本书介绍了国际建筑市场常用的合同管理的主要内容，其中包括建筑业的概况；建设项目的参与方；建筑工程的采购方式；招标及合同构成；合同条款；承包商的合同义务；雇主的合同义务；时间；支付；合同管理者的角色；分包；合同的暂停和终止；合同纠纷的解决方法；仲裁与诉讼。

为适应双语教学的要求，同时考虑到该课程的性质比较适合双语教学，因此本书以英文编写。同时，为了更好地帮助读者更深入地理解本书内容，书中对重要的概念、术语以及较难理解的句子进行了详细解释，并有译文。

本书不仅适用于工程管理和工程造价专业的本科生及研究生，而且对从事国际工程承包管理的合同管理人员也具有一定的参考价值。

Chapter 1 Introduction to Construction Industry

Chapter 2 The Parties To The Contracts

 2.1 Employer

 2.2 Contractor

 2.3 Contract Administrator

Chapter 3 Procurement Methods of Construction Contracts

 3.1 General Contracting

3.1.1 Background

3.1.2 Basic Characteristics of Traditional General Contracts

 3.2 Design and build

3.2.1 Background

3.2.2 Features of Design and Build Contracts

 3.3 Management contracting 

 3.4 Construction Management

 3.5 EPC

Chapter 4 Tendering and Contract Formation

 4.1 Agreement

4.1.1 Offer

4.1.2 Acceptance

 4.2 Contracts made by tender

4.2.1 Purpose of tendering

4.2.2 Tendering procedures

4.2.3 Legal analysis of tenders

4.2.4 Problems in the constitution of bids

Chapter 5 Contraet Terms

 5.1 Express Terms

5.1.1 Terms and representations

5.1.2 Contract documents

5.1.3 Priority of documents

 5.2 Implied Terms

5.2.1 Implication in law

5.2.2 Implication in fact

Chapter 6 Contractor's Obligations

 6.1 Standard of work

6.1.1 Workmanship

6.1.2 Standard of materials

6.1.3 Suitability of materials 

6.1.4 Suitability of the building

 6.2 Statutory obligations

6.2 1 Contractor's duties

6.2.2 Divergence between statutory requirements and contract

6.2.3 Emergency work

 6.3 Co-ordination and Management

6.3.1 Control of persons on the site

6.3.2 Exclusion of persons from the works

6.3.3 Antiquities

6.3.4 Testing and approvals

 6.4 Transfer of materials

6.4.1 General position

6.4.2 Contract provisions

6.4.3 Retention of title

Chapter 7 Employer's Obligations

 7.1 Implied obligations

7.1.1 Non-hindrance and co-operation

7.1.2 Specific examples of non-hindrance and co-operation

 7.2 Express terms of Employer's Obligations

7.2.1 Payment

7.2.2 Necessary Nominations

7.2.3 Site Obligations

7.2.4 Insurance

 7.3 Responsibility for the Contract Administrator

 7.4 Responsibility for site conditions

7.4.1 Contractor's Risk

7.4.2 Employer's Responsibility

Chapter 8 Time

 8.1 Commencement

8.1.1 Possession of the site

8.1.2 Date for possession

8.1.3 Deferred Possession

 8.2 Progress

 8.3 Completion

8.3.1 Meaning of Completion

8.3.2 Date for Completion

8.3.3 Delay in completion"

8.3.4 Sectional completion and partial possession

8.3.5 Effects of completion

 8.4 Contractor's Obligations after Completion

 8.5 Extensions of Time

8.5.1 Grounds for extensions of time

8.5.2 'Relevant events' as a ground for extensions of time

Chapter 9 Payment

 9.1 Employer's obligations to pay

9.1.1 Contract price

9.1.2 Time of payment

9.1.3 Effect of certificates

 9.2 Contract sum

9.2.1 Definitions in the contracts

9.2.2 Permissible changes

 9.3 Variations

9.3.1 The need for variations

9.3.2 Definition of variations

9.3.3 Issuing variations

9.3.4 Valuing variations

 9.4 Fluctuations

 9.5 Retention money

Chapter 10 Role of the Contract Administrator

 10.1 Contract administrator as the employer's agent

10.1.1 Extent of powers

10.1.2 Functions and duties

 10.2 Contract administrator as independent adjudicator

10.2.1 Certification 

10.2.2 Other decision-making functions

10.2.3 Liability for negligent decision-making

Chapter 11 Subcontracting and Nomination 

 11.1 Outline of Subcontracting

11.1.1 What is construction subcontracting

11.1.2 Reasons for subcontracting 

11.1.3 Types of subcontractors 

 11.2 Domestic subcontractor

11.2.1 Selection of domestic subcontractors

11.2.2 Relationship between the main contractor and subcontractors

 11.3 Nominated Subcontracting

11.3.1 Why Nominate

11.3.2 Difference between nominated subcontractors and domestic subcontractors

 11.4 Payment to subcontractors

Chapter 12 Suspension and Termination of Contract

 12.1 Suspension of Work

12.1.1 Suspension by Employer

12.1. 2 Suspension by Contractor

 12.2 Termination of Work

 12.3 Termination by Employer

12.3.1 The Event Incurring Termination for Default

12.3.2 Steps of Termination for Cause Taken by Employer

12.3.3 Termination for Convenience

 12.4 Termination by Contractor

Chapter 13 Alternative Dispute Resolutions

 13.1 Definition of ADR

 13.2 Features of ADR

 13.3 Forms of ADR

13.3.1 Negotiation

13.3.2 Conciliation

13.3.3 Mediation

13.3.4 Dispute Adjudication Board

 13.4 The Mediation/Conciliation Agreement

 13.5 The Procedure of DRB/DAB

13.5.1 Selection and Appointment of Dispute Board Members

13.5.2 Dispute Board Rules

13.5.3 The Work of the Dispute Board

Chapter 14 Arbitration and Litigation

 14.1 Arbitration

14.1.1 Advantages of Arbitration over Litigation

14.1.2 Disadvantages of Arbitration

14.1.3 Arbitration Institutions

14.1.4 Choosing of Arbitrator

14.1.5 Duty of Arbitrators

14.1.6 The Arbitral Proceedings

 14. 2 Litigation

14.2.1 Litigation or Arbitration

14.2.2 Process of Litigation

Glossary

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