International Construction Law: An Overview
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Subject Index
- American Institute of Architects (AIA) Family of Contracts –
- amicable settlement
- apparent agency
- applicable law: assignment of rights ;
- capacity ;
- chosen law –;
- combined governing laws –;
- construction contracts –;
- decennial liability ;
- discharge –;
- essential validity –;
- formal validity ;
- formation ;
- governing law –, –;
- impliedly chosen law –;
- interpretation and contract effect ;
- law/legal regime, incorporation of ;
- mode of performance ;
- non-contractual liability ;
- non-national law –;
- obligation ;
- overriding mandatory provisions –;
- party choice, restrictions on –;
- property, effects on ;
- renvoi –;
- Rome I Regulation , –;
- third party rights –
- ARGE model contract –
- Australia, English Common Law –
- Brazil: Constitutional Amendments ;
- building contract, forms of –
- Canadian Construction Forms
- Channel Tunnel project
- Chinese law: bonds and guarantee –;
- changed circumstance ;
- Chinese Civil Code –;
- compensation for damages ;
- Constitution ;
- Constitutional law –;
- construction project contract model text –;
- consultant's role and liability –;
- contract interpretation ;
- contractor ;
- cost-plus contract ;
- Custom interpretation ;
- defects liability and limitation ;
- delay and disruption –;
- design obligations –;
- employer –;
- Etiquette and Laws ;
- goal interpretation ;
- labour law issues –;
- liquidated damages ;
- lump sum contract –;
- material and workmanship –;
- Nationalism Supreme of Emperor Power ;
- No Independent Jurisdiction ;
- offset ;
- Opium War of 1840 to Revolution of 1911 ;
- payment –;
- PRC in 1949 to Late 1990s –;
- procurement and tendering –;
- Republic Era (1912–1949) ;
- rescinding ;
- semantic interpretation ;
- subcontracting ;
- unit price contract –;
- variations –;
- whole interpretation
- claims and dispute resolution, FIDIC: “amicable settlement” ;
- competence
- compulsory insurance
- consortium –
- construction insurance mechanism
- construction law principles: claims –;
- construction contracts –;
- consultants’ contract administration liability ;
- consultants’ design responsibility –;
- consultants’ roles and liability ;
- contract pricing and payment –;
- defects liability –;
- delay and disruption –;
- design obligations –;
- dispute resolution –;
- duty to warn –;
- employer and contractor –;
- forms of security, bonds and guarantees –;
- insurance –;
- labour law considerations –;
- liquidated damages ;
- material and workmanship –;
- performance and Taking-Over –;
- procurement and tendering –;
- restriction/exclusion, liability –;
- sub-contracts –;
- suspension and termination –;
- time-bar provisions –;
- types of contract (unit price, lump sum, etc.) –;
- unforeseen physical conditions –;
- variations –
- construction manager at risk (“CMAR”)
- construction manager not at risk (“CMNAR”)
- construction (design and management) regulations and related legislation: Latham Report –;
- construction scheme
- consultation and determination mechanism
- Contract Agreement
- contract law: agency –;
- breach of contract –;
- capacity –;
- common law remedies –;
- consideration –;
- contents of contract –;
- duress and undue influence –;
- equitable remedies –;
- formalities ;
- formation of –;
- frustration ;
- illegality ;
- legal relations ;
- limitation, exclusion of remedies –;
- offer and acceptance –;
- performance of –;
- remedies agreed by parties –;
- third parties, rights and liabilities of –;
- unfair contract terms –;
- vitiating factors –
- contractor's claims –
- contract price and payment: fundamental principles –;
- contractual interpretation –
- corruption
- cost-plus contract
- counterargument right, simultaneous performance
- customary law
- decennial liability , –
- Defective Premises Act 1972
- defect liability period mechanism
- defences –
- delegated laws
- demand rectification
- Denmark, AB Standard Contracts –
- detailed lump sum contract –
- Dispute Adjudication Agreement (DAA)
- Dispute Adjudication Board (DAB) , –, –
- dispute avoidance –
- dispute review mechanism
- domestic statute
- double compensation mechanism
- down payment guarantee
- Ejusdem Generis Doctrine
- employer and contractor: architect engineer and general contractor/architect engineer and management contractor ;
- Employer's Claims
- Engineering Advancement Association of Japan (ENAA) model forms
- English Common Law: Australia –;
- common law –;
- construction law principles –;
- construction (design and management) regulations and related legislation –;
- contract law –;
