Chapter 1: Introduction
- Features of the RIBA Building Contracts
- Suitability for different procurement routes;
- Differences between the concise and domestic contracts
- Use of CBC by a 'consumer'
- Comparison with other contracts
Chapter 2: Forming the contract
- Tendering
- Pre-contract negotiations
- Preparing and executing the contract package
- Interpreting the contract
Chapter 3: Roles and management systems
- Role of the contract administrator
- Role of the contractor
- Role of the client
- Management systems
Chapter 4: Project Progress
- The site: possession
- Starting the work
- Completion in sections
- The contractor's programme
- Progress
- Finishing the work
- Delay
Chapter 5: Control of the works
- Control of day-to-day activities
- Principal designer
- Flow of information
- Inspection and tests
- Contractor administrator's instructions
Chapter 6: Interim payment and certification
- The contract price
- Certification and payment - CBC
- Certification and payment - DBC
- Non-payment and non-certification
- Contractor's remedy if no certificate issued
- Contractor's remedy if payment not made
7: Practical completion, completion and post completion
- Practical completion
- The defects fixing period
- Payments following completion
- Final contract price and payment
- Conclusiveness
- Procedures at completion
- Post completion, dealing with defects
Chapter 8: Insurance
- Liability
- Indemnity
- Insurance
- Professional indemnity insurance
Chapter 9: Termination
- Termination by the client
- Termination by the contractor
- Termination by either party
- Procedure for terminating
- Consequences of termination
Chapter 10: Dispute handling and resolution
- Mediation
- Adjudication
- Arbitration