Plain English. JCT-accurate where the contract turns on the word.
- Construction Management vs Main Contractor
- Construction Management vs Main Contractor: two procurement models. The difference is who holds the contracts with the trades and who carries the risk.
- Practical Completion
- Practical completion is the contractual moment a project is declared substantially complete and handed to the client, even if snagging items remain.
- Pre-Construction Services Agreement (PCSA)
- A PCSA is a fixed-fee pre-contract under which a contractor prices the project before the main construction contract is signed. UK two-stage tender Stage 1.
- Provisional Sum
- Provisional sum definition: defined and undefined types under JCT, and what a cost plan heavy on provisional sums tells you about the design.
- Snagging List
- Snagging list definition: what gets recorded, when the walkthrough happens, and why one walkthrough at handover does not catch everything.