- customary law ;
- defects notification period ;
- equity ;
- EU Law ;
- Hong Kong –;
- impartial contract administrator (“Engineer” in FIDIC Forms) –;
- international law ;
- National Standard Forms of Contracts –;
- on other Countries/Jurisdictions –;
- Singapore –;
- sources of law ;
- statute ;
- time bar clause
- equitable estoppel –
- equity
- essential validity –
- European Convention on International Commercial Arbitration
- FIDIC: claims and disputes – Clause 20 –;
- code of ethics –;
- competence ;
- conditions of Contract ;
- Contract Agreement ;
- Contract Participants and their Duties – Clauses 2–4 ;
- Contracts Committee , –;
- corruption ;
- design and resources – Clauses –, ;
- documents ;
- Engineer, role of –;
- evolution, of FIDIC Contracts –;
- Executive Committee ;
- fairness to others –;
- General Provisions – Clause 1 ;
- history of ;
- impartiality ;
- integrity ;
- Letter of Acceptance ;
- Payment and Variations – Clauses 12 (RB)/13 (YB/SB)–14 ;
- rainbow suite of contracts –;
- risk, insurance, and Force Majeure – Clauses – –;
- risk distribution –;
- Secretariat ;
- society and consulting industry responsibility ;
- Specialist Committees ;
- Task Groups ;
- Tender/Letter of Tender –;
- Termination – Clauses – ;
- testing, Taking-Over and defects liability – Clauses 9–11 (RB)/12 (YB/SB) ;
- time – Clause 8
- Finland
- fixed contractual procedures –
- formal validity
- French Law (Napoleonic): after taking over (Réception) –;
- bonds and guarantees ;
- breach ;
- concession award notice ;
- Construction Contracts –;
- consultant's role and liability –;
- contract validity ;
- defects liability ;
- delay and disruption –;
- design obligations ;
- disputes – adjudication and arbitration –;
- duty to inform ;
- duty to warn/check/review –;
- employer and contractor –;
- equitable case law, public contracts ;
- express and implied terms ;
- formalities ;
- forms of security ;
- history of ;
- Labour Law Considerations –;
- legal relationship –;
- limitation of liability ;
- material and workmanship ;
- negotiations ;
- non-performance –;
- offer and acceptance ;
- outcome-based contract ;
- performance, contract ;
- performance and taking-over –;
- preliminary agreements (avant-contrats) –;
- private construction contracts –, , –, –;
- proposal and award of contract ;
- public construction contracts , ;
- public contracts –;
- remedies ;
- representation ;
- rights and liabilities ;
- selection of candidates ;
- Standard Form for Private Contracts (CCAG Privé) –;
- Standard Forms for Public Contracts (CCAG) –;
- subcontracting ;
- before taking over (Réception) –;
- termination –, ;
- third parties ;
- time-bar provisions ;
- unfair contract terms ;
- unforeseeable physical conditions –;
- variations
- `French Law (Napoleonic): Labour Law Considerations –
- GCC law: agency –;
- alternative dispute resolution –;
- breach of contract, remedy for –;
- capacity –;
- decennial liability –;
- duress –;
- establishment and licensing iss –;
- formalities ;
- good faith obligations –;
- interest and financing charges –;
- interpretation of contracts –;
- Islamic financing technique –;
- legal relations, intention to create ;
- merger ;
- misrepresentation and gross disparity –;
- mistake ;
- National Construction Law and International Forms ;
- offer and acceptance –;
- performance of contract ;
- public procurement and tender laws –;
- set-off –;
- sources of law ;
- standard form construction contracts ;
- substitute performance –;
- termination –;
- terms of contract –;
- third parties, rights and liabilities of –;
- unfair contract terms –
- General Conditions (GCs)
- General Conditions of Dispute Adjudication Agreement (GCDAA)
- General Terms and Conditions Act (GTCA)
- German Civil law
- German law: building owner's liability insurance ;
- claims –;
- construction contract –;
- construction law issues –;
- consultant's role and liability –;
- contractor, termination by –;
- contractor's all-risk insurance –;
- contract price and payment –;
- defects liability –;
- delay and disruption –;
- design obligations ;
- disputes, adjudication and arbitration –;
- employer, termination by –;
- employer and contractor –;
- forms of security –;
- labour law considerations –;
- liability, limitation of ;
- liquidated damages and other damages –;
- Lump Sum Contract –;
- mandatory insurance ;
- material and workmanship ;
- National Construction Law and International Forms (Emphasis FIDIC) ;
- owner's liability insurance, building ;
- performance and Taking-Over –;
- procurement and tendering ;
- sub-contracts ;
- success of works, variations relating to –;
- suspension –;
