Federal Government Construction Contracts
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Smith, Currie & Hancock's Federal Government Construction Contracts is the Federal law companion to the bestselling guide to construction law for non-lawyers. This book serves as an easy-to-understand guide to the practical reality of federal laws, regulations and practices, and how AEC firms can use them to their advantage by avoiding pitfalls and bidding successfully on projects.
- Includes sample provisions from modern Federal Government construction contracts.Clauses and regulations unique to various Federal agencies are highlighted throughout
- Helpful "points to remember" summarize important concepts at the end of each chapter, and useful checklists help in making use of the concepts in practice
- Same plain-English coverage of construction law that made Common Sense Construction Law a bestseller in three editions
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface.
Author Biographies.
1. Federal Government Contracts and Commercial Contracts: A Brief Comparison.
2. Authority to Bind the Government, Contract Financing, and Payment.
3. Contract Formation.
4. Contract Types.
5. Socioeconomic Policies.
6. Government Contract Interpretation.
7. Differing Site Conditions.
8. Contract Changes.
9. Delays, Suspension, and Acceleration.
10. Inspection, Acceptance, Commissioning, and Warranties.
11. Contract Terminations.
12. Bonds.
14. Project Documentation Techniques.
15. Contract Claims and Disputes.
16. Federal Grants for Public Construction Contracts.
Index.
Smith, Currie & Hancock's Federal Government Construction Contracts
Edited by Thomas J. Kelleher, Jr., Thomas E. Abernathy IV, and Hubert J. Bell, Jr.
Copyright © 2008 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
This material is used by permission of John Wiley & Sons, Inc.