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Al-Mhdawi, M K S (2022) Risk management of construction projects under extreme conditions: a case study of Iraq, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Southampton.
Al-Sasi, B O (2007) A lean approach to capacity management in construction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Southampton.
Alfadhli, A (2013) Does the alternative dispute resolution have a role to play in the construction industry in the State of Kuwait?: look into the most appropriate methodology that may be taken in Kuwait in comparison with what are available in the English legal system, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Law School , University of Southampton.
Almeile, A M (2021) The role of political and economic stability on the success of public-private partnership (PPP) construction projects from a project management perspective, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Southampton.
Baker, T O (2021) An investigation into pricing anomalies and the influence of information processing constraints on forecasts derived from sports betting markets, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Southampton.
Bakhoum, E S H (2011) A decision support system for evaluation and selection of structural materials on a sustainability basis, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Civil Engineering, University of Southampton.
Barr, D W J (2004) The department of trade and industry key performance indicators: A critical appraisal, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Southampton.
Brown, D C (2003) A methodology for selecting the construction team, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Southampton.
Buckingham, H (2010) Accommodating change? An investigation of the impacts of government contracting processes on third sector providers of homelessness services in South East England, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Social Sciences , University of Southampton.
Curtis, B (1994) Roles, responsibilities and risks in management contracts, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Southampton.
Day, K D (1989) The administration of the 'botched' FIDIC contract: the problems arising out of the administration of a wrongly 'slanted' contract for turnkey projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Southampton.
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: building contract; building industry; civil engineering; coordination; drafting; FIDIC; civil engineer; client; designer
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- URL: https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.280915
- Abstract:
Contracts used in the building industry have undergone severely radical changes in concept and scope over the last ten, or so, years. For example, the norm was, until quite recently, for the Architect not only to be the principal designer of "the Works", the subject of a development, but additionally, the supervisor of the construction process as well. Today, however, forms of contract are currently in use where the Architect merely prepares an outline conceptual design which is then passed over to a contractor for him to develop and then build, viz a "design and build" contract, or where he is not the person responsible for supervising the design development coordination and named in the Contract for the purposes of supervising the construction process. Careful drafting is required in the production of any building contract, given that such contracts tend to be characteristically dynamic in nature (essentially a tendency to open-endedness) due, almost always, to incompleteness of the design, client changes of the design, or response to interface incompatibility, or site conditions which can affect the design, the programme and cost. Drafting problems, and related difficulties in the administration of the Contract, become that much more acute in the circumstances, where a contract, slanted (in terms of drafting) to provide the requisite directions to achieve a specific given end, are re-slanted to provide an entirely different end. Problems arising from such Contracts have arisen in the case of the International Civil Engineering Works Contract (FIDIC) where it has been transformed ("botched") from a contract for lateral - civil engineering - works, designed and supervised by an Engineer to one required to meet the needs of a vertical structure, which is "designed, built and fitted-out" by a Contractor (a turnkey contract) where the Engineer is required to supervise (not design) those Works. The present thesis is concerned with a discussion of problems related to the open-endedness of building contracts, in the context of "Botched" FIDIC contracts: which, in the event, have become virtually unmanageable (from an administrative point-of-view) and the generic FIDIC "slant" has all but destroyed the efficacy of turnkey design and build contracts.
Fernandes, A G G (2014) Improving and embedding project management practice in organisations, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Southampton.
Gul, S (2012) The role of conflict & negotiation in the complexity of projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Southampton.
Jang, S G (2011) A concessionaire selection decision model: development and application for the PPP project procurement, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Management , University of Southampton.
Jones, B K (1998) A model for collaborative engineering the construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Southampton.
Ludlow, J E (1976) Assessment and prediction of noise from construction sites, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Southampton.
Moustafa, I M M (2001) A decision support system for the selection of the optimum contractor, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Southampton.
Park, J (2011) Best-value in Korean public building construction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Management , University of Southampton.
Rempelos, G (2023) A whole life carbon model for railway track system interventions, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Southampton.
Riley, M J (2001) Re-engineering the construction procurement process, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , University of Southampton.