- third-party liability insurance ;
- unforeseeable physical conditions –;
- Unit Price Contract ;
- VOB/B on Variations, provisions of –;
- warn/check/review, duty to –
- guaranteed maximum price (GMP) contract
- Hong Kong: English Common Law –
- Housing Grants Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (the HGCR Act) –
- Implied Contract Doctrine –
- Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)
- International Construction Arbitration: “ad hoc” arbitration ;
- agency ;
- “alter ego” ;
- appellate arbitration –;
- arbitral tribunal, powers of ;
- arbitrators, selection of ;
- assumption ;
- business and personal relationships ;
- construction's technological complexity –;
- contract interpretation, common law and civil law jurisdictions –;
- court systems –;
- equitable estoppel –;
- foreign arbitrable awards ;
- “good faith” –;
- implied consent –;
- incorporation by reference ;
- “inextricable nexus” ;
- judicialization of arbitration –;
- judiciary as “separate breed of animal” ;
- labour crafts and professional disciplines –;
- language of ;
- legal assignment ;
- modern treaties ;
- multiple arbitrations, consolidation of –;
- non-signatory parties, joinder of –;
- opinion testimony, of experts –;
- origins of –;
- practical arbitration process –;
- “procedural law,” of arbitration –;
- professional conduct of counsel –;
- scope and types, arbitrable issues ;
- “seat,” of arbitration –;
- separate pending arbitrations, consolidation of –;
- subrogation ;
- substantive law, of contract ;
- successor in interest ;
- third party beneficiary –;
- traditional interpretative differences, common law and civil law jurisdictions ;
- “vouching-in” rights against indemnitors –;
- waiver
- international construction contracts see FIDIC “inextricable nexus”
- Islamic financing technique –
- Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT)
- judicial termination –
- Kazakhstan –
- Latent Damage Act 1986
- Latham Report –
- Law of Property Act 1925 (LPA)
- Lock-out
- Louisiana
- malicious collusion
- mandatory insurance
- merger
- Model Law
- Mutual guarantee mechanism
- New Engineering Contract (NEC) –
- no-lien clause: duress and undue influence –;
- non-compulsory insurance
- non-contractual liability
- non-national law –
- non-signatories , –
- Nordic law: adjudication and arbitration –;
- agency –;
- bonds and guarantees –;
- breach of contract –;
- capacity –;
- construction contracts, nature of –;
- construction law issues ;
- consultant's role and liability –;
- contract interpretation ;
- contractor's property ;
- contract price and payment –;
- defects liability –;
- delay and disruption –;
- Denmark, AB Standard Contracts –;
- design obligations ;
- duress and undue influence –;
- duty to warn/check/review –;
- employer and contractor –;
- employer's property, damages to ;
- express and implied terms ;
- Finland ;
- formalities ;
- history of –;
- illegality ;
- insurance –;
- labour law considerations –;
- land construction, NS family of contracts –;
- liability, limitations of –;
- limitation, on remedies ;
- liquidated damages –;
- material and workmanship –;
- misrepresentation and mistake –;
- National vs. International Construction Law, in Scandinavia ;
- Norway, distinct standards for onshore and offshore construction ;
- offer and acceptance –;
- offshore construction, NF family of contracts –;
- performance –;
- performance and Taking Over –;
- private procurement ;
- public procurement –;
- remedies at law –;
- remedies under contract –;
- subcontracting –;
- suspension –;
- Sweden, AB Standards ;
- termination –;
- third parties, rights and liabilities of –;
- third parties properties, damages to ;
- time-bar provisions –;
- unconscionability ;
- unforeseeable physical ground conditions –;
- variations –;
- works, damages to –
- North American Construction Law: actual/owner acknowledged changes ;
- adjudication and arbitration –;
- agency ;
- arbitration ;
- attorneys’ fees ;
- bonds and guarantees –;
- breach –;
- Canadian Construction Forms ;
- Canadian Construction Law ;
- capacity ;
- cardinal changes –;
- claims ;
- compensable vs. non-compensable delay ;
- compensatory damages ;
- concurrent delays –;
- consensus documents ;
- consideration –;
- construction contract ;
- Construction Law, in Canada –;
- constructive changes ;
- consultant's role and liability ;
- contractor –;
- contract price and payment ;
- contractual limitations ;
- convenience, termination for –, –;
- default clause, termination for –, ;
- defects liability –;
- delay clauses, no damages for –;
- Design Build Institute of America (DBIA) documents ;
- design obligations –;
