Head office overheads

Crowter, H.

Head office overheads - 1989 - Chartered Quantity Surveyor 11(6) February 1989, 28-29(2) .

Discusses the validity of contractors` claims for and calculations of head office overheads and established charges. Reviews textbook opinion which perceives head office overheads as a valid claim as direct loss and/or expense. The most common method of calculating a claim is loosely based on a percentage of the original contract sum and the length of the delay . Highlights the decision in Tate and Lyle v GLC and Port of London Authority , HL 1983 Abstract 32350. Lists types of items comprised in head office overheads.


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