Engineering Contracts / Robert Ribeiro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ribeiro, Robert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Engineering contracts--England.

Engineering contracts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Butterworth-Heinemann, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Engineering Contracts is intended for those who wish to acquire skills in drafting, negotiating and working with commercial and engineering contracts. It aims to bring a different approach to the subject; combining the traditional legal perspective of the law of contract with the needs of the commercial manager or engineer who is seeking solutions to technical and commercial problems.The context within which these matters are examined is as wide as possible; for the purposes of illustration cases are drawn from the fields of mechanical, electrical, chemical, electronic and civi

Contents:

Front Cover; Engineering Contracts; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. Planning and making contracts; Negotiating skills; Some legal questions answered; Chapter 2. Structuring contracts; The parties and their representatives; Obligations of the parties; Tests, taking-over, acceptance and rejection; Some legal questions answered; Chapter 3. Price and payment; Price; Payment; Some legal questions answered; Chapter 4. Terms about risk and delivery; Risk; Terms about delivery; The meaning of times for delivery or performance; Some legal questions answered

Chapter 5. Progress in engineering contractsThe programme; Force majeure; Claims for additional payment; Suspension and termination of engineering contracts; Some legal questions answered; Chapter 6. Quality and fitness for purpose; The legal and commercial kaleidoscope; Defects liability and express warranties; Liabilities, exclusions and indemnities; Chapter 7. Liabilities, exclusions and indemnities; Different kinds of liability; Negligence; Product liability; Limits of liability; Some legal questions answered; Chapter 8. Ownership of goods and intellectual property rights

Ownership of goods and materialsIntellectual property rights; Some legal questions answered; Chapter 9. Multipartite arrangements; Agency, sub-contracting, and free-issue; The chain of responsibility; Some legal questions answered; Chapter 10. Negotiating legal and financial matters; Performance bonds and guarantees; Insurance and engineering contracts; Arbitration clauses, and the duration of liability; The future; Appendix 1: Designing and structuring an engineering contract; Appendix 2: Statutes and other legislation; Appendix 3: Cases

Appendix 4: List of engineering institutions and their engineering contractsGlossary; Select Bibliography; Index

Notes:

"A management guide"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [190]) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-04767-8

9786611047672

0-08-053099-0

OCLC:

176067365