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| Section I This and That |
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2 How to Appear Confident |
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Must the Architect Approve? |
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If the Contractor has Design Responsibility |
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Sub-contractor's Drawings |
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Employer as Contract Administrator |
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The Code of Professional Conduct |
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What Does it mean to be an Agent? |
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How can the Contractor know if the Architect is Acting as Agent for the Client in any Particular Instance? |
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37 | (2) |
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39 | (2) |
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40 | (1) |
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15 Writing Letters (or Emails) |
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Is Dictation a Good Idea? |
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43 | (1) |
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16 Information Technology |
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17 The RIBA Plan of Work 2013 |
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Some General Observations |
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18 Building Information Modelling |
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What is Building Information Modelling? |
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54 | (1) |
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54 | (1) |
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55 | (2) |
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55 | (2) |
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57 | (4) |
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58 | (1) |
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21 Bonds and Parent Company Guarantees |
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61 | (1) |
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Payment for Off-site Materials Bond |
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62 | (1) |
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63 | (1) |
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63 | (1) |
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63 | (2) |
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65 | (2) |
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67 | (4) |
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What is Essential in a Contract? |
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Intention to Create a Legal Relationship |
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Something Given by Both Persons |
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69 | (1) |
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70 | (1) |
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71 | (4) |
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In the Case of a Contract |
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In the Case of Negligence, Trespass, and Nuisance |
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73 | (2) |
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Different Kinds of Confidentiality |
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Relationship Between Professional and Client |
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What if there is a Breach of Confidentiality? |
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77 | (2) |
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| Section II Dealing with Clients |
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83 | (4) |
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Full Architectural Services |
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83 | (1) |
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Unacceptable Partial Services |
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83 | (1) |
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84 | (1) |
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Acceptable Partial Services |
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85 | (2) |
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What do I mean by 'Difficult'? |
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88 | (3) |
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91 | (4) |
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91 | (1) |
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92 | (1) |
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92 | (1) |
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93 | (1) |
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93 | (1) |
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93 | (1) |
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93 | (1) |
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93 | (2) |
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The Importance of Proper Terms of Engagement |
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What if there are no Terms? |
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95 | (1) |
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96 | (1) |
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96 | (1) |
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How a Court Calculates Fees |
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98 | (3) |
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101 | (4) |
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101 | (1) |
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102 | (1) |
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Importance of Early Appointment |
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102 | (1) |
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103 | (1) |
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103 | (2) |
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105 | (4) |
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105 | (1) |
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106 | (1) |
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106 | (1) |
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107 | (1) |
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107 | (2) |
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34 Net Contribution Clause |
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109 | (2) |
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111 | (6) |
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111 | (1) |
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The Purpose of Warranties |
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111 | (1) |
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Can Architects Avoid Signing Warranties? |
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112 | (1) |
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113 | (2) |
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Reasonable Skill and Care |
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113 | (1) |
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113 | (1) |
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113 | (1) |
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114 | (1) |
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Professional Indemnity Insurance |
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115 | (1) |
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115 | (1) |
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115 | (1) |
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116 | (1) |
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36 Consultant's Certificates |
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117 | (4) |
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What are Consultant's Certificates? |
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117 | (1) |
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117 | (1) |
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118 | (1) |
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118 | (1) |
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118 | (1) |
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119 | (1) |
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120 | (1) |
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121 | (4) |
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What is Conflict of Interest? |
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38 Consumers, Corporations, and Associations |
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125 | (2) |
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Dealing with Consumers, Corporations, and Associations |
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125 | (1) |
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| Section III On with the Job |
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127 | (94) |
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129 | (2) |
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129 | (1) |
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129 | (2) |
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131 | (2) |
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131 | (1) |
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What to Put at the Beginning |
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131 | (1) |
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132 | (1) |
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133 | (4) |
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Who Should Carry Out the Survey? |
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133 | (1) |
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134 | (1) |
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134 | (1) |
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134 | (3) |
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137 | (2) |
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Ground Investigation Reports |
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138 | (1) |
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139 | (6) |
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140 | (2) |
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Essentials of a Good Report |
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143 | (2) |
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145 | (2) |
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147 | (4) |
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147 | (1) |
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148 | (3) |
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151 | (2) |
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Construction Estimates and Fees |
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151 | (2) |
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153 | (2) |
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Always Involve Amenity Societies |
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157 | (4) |
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What does Procurement Mean? |
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Choosing the Right System |
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Do Not Start Work Without a Contract |
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175 | (2) |
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177 | (4) |
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Why Do We Call Some Documents 'Contract Documents'? |
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Standard Form of Contract |
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178 | (1) |
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179 | (1) |
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53 Production Information |
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181 | (2) |
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181 | (1) |
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181 | (2) |
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What are Bills of Quantities? |
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Preparing the Bills of Quantities |
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183 | (1) |
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184 | (1) |
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Standard Methods of Measurement |
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185 | (2) |
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187 | (4) |
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What Really is a Specification? |
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187 | (1) |
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Prescriptive Specification |
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187 | (1) |
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Performance Specification |
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187 | (1) |
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Why is a Specification Needed? |
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188 | (1) |
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How is the Specification Used? |
