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1 Online-Ressource (385 Seiten)
Edition:
2nd ed
ISBN:
9781394150229
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Preface -- Disclaimer -- Introduction -- The Goals of This Book -- What Are the Benefits of This Book? -- Contractor & -- Owner Conventions -- Private Contracts or Government Contracts? -- Key Contracting Concepts -- Two Types of Commercial Terms & -- Conditions -- The Most Important Commercial Terms & -- Conditions -- The Contracting Process -- Excuses for Not Negotiating Better Commercial Terms & -- Conditions -- The Concept of Risk Transfer -- This Is a Book Developed Just for Contractors -- Three Final Suggestions -- Chapter 1: Contracts: Basic Training -- What Is a Contract? -- The Steps to a Contract -- Coming to the Party? -- The Starting Point -- "Here's My Proposal" -- "Consideration," or Something of Value -- The "Happy Test" -- "Can That Person Sign This Contract?" -- Call in the Enforcer to Close the Breach! -- A Contract Example -- Strange Words & -- Long Paragraphs -- Contracting Myths -- Contract Negotiations -- Chapter 2: Types & -- Forms of Contracts -- Fixed Price & -- Fixed Schedule Contracts -- Reimbursable Type Contracts -- Combined Fixed Price & -- Reimbursable Contracts -- Cost Plus Fee Contracts -- Guaranteed Maximum Price Contracts -- Target Price Contracts -- Contracts with Performance Incentives -- Form of Contracts -- Some Final Contract Housekeeping-Definitions -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: Scope of Work -- The Scope of Work Matrix -- Scoping Drawings -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Terms of Payment & -- Cash Flow -- Cash Flow -- Interest Rates -- Periodic Progress & -- Milestone Payments -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5: The Schedule -- Float -- Time Is of the Essence -- Extra Time, but No Money -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6: Assurances of Performance -- Guaranties & -- Bonds
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What Does "Failure to Perform" Mean? -- What Is a Bond? -- Forms of Assurances of Performance -- Surety Companies -- Some Language Considerations on Guaranties & -- Bonds -- Types of Performance Assurances -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7: Insurance -- What Is Insurance? -- Claims Made vs. Occurrence -- Types of Insurance -- Important Issues Associated with Insurance -- Additional Insured Status -- Additional Insurance Basics -- A Typical Insurance Clause in a Construction Contract -- Safety -- Chapter 8: Indemnity -- Insurance & -- Indemnity -- Indemnity Definitions -- Transferring the Owner's Risks to Contractors -- Fairness Is Not a Consideration -- Is an Indemnity Required in a Construction Contract? -- Anti-Indemnity Legislation -- Examples of Indemnification Clauses -- Indemnification, Additional Insured Status, & -- Contractual Liability Insurance -- Owners Love CLAIMS! -- Negotiating Indemnity Clauses -- Knock-for-Knock Indemnities -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9: Changes -- Some Ground Rules -- Protecting the Project Manager -- Owners' Directives -- Constructive Changes -- Payment for Changes -- Sample Change Clauses -- Major Contract Changes -- Negotiating Change Clauses -- Conclusion -- Chapter 10: Disputes & -- Their Resolution -- What's a Project Manager to Do? A Short Story to Start With -- Disputes-The Construction Contract's Bad Actor -- An Ounce of Prevention -- Dispute Resolution Options -- The Folks who Negotiate, Mediate, Arbitrate, & -- Litigate -- Dispute Resolution Clauses -- Conclusion -- Chapter 11: Damages -- Breach of Contract/Failure to Perform -- Contractors' Financial Exposure -- Actual Damages-A Silent Risk? -- Liquidated Damages -- Consequential Damages -- Conclusion -- Chapter 12: Warranties -- A Workable Definition of Warranty -- Warranty Issues -- The Uniform Commercial Code -- When Is No Warranty Appropriate?
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Extended Duration Warranties -- Limiting Provisions in Warranties -- Pass-Through Warranties -- Latent Defects & -- Warranty -- A Sample Warranty -- Conclusion -- Chapter 13: Termination & -- Suspension -- Termination for Cause -- Termination for Convenience -- Suspension -- Cancellation -- Conclusion -- Chapter 14: Force Majeure -- Negotiating Clauses -- Sample Contract Language -- Conclusion -- Chapter 15: Other Contract Clauses -- Site Conditions -- Use of Completed Portions of the Work -- Patent Indemnity -- Secrecy & -- Confidentiality Clauses & -- Agreements -- Owner's Right to Inspect -- Independent Contractors -- Assignment -- Acceptance & -- the Punch List -- Advance & -- Partial Waiver of Liens -- Final Waiver of Liens -- Audit Rights -- Severability or Validity Clauses -- Venue & -- Applicable Law -- Florida Civil Code Chapter 47 Venue -- Texas Business & -- Commercial Code Annotated 272.001 -- Venue and Choice of Law State Statutes -- Contractual Rendition? -- Changes in the Law -- Some Interesting Clauses to Close -- Chapter 16: A Construction Contractor's Contract Checklist -- Chapter 17: International Contracting -- International Contracts -- The U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act -- Letters of Credit -- Split Contracts: Onshore & -- Offshore Contracts -- Political, Religious, & -- Economic Risks -- Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) -- Legal Systems in Foreign Countries -- Local Employees, Partners, & -- Agents -- Offshore Companies -- Currency Risks -- Applicable Law -- Joint Ventures -- Joint Operations -- Import & -- Export Considerations -- Understanding INCOTERMS -- The Export-Import Bank of the United States -- Where to Get Some Help-Ask the U.S. Government -- Lastly, Use the Right Paper Size! -- Conclusion -- Chapter 18: What's It Take to Do Business in Southeast Asia?
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Patience Is Golden -- Walk the Talk -- Time and Money -- The US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act -- Center for Strategic and International Studies -- Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) -- Backdoor to China and India -- SPECIAL SECTION-The Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam) -- Resources for Business in Southeast Asia -- Chapter 19: Some Final Thoughts on Negotiating Contracts -- Why Negotiate? -- The Concept of Standard Terms & -- Conditions -- Risk Transfer Item 1: Get Rid of the Indemnity Clause! -- Risk Transfer Item 2: Don't Provide Additional Insured Status -- Risk Transfer Clauses, Insurance, & -- Safety -- How to Say No without Aggravating the Owner -- The Worst Contracting Word: "Reasonable" -- The Best Contracting Word: "Notwith- standing" -- Win-Win & -- Lose-Lose in Contract Negotiations-Fairy Tales? -- Is There a Price for Bad Commercial Terms & -- Conditions? -- Terms of Payment -- Some Tips on Successful Negotiating -- Three First (and Final) Suggestions -- Resources -- Glossary -- Index -- EULA.
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Werremeyer, Kit Understanding and Negotiating Construction Contracts Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,c2023 ISBN 9781394150205
Language:
English
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