CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY JOURNALS

There are many journals which are covering legal and professional practice topics of the construction industry. Please find below a short list:

• The Contruction Law Journal covers contractual and other legal matters in the construction industry. Click here to see Sample Issue and Contents of Recent Issues.

• Construction News has the latest regional and national costruction news for the construction industry. Please click here to access the free website
  

• Building Design is one of the most popular weekly magazine among the British Architects. It offer a section dedicated to legal and office management matters. Please click here to visit the relevant section.
  

• Building offers an interesting section about Contracts and Procurements and Case Law. Please visit here the relevant section.
  

The Management of Construction

The employer has contested the value of the latest interim certificate. What action
must he take in order that he is not in breach of the JCT SBC 05 contract?

Under clause 4.13.4 the Employer must give written notice to the Contractor specifying any amount proposed to be withheld/deducted from the amount due and the ground for such withholding, not later than 5 days before the final date for payment.
(Final Payment = 4.13.1 The final date for payment pursuant to an Interim Certificate shall be 14 days from the date of issue of that Interim Certificate).



What is the contractual status of:
a. an information-release schedule and
b. a contractor's programme

The Infomation-release schedule is an optional provision within the SBC05 that states what kind of information will be release by the Architect/Contract Administrator to the Contractor and when. The contractual implication for a later release than the stipulated day can be consider a Relevant Event in relation to an extension of time claimed by the Contractor

(see Guide to SBC Sarah Lupton and SBC/Q 2005)

RIBA Part 3 STAGE ACTIVITIES

http://www.pedr.co.uk/textpage.asp?menu=4&sortorder=70&area=main

short paper

What do the following acronyms stand for?
JCT = Joint Contracts Tribunal
CPI = Coordinated Project Information
KPI = Key Performance Indicator

What is ISO 9001 and in what way is it appropriate to architectural practice?
Quality Management System can make the Practice more attractive for potential clients.
ISO 9001 certifies that business processes are being applied but it doesn't guarantee the
quality of the final product or service.

State four objectives of Partnering.
Partnering is a "management approach", recommended in the Latham Report, where the parties (i.e. client/professional, client/contractor, contractor/subcontractor) objectives are:
- Maximizing the effectiveness of each participant's resources;
- Implement a rewarding system which enable all the parties to share in the rewards;
- Quality and final Target must be set for every project and a measurement system of the improvements must to be adopted:
- Identification of potential conflict need to be addressed (eliminate or reduce).
The partnering is a legally-binding agreement.

The distinction between latent and patent defects

http://www.brewerconsulting.co.uk/cases/CJ0216RR.htm

WHAT IS SECTION 106?

Section 106 is e lagally-binding agreement or obligation between the Local Planning Authority and the "Developer" attached to planning permission. The main aim of this agreement is to address matters related to the proposed development in term of provision of of services and infrastructures, such as highway, recreational and educational facilities, affordable houses, etc.

http://www.idea.gov.uk/idk/core/page.do?pageId=71631

ARB Professional Conduct Committe Decisions

Under the Architect Act 1997, an architect can be "prosecuted" by the Professional Conduct Committee for:

1) Unacceptable Professional Conduct

2) Serious Professional Incompetence

http://www.arb.org.uk/professional_standards/regulating_architects/professional_conduct_committee_decisions.php