Dealing with defects: defective owner provided preliminary design in design-build contracting

Hammond, C.G.

Dealing with defects: defective owner provided preliminary design in design-build contracting - 1998 - International Construction Law Review 15(2) April 1998, 193-210(18) .

Considers one aspect of dispute avoidance in design-build contracting; the allocation and management of the risk of defects in the preliminary design prepared by the owner or its consultant and included as a part of the owner`s requirements in a competitively-bid, fixed price, design-build contract. Includes case study. References.


AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS
BUILT ENVIRONMENT-BUILDING CONTRACT FORMS
CONSTRUCTION DISPUTES
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY INSTITUTE
DEFECTS
DESIGN AND BUILD CONTRACTS
DESIGN-BID-BUILD
OWNER
PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS
RISK ALLOCATION