International Contracting : Contract Management in Complex Construction Projects.

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This book, about international contracting and contract management, is written from the angle of the contractor and discussed from an international perspective. It comments on real-life cases, taken from various kinds of projects: infrastructural works (roads, bridges, tunnels, rail roads), wind- an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Van Weele, Arjan
Otros Autores: Van der Puil, John
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Singapore : World Scientific Publishing Company, 2013.
Temas:
Construction contracts.
Contractors' operations.
Entrepreneurs > Travaux.
Construction contracts
Contractors' operations
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction; Where it all started; What this book is about; Target audience; How this book is structured; Part I: International contracting: Defining the playing field; Part II: The contracting cycle; Part III: Project and risk management; Part IV: Legal issues in international contracting; How to read this book?; Part I International Contracting: Defining the Playing Field; Chapter 1 International Contracting: How a Project Can Turn into a Nightmare; 1.1. Case
  • An uneasy event; 1.2. The BP oil spill: what happened?; 1.3. The test.
  • 1.4. The first investigations1.5. The blame game; 1.6. Kinds of damages caused by the disaster and claims; 1.7. Court proceedings; 1.8. Further investigations and reports; 1.9. What went wrong?
  • The causes and proposed reforms; Proposed reforms of regulations; 1.10. Violation of laws, regulations, procedures and policies; 1.11. Sharpening regulations; 1.12. Causality and risks; 1.13. Conclusions; Chapter 2 The Role of Contracting in International Contracting; 2.1. Case
  • What is reasonable?; 2.2. Changing relationships in international contracting; 2.3. Contract management and contracts.
  • 2.4. The role of project managers and contract managers2.5. Conclusions; Chapter 3 The Client; 3.1. Case
  • No discrimination; 3.2. Private sector; 3.3. Public sector; 3.4. Public-private partnerships; 3.5. Working with clients: specific issues; 3.6. Conclusions; Chapter 4 Contract Management: Definitions, Concepts and Perspectives; 4.1. Case
  • The Amsterdam underground metro line; 4.2. Contract management: concepts and definitions; 4.3. Problems in contract management; 4.4. Perspectives on contract management; 4.5. Attitudes towards contracting; 4.6. The lifecycle of a contract.
  • Pre-contractual stageContractual stage; Post-contractual stage; 4.7. Conclusions; Part II The Contracting Cycle; Chapter 5 From Tender to Final Payment; 5.1. Case
  • The offer and the main subcontractor; 5.2. The contracting lifecycle; 5.3. Invitation to tender: the tender process; 5.4. Landing the contract: the Letter of Intent (LOI); 5.5. Contract negotiations and closure; 5.6. Subcontracting and project execution; 5.7. Testing, delivery and payment; 5.8. Claims and dispute resolution; 5.9. Summary; Chapter 6 European Tendering; 6.1. Case
  • Objectives; Introduction.
  • 6.2. Principles and scope of the European procurement laws and directivesPrinciples; Public tendering: legal framework; Scope; 6.3. European procurement procedures; Threshold levels; Public procurement procedures; 6.4. Implications for contractors; Pre-contractual stage; Contractual stage; Post-contractual stage; 6.5. Summary and conclusions; Chapter 7 Downstream Contracting: Managing Suppliers and Subcontractors; 7.1. Case
  • The subcontracted steel piles; 7.2. Downstream contracting: definitions; 7.3. Purchasing process and procedures; 7.4. Portfolio management and supplier segmentation.

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