Construction Contracting: A Practical Guide to Company Management
The industry's leading professional reference for four decades—fully revised and updated\ Construction Contracting remains a bestseller in the construction industry forty years after its first publication. A cornerstone of the construction professional's library, this text presents the hard-to-find information essential to successfully managing a construction business, and applies to building, heavy civil, high-tech, and industrial construction endeavors alike.\ This new Seventh Edition...
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This reference presents information essential to managing a construction business and applies to all building, heavy civil, high- tech and industrial construction. The seventh edition features changes in construction insurance, tax law, labor law and bonding and surety. It includes contemporary contracting methods; computer assisted estimating, project accounting, scheduling and document control; emerging technologies; and critical updates to standard construction contracts. This edition also incorporates new and updated contracting forms, the latest Construction Industry Arbitration Rules, a companion website and a CD-ROM containing a complete library of forms from the ALA, AGC and Engineers Joint Contract Documents Committee. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
1The construction industry12Business ownership283Company organization414Drawings and specifications585Cost estimating and bidding766Construction contracts1357Contract surety bonds1738Construction insurance1999Business methods23910Project management and administration28211Project time management31212Project cost management33813Labor law36314Labor relations39415Project safety421App. AAIA Document B141-1997, standard form of agreement between owner and architect with standard form of architect's services439App. BMasterFormat 2004 edition - division numbers and titles461App. CAIA Document A201-1997, general conditions of the contract for construction462App. DCMAA Document A-3 (2003 edition), general conditions between owner and contractor501App. ESupplementary conditions535App. FSolicitation, offer, and a reward (GSA-FAR Standard Form 1442)541App. GInstructions to bidders545App. HA strategy of bidding548App. IProposal for a lump-sum contract559App. JAIA Document A101-1997, standard form of agreement between owner and contractor where the basis of payment is a stipulated sum561App. KAIA Document A111-1997, standard form of agreement between owner and contractor where the basis of payment is the cost of the work plus a fee with a negotiated guaranteed maximum price569App. LAmerican Arbitration Association, construction industry arbitration rules and mediation procedures (including procedures for large, complex construction disputes)583App. MAGC Document 603, standard short form agreement between contractor and subcontractor (where contractor assumes risk of owner payment)618App. NAGC Document 604, standard short form agreement between contractor and subcontractor (where contractor and subcontractor share risk of owner payment)623App. OGeneral ledger accounts628