- duty to warn/check/review –;
- employer ;
- Engineers Joint Contract Documents Committee (EJCDC) ;
- excusable vs. inexcusable delay –;
- express and implied terms ;
- Federal Systems ;
- FIDIC forms of contract ;
- foreseeability ;
- formalities ;
- frustration –;
- indemnity bonds ;
- industrial construction ;
- insurance –;
- interpretation of contracts –;
- labour and materials payment bond ;
- labour law considerations –;
- laws affecting all contracts ;
- laws affecting Direct US Government Construction Contracts ;
- legal relationships, intention to create ;
- limitations, of liability –;
- liquidated damages , ;
- Louisiana ;
- “no-lien clause” –;
- offer and acceptance –;
- pay-if-paid/pay-when paid clauses –;
- performance and take-over , –;
- performance bond ;
- private procurement and tendering ;
- procurement and tendering ;
- public procurement and tendering –;
- punitive damages ;
- quantum meruit ;
- Quebec ;
- reasonableness ;
- remedies –;
- specific performance ;
- state law ;
- statute of limitations –;
- subcontracting –;
- suspension ;
- time-bar provisions ;
- unfair contract terms ;
- unforeseeable physical conditions –;
- unjust enrichment ;
- US Federal law ;
- US Government Direct Contracts ;
- variations (changes) –;
- warranty
- nullity
- partnering contracts
- passing of laws
- payment obligation
- “piecemeal” resolution
- Project Partnering Contract 2000 (PPC2000)
- public contracts, French law: competitive dialogue –;
- Public Sector Standard Conditions of Contract in 1995 (PSSCOC)
- Quality-Based Selection (QBS)
- quantum meruit
- Quebec
- Real Estate Developer's Association of Singapore (REDAS)
- reasonable price adjustment mechanism
- reciprocity remedies
- relative nullity
- renvoi –
- retention
- risk allocation ;
- Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)
- Russian (and Central Asian) Law: accidental destruction, risk of –;
- adjudication and arbitration –;
- bonds and guarantees –;
- breach of contract ;
- conditions, of contract –;
- construction contract –;
- construction law, in certain central asian countries –;
- construction law issues –;
- construction work and supply contract –;
- consultant's role and liability –;
- delivery and acceptance, of work –;
- design obligations –;
- duty to warn/check/review ;
- employer and contractor –;
- express and implied terms –;
- formalities –;
- history of –;
- illegality ;
- limitation, on remedies –;
- lump sum contract ;
- non-concluded contract ;
- obligations –;
- performance of contract ;
- price ;
- procurement and tendering ;
- remedies agreed by parties –;
- remedies under contract –;
- remedies under law –;
- rights of ownership –;
- standard form of national contracts –;
- subcontracting –;
- technical documentation –;
- termination –;
- third parties, rights and liabilities of –;
- time-bar provisions ;
- time limits –;
- unfair contractual terms ;
- unforeseeable physical conditions –;
- unit price contract
- Scandinavia, National vs. International Construction Law
- self-help rectification
- set-off –
- Singapore: English Common Law –
- snagging list
- South America: Brazilian Legal System –;
- breach –;
- capacity ;
- Chilean Legal System –, –;
- claims –;
- construction contracts –;
- consultant's role and liability –;
- contract price and payment –;
- defects liability –;
- delay and disruption –;
- design obligations –;
- duty to warn/check/review –;
- express and implied terms ;
- Force Majeure –;
- formalities –;
- formation of contract –;
- insurance ;
- interpretation, of contracts –;
- judicial review –;
- labour law considerations ;
- legal relations, offer and acceptance, intention to create –;
- liability, limitation of ;
- limitation, on contractual terms –;
- limitation, on remedies –;
- liquidated damages and other damages –;
- lump sum contract ;
- material and workmanship –;
- misrepresentation and mistake –;
- National Construction Law and International Forms –;
- performance and Taking-Over , –;
- principle of good faith –;
- procurement and tendering –;
- remedies under contract –;
- remedies under law –;
- subcontracting –;
- suspension –;
- termination –, –;
- third parties, rights and liabilities of –;
- time-bar provisions –;
- unforeseeable physical conditions –;
- unit price contract ;
- variations –;
- vitiating factors under contract law –
- statutory adjudication
- statutory offset
- strike
- substitute performance –
- Sweden, AB Standards
- tenders ;
- third-party liability insurance
- transferring risks see risk allocation tronc commun approach
- unconscionability
- unilateral termination
- Uzbekistan –
- “vouching-in” –
- warranty
- Washington Convention