.9.2 Target cost contracts -- 3.9.3 Early contractor involvement and the pre-construction services agreement -- 3.9.4 Building information management systems -- References -- Further reading.

Chapter 4 Specifics of EPC and EPCM -- 4.1 EPC and EPCM -- 4.2 Engineer procure construct (EPC) -- 4.2.1 Main advantages and disadvantages of EPC -- 4.2.2 Key issues with the EPC delivery method -- 4.3 Bespoke EPC contracts -- 4.4 Turnkey EPC contracts -- 4.5 Front end engineering design -- 4.6 Engineer procure construction management (EPCM) -- 4.6.1 Key competencies of the EPCM contractor -- 4.6.2 Main advantages and disadvantages of EPCM -- 4.6.3 Key issues of the EPCM delivery method -- 4.7 EPC versus EPCM -- Reference -- Further reading -- Chapter 5 Unification and Standardization in International Construction -- 5.1 Unification of contracts -- 5.2 Unification per law, principles and sample documents -- 5.2.1 Unification per law -- 5.2.2 Unification per principles -- 5.2.3 Unification per sample documents -- INCOTERMS -- 5.3 Lenders and their influence on unification -- 5.3.1 European Union funds -- 5.3.2 The European Investment Bank (EIB) -- 5.3.3 The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) -- 5.3.4 The World Bank (WB) -- 5.4 Standard form of contract in a governing law context -- 5.5 Purpose of sample documents in construction projects -- 5.6 Standard sample forms as a source of law -- 5.7 Lex causae -- 5.8 Interpretation -- 5.9 Trade usage and business custom -- 5.10 Lex constructionis principles -- 5.10.1 Proactivity and good faith protection related to time for completion -- 5.10.2 Admissibility and necessity of variation procedures -- 5.11 The use of lex constructionis -- References -- Further reading -- Websites -- Chapter 6 Price -- 6.1 Contract price -- 6.1.1 Project finance -- 6.2 Bid pricing methods -- 6.3 Methods of contract price determination -- 6.3.1 Economic influences on the contract price -- 6.3.2 Formation of total contract price -- 6.4 Re-measurement.

6.4.1 Methods of measurement -- 6.4.2 Provisional sum -- 6.4.3 Options -- 6.5 The lump sum -- 6.6 Cost plus -- 6.7 Guaranteed maximum price -- 6.8 Target price -- 6.9 Payment -- 6.9.1 Progress payments -- 6.9.2 Milestone payments -- 6.10 Contract price under FIDIC forms -- 6.11 Cost overruns -- 6.12 Abnormally low tender (ALT) -- 6.13 Claims as part of contract price -- 6.13.1 Limitation and prescription periods for claims -- 6.14 Public procurement law limitations -- References -- Further reading -- Websites -- Chapter 7 Time -- 7.1 Time in construction -- 7.2 Delay -- 7.3 The United Kingdom Society of Construction Law Delay and Disruption Protocol -- 7.4 Time programme -- 7.4.1 Critical path method -- 7.5 Ownership of floats -- 7.6 Time at large and Extension of Time (EOT) -- 7.7 Concurrent delay -- 7.8 Disruption -- 7.9 Time for completion under FIDIC forms -- 7.10 Time programme under FIDIC forms -- 7.11 Delay and suspension under FIDIC forms -- 7.11.1 Delay under FIDIC forms -- 7.11.2 Practical recommendations for EOT claims -- 7.11.3 Suspension of work under FIDIC forms -- Employer suspension -- Contractor suspension -- 7.12 Contract termination under FIDIC forms -- 7.12.1 Employer termination -- 7.12.2 Contractor termination -- 7.12.3 Termination in convenience -- 7.12.4 Force majeure termination -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 8 Variations -- 8.1 Variation clauses -- 8.2 Variations under FIDIC forms -- 8.3 Claims related to variations -- 8.3.1 Directed variation -- 8.3.2 Constructive variation -- 8.3.3 Voluntary variation -- 8.4 Acceleration -- 8.4.1 Directed acceleration -- 8.4.2 Constructive acceleration -- 8.4.3 Voluntary acceleration -- 8.5 Proving the acceleration claim -- 8.6 Substantial change -- References -- Further reading -- Websites -- Chapter 9 Claims -- 9.1 Claims.

9.2 Contractor's claims under FIDIC forms -- 9.3 Employer's claims under FIDIC forms -- 9.4 Lapse of claim -- 9.4.1 Risk allocation and claims interconnections -- 9.5 Cause of the claim -- 9.6 Limits of the lapse of claim -- 9.6.1 Evaluation of a particular lapse of claim -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 10 Claim Management -- 10.1 Claim management -- 10.2 Claims for Extension of Time (EOT) -- 10.3 Claims for additional payment -- 10.3.1 Claims resulting from variations -- 10.4 Claims resulting from delay and/or disruption under the provisions of the contract -- 10.4.1 Delay claims -- Site overhead claims -- Headquarters overhead claims -- Subcontractor claims -- Lost profit claims -- Financial costs and interest claims -- Increased cost of material, labour and equipment -- Claim preparation costs -- 10.4.2 Disruption claims -- 10.5 Claims resulting from governing law -- 10.6 Global claims -- 10.7 Contractor's claim management under FIDIC forms -- 10.8 Employer's claim management under FIDIC forms -- 10.9 Intercultural aspects -- 10.10 Claim management implementation -- References -- Further reading -- Chapter 11 Construction Dispute Boards -- 11.1 Construction disputes -- 11.2 Dispute boards -- 11.2.1 Dispute avoidance -- 11.2.2 Dispute boards: Advantages and disadvantages -- 11.2.3 Dispute Adjudication Board (DAB) -- 11.2.4 Dispute Review Board (DRB) -- 11.3 Contractual adjudication: The use of DAB in FIDIC forms -- 11.3.1 FIDIC policy statements to ADR -- 11.3.2 Independence and impartiality -- 11.4 Enforcement of dispute board decisions -- 11.4.1 Non-binding recommendations -- 11.4.2 Interim binding decisions -- 11.4.3 Contractual sanctions for non-compliance with dispute board decisions -- 11.5 Statutory adjudication -- 11.5.1 UK Statutory Adjudication Regime.

11.5.2 The scheme for construction projects in the UK.