| | |  | Home Business Books | Home » » Construction Contracting: Business and Legal Principles (2nd Edition) | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | Exceptionally practical and authoritative, this introduction to construction contracting as it applies to typical, every-day situations explains “theoretical” ideas in terms of what really happens in practice. It emphasizes the more common case law holdings and industry customs that help avoid troublesome legal issues during the completion of a project. Chapter topics cover the law and the construction industry; contract formation, privity of contract, and other contract relationships; an overview of the prime contract—its format and major components; owner-construction contractor prime contract “red flag” clauses; labor agreements; purchase order and subcontract agreements; insurance contracts; surety bonds; joint-venture agreements; bid and proposals; mistakes in bids; breach of contract; contract changes; differing site conditions; delays, suspensions, and terminations; liquidated damages, force majeure, and time extensions; allocating responsibility for delays; constructive acceleration; common rules of contract interpretation; documentation and records; construction contract claims; and dispute resolution. For construction managers and other industry professional concerned with legal and business aspects of construction and construction contracting. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Stuart H. Bartholomew | | Paperback:
| 356 pages | | Publisher:
| Prentice Hall | | Publication Date:
| May 26, 2001 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0130910554 | | Product Length:
| 9.1 inches | | Product Width:
| 7.5 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.8 inches | | Product Weight:
| 1.45 pounds | | Package Length:
| 9.02 inches | | Package Width:
| 8.06 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.91 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.77 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 3 reviews |
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 Construction Contracting: Business and Legal PrinciplesOct 05, 2000
By Construction Management/Litigation Services Firm
At first I was disappointed when I realized the book was written primarily as a teaching text for senior students in baccalaureate university programs in construction engineering or construction management. However, the book is so well written and full of case law references that I was immediately provided with excellent material for two in-process construction claims packages.
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 Poor PresentationJun 11, 2003
By Spencer K. Stephens
I was terribly disappointed in this book. I teach construction law at a community college and was assigned to use this book my first semester. I'll not use it again. The organization of the information was questionable. Many statements contained in the book were flat wrong or presented only a misrepresentative portion of a bigger picture. Many key topics were completely unaddressed. I can say that where the book is correct, the information is presented in plain English and provides the student with useable information about the basics.
Great overview of the basicsFeb 22, 2011
By johnnyb588
First things first, there is a lot more to contracts than what this book has to offer. This will give you a basic idea of what a contract is and what some of the terminology means, but it is no way a substitute of reading through actual contracts in the real world. If this is for coursework, then I would highly recommend it. But for real-world application, I am not sure this book has a whole lot of usefulness.
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