Construction Law An Introduction for Engineers, Architects, and Contractors.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kelley, Gail
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : R. S. Means Company, Incorporated, 2012.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
Temas:
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Construction Law: An Introduction for engineers, Architects, and Contractors
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1: Law and Government
  • 1.1: Introduction
  • 1.1.1: The Powers of Governments
  • 1.1.2: City and County Governments
  • 1.1.3: The Powers of the Federal Government
  • 1.2: The Sources and Hierarchy of Law
  • 1.2.1: The Constitution
  • 1.2.2: Statutes and Ordinances
  • 1.2.3: Agency Regulations
  • 1.2.4: International Treaties
  • 1.2.5: Appellate Court Opinions
  • 1.3: The American Judicial System
  • 1.3.1: Structure of the Court Systems
  • 1.3.2: Federal Trial and Appeals Courts
  • 1.3.3: State Trial and Appeals Courts
  • 1.4: Common Law
  • 1.4.1: Stare Decisis
  • 1.4.2: Restatements of the Law
  • 1.5: Legal Codes
  • 1.5.1: Uniform Codes
  • 1.5.2: The Uniform Commercial Code
  • 1.6: Legal Doctrines
  • 1.7: Choice-of-Law Clauses
  • 1.8: Criminal Law versus Civil Law
  • 1.9: Cause of Action
  • 1.10: Summary Judgment
  • 2: Basic Legal Principles
  • 2.1: Legal Issues in Construction
  • 2.2: Principles of Contract Law
  • 2.2.1: Unilateral Contracts versus Bilateral Contracts
  • 2.2.2: Oral Contracts
  • 2.2.3: Third-Party Beneficiaries
  • 2.2.4: Contract Interpretation
  • 2.3: Principles of Agency Law
  • 2.3.1: Apparent Authority
  • 2.3.2: The Principal's Liability for the Agent's Acts
  • 2.3.3: Ratification
  • 2.4: Principles of Tort Law
  • 2.4.1: Intentional Torts
  • 2.4.2: Unintentional Torts (Negligence)
  • 2.4.3: Strict Liability
  • 2.4.4: Misrepresentation
  • 3: Project Participants
  • 3.1: The Owner
  • 3.1.1: Access to the Building Site
  • 3.1.2: Restrictions on Use of the Property
  • 3.2: The Design Professional Team
  • 3.2.1: Site Evaluation Consultants
  • 3.2.2: The Geotechnical Consultant
  • 3.3: The Construction Team
  • 3.3.1: Subcontractors and Suppliers
  • 3.4: Construction Lenders
  • 3.4.1: Collateral Assignment to Lender
  • 3.4.2: Other Lender Requirements
  • 3.4.3: Construction Loans
  • 3.4.4: Bond Financing
  • 4: Project Delivery Systems
  • 4.1: Design-Bid-Build
  • 4.2: Multiple Primes
  • 4.3: Construction Management
  • 4.3.1: Agency Construction Management
  • 4.3.2: Construction Management At-Risk (CMAR)
  • 4.4: Design-Build
  • 4.4.1: Design-Build Proposals
  • 4.4.2: Advantages and Disadvantages of Design-Build
  • 4.4.3: Bridging Consultants
  • 4.5: Engineer-Procure-Construct (EPC)
  • 4.6: Turnkey Construction
  • 4.7: Integrated Project Delivery (IPD)
  • 4.8: Fast-Track Construction
  • 4.9: Public-Private Partnerships
  • 4.9.1: History of Public-Private Partnerships
  • 4.9.2: Constraints on Public-Private Partnerships
  • 5: Construction Contracts
  • 5.1: The Construction Contract
  • 5.1.1: Prebid Conferences
  • 5.1.2: Right to Reject Bids
  • 5.2: The Contract Documents (Owner-Contractor)
  • 5.2.1: The Contractor's Bid
  • 5.3: Conflicts between the Documents
  • 5.4: Errors in the Documents
  • 5.4.1: Latent Discrepancies
  • 5.5: Specific over General
  • Written over Printed

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