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Contents

Qualification attached to tenders

Checking tenders
6.7 Checking prices and comparing tenders
6.8 Choosing a tender
6.9 Offer by a tenderer to complete early
6.10 Procedure for accepting a tender
Publications giving guidance on tendering
Appendix: UK Regulations

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The contractors site organization

7.1 Contractors site personnel
7.2 The agent
7.3 Site field personnel
7.4 Site office personnel
7.5 Accounting methods
7.6 Providing constructional plant and equipment
7.7 The contractors use of sub-contractors
7.8 Recent measures to alleviate sub-contract disputes

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The employer and his engineer

8.1 Introduction
8.2 The role of the employers engineer under ICE conditions
8.3 A note on alternative provisions of the ECC conditions
8.4 Limitations to the engineers powers under ICE conditions
8.5 The engineers duty to provide all necessary drawings
to the contractor
8.6 Quality assurance considerations
References

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The resident engineers duties

9.1 The engineers representative on site the resident engineer
9.2 Powers not delegated to the resident engineer
9.3 Usual powers delegated to the resident engineer
9.4 Some common problems
9.5 Some important points the resident engineer should watch
9.6 The resident engineers duties with regard to safety
9.7 Relationship between the resident engineer and
the contractors agent
9.8 Handling troubles
9.9 More difficult cases of trouble
9.10 The resident engineers staff
9.11 Gifts and hospitality

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10 Health and safety regulations

10.1 Legal framework
10.2 The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994

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