Civil Engineering Project Management (4th Edition)

Contents vii
4.3 Conditions published by the International Federation of
Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) 45
FIDIC ‘Red Book’ Conditions, 4th Edition 45
1999 New forms 45
4.4 Other conditions for civil engineering or building work 46
GC/Works/1 – General Conditions of Government 46
Contracts for Building and Civil Engineering Works,
Edition 3 (1991)
Joint Contracts Tribunal Conditions 46
4.5 Conditions mainly for plant and equipment supply 47
I Mech E Model Form A 47
I Mech E/IEE; MF/1 48
FIDIC 2nd and 3rd Editions: ‘Yellow Book’ 48
I Chem E ‘Red Book’ Conditions 48
I Chem E ‘Green Book’ Conditions 48
4.6 Other associated conditions 49
ACE Forms of Agreement 49
CECA Sub-contract forms 49
5 Preparing contract documents 50
5.1 Initial decisions 50
5.2 Roles of the key participants in a construction contract 51
5.3 The contract documents 52
Instructions to tenderers 53
General and particular conditions of contract 53
The specification 53
Bill of quantities or schedule of prices 53
Tender and appendices 54
The contract drawings 54
5.4 Bond, insurance, etc. 54
5.5 Writing specifications 55
5.6 Co-ordinating contracts for construction 57
Plant supply contracts 57
Site preparation contracts 58
Co-ordination requirements 59
5.7 The specification of general requirements 59
5.8 The specification for workmanship and materials 61
6 Tendering 64
6.1 Methods used for obtaining tenders 64
6.2 Tendering requirements and EC rules 65
6.3 Procedures under selective tendering 67
6.4 Requirements for fast completion 69
6.5 Issuing tender documents 69
6.6 Considering tenders 71
Opening tenders 71