Contract Documents · FIDIC’s definition of Contract Sub-Clause 1.1.1 [Contract] •means the...
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Contract Documents
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Contract documents
• It is a universal practice in construction
for the contract to be formalized by
written documents
• The basic purpose of a written contract
is to define exactly and explicitly the
rights and obligations of each party to it
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FIDIC’s definition of Contract
Sub-Clause 1.1.1 [Contract]
• means the Contract Agreement, the Letter of Tender, the Letter of Acceptance, the conditions, the Specifications, the Drawings, the Schedules, and the further documents (if any) which are listed in the Contract Agreement or in the Letter of Acceptance
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The agreement
• Is made between the Employer and the
Contractor
• Records those items agreed to by the Parties
• Constitutes legal evidence that a contract
exists and forms the basis for its enforcement
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• Form annexed
to the
Jordanian
Particular
Conditions
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Letter of Tender as defined by
FIDIC99
• Letter of Tender
• means the document entitled letter of
tender, which was completed by the
Contractor and includes the signed offer
to the Employer for the Works
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Letter of Acceptance as defined by
FIDIC99
• Letter of Acceptance
• means the letter of formal acceptance,
signed by the Employer, of the Letter of
Tender, including any annexed
memoranda comprising agreements
between and signed by both Parties
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• If there is no such letter of acceptance,
the expression “Letter of Acceptance”
means the Contract Agreement and the
date issuing or receiving the Letter of
Acceptance means the date of signing
the Contract Agreement
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• FIDIC suggests the following phrasing
for Letter of Acceptance:
– For and on behalf of ….., we accepted the
offer contained in your Letter of Tender
dated …. to [design], execute and
complete the above-named works and
remedy any defects therein, for the
Accepted Contract Amount of ….Unless
and until a formal Agreement is prepared
and executed, the Contract shall comprise
the following documents:
[list of documents, with appropriate
references /dates]
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General Conditions
• Define the rights and obligations of the
Parties (i.e., Employer, Engineer,
Contractor)
• Describe the guidelines that will be used
in the administration of the contract
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• In the past, the Jordanian General Conditions
were known as
(الشروط العامة)عقد المقاولة الموحد •
• Which was a slightly modified version of the
famous FIDIC 87 Red Book: FIDIC
Conditions of Contract for Works designed by
the Employer
• In 2003, Jordan decided to adopt FIDIC 1999
Conditions of Contract
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FIDIC General Conditions of
Contract for Construction
• Organized in 20
Clauses
1. General
provisions
2. The employer
3. The engineer
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4. The contractor
5. Nominated subcontractors
6. Staff and labor
7. Plant, materials, and workmanship
8. Commencement, delays and
suspension
9. Tests on completion
10.Employer’s taking over
11.Defects liability
12.Measurement and evaluation
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13.Variation and adjustments
14.Contract price and payments
15.Termination by employer
16.Suspension and termination by
contractor
17.Risks and responsibility
18. Insurance
19.Force majeure
20.Claims, disputes and arbitration
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Particular (special) Conditions
• Used to “tailor” the General
Conditions for:
• The local construction market
• Project at hand
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• So, we utilize these Particular
Conditions to:
(1) Modify the General Conditions
(2) Delete sub-clauses in the General
Conditions
(3) Add sub-clauses to the General
Conditions
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Content of Particular Conditions
• Make use of the General Conditions format
• Clause 1: General provisions
– Modify/add/delete
• Clause 2: The Employer
• Clause 3: The Contractor
• And so on ……..
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FIDIC Priority of Documents
Sub-Clause 1.5 [Priority of Documents]
• The documents forming the Contract
are to be taken as mutually
explanatory of one another
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• For the purposes of interpretation, the priority of the documents shall be in accordance with the following sequence
• The Contract Agreement (if any)
• The Letter of Acceptance
• The Letter of Tender
• The Particular Conditions
• These General Conditions
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(f) The Specifications
(g) The Drawings, and
(h) The Schedules and any other documents forming Part of the Contract
• If an ambiguity or discrepancy is found in the documents, the Engineer shall issue any necessary clarification or instruction
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Order of precedence within drawings
(Hutchings, 1998)
• Figures govern over scaled dimensions
• Detailed drawings govern over general drawings
• Variation orders drawings govern over contract drawings
• Contract drawings govern over shop drawings