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56 Employer's Requirements |
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What are Employer's Requirements? |
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Contents of the Employer's Requirements |
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57 Contractor's Proposals |
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195 | (2) |
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What is Consultant Switch? |
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197 | (1) |
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198 | (1) |
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199 | (2) |
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201 | (2) |
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What is the Purpose of a Schedule of Work? |
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203 | (2) |
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203 | (1) |
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204 | (1) |
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205 | (2) |
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Examples of Implied Terms |
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205 | (2) |
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Competitive Tendering or Negotiation |
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207 | (1) |
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208 | (1) |
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209 | (1) |
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211 | (1) |
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211 | (2) |
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213 | (4) |
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213 | (1) |
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65 Preparing the Contract Documents |
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217 | (4) |
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What are the Contract Documents? |
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217 | (1) |
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How are the Contract Documents put Together? |
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217 | (1) |
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218 | (1) |
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218 | (1) |
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Completing the Printed Contract Form |
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Are Some Documents More Important than Others? |
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223 | (2) |
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223 | (1) |
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Extension of Preliminaries |
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224 | (1) |
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67 Possession of the Site |
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225 | (4) |
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225 | (1) |
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How does the Contractor get Possession? |
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68 Dealing with Difficult Contractors |
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229 | (4) |
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229 | (1) |
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230 | (1) |
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233 | (4) |
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234 | (3) |
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239 | (4) |
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240 | (3) |
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243 | (4) |
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243 | (1) |
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243 | (1) |
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244 | (1) |
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244 | (1) |
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247 | (1) |
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247 | (1) |
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248 | (1) |
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249 | (4) |
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249 | (1) |
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Subrogation and Joint Names |
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249 | (1) |
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Building Contracts Damage to Persons or Property |
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249 | (1) |
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Damage to Other Property for which the Employer is Responsible |
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250 | (1) |
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250 | (1) |
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251 | (2) |
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75 Maintaining Standards On Site |
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253 | (2) |
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253 | (1) |
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253 | (1) |
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254 | (1) |
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255 | (2) |
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Before You Have a Meeting |
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257 | (1) |
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258 | (1) |
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258 | (2) |
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260 | (1) |
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261 | (4) |
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261 | (1) |
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262 | (1) |
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The Value of the Clerk of Works |
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263 | (1) |
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263 | (1) |
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264 | (1) |
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265 | (2) |
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266 | (1) |
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267 | (6) |
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267 | (1) |
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268 | (3) |
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278 | (1) |
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279 | (4) |
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279 | (1) |
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283 | (2) |
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285 | (6) |
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Must an Instruction be in Writing? |
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286 | (1) |
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Is the Architect Obliged to Confirm the Employer's Instructions? |
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287 | (1) |
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Refusal to Carry out a Validly Issued Instruction |
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288 | (1) |
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Can the Employer Prevent the Issue of an Architect's Instruction? |
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288 | (3) |
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291 | (4) |
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291 | (1) |
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291 | (1) |
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What must a Certificate Contain? |
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292 | (1) |
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292 | (1) |
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Can a Certificate be Withdrawn? |
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292 | (3) |
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87 The Architect's Conundrum |
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295 | (2) |
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Is the Architect like an Arbitrator? |
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295 | (1) |
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295 | (1) |
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296 | (1) |
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88 Sub-Contractors and Suppliers |
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297 | (4) |
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Is Sub-contracting Wrong? |
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297 | (1) |
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If the Contractor Allegedly Does Not Pay |
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297 | (1) |
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If the Contractor Goes Bust |
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298 | (1) |
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Architect's Discussions with Specialist Sub-contractors |
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298 | (1) |
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299 | (1) |
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299 | (2) |
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89 Other Contractors on the Works |
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301 | (2) |
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301 | (1) |
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301 | (1) |
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302 | (1) |
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303 | (2) |
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91 Variations and Valuation |
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305 | (4) |
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305 | (1) |
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Does the Contract Allow Variations? |
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305 | (1) |
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Is There an Implied Term? |
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306 | (1) |
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306 | (1) |
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306 | (1) |
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Reducing Variations is a Good Thing |
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306 | (1) |
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307 | (2) |
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92 Provisional and Prime Cost Sums |
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309 | (4) |
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309 | (1) |
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309 | (1) |
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310 | (1) |
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311 | (2) |
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93 Workmanship and Materials |
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313 | (2) |
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313 | (1) |
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313 | (1) |
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Workmanship and Workmanlike Manner |
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314 | (1) |
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315 | (4) |
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315 | (1) |
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315 | (1) |
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315 | (1) |
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How can the Employer be Protected? |
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316 | (3) |
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319 | (4) |
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What Kind of Payments are We Talking About? |
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319 | (1) |
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319 | (1) |
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320 | (1) |
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320 | (1) |
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Over-certification by the Architect |
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320 | (1) |
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321 | (2) |
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96 Delays and Extensions of Time |
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323 | (4) |
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323 | (1) |
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323 | (1) |
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Dealing with Extensions of Time |
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324 | (1) |
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324 | (1) |
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325 | (1) |
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325 | (1) |
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326 | (1) |
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327 | (4) |
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327 | (1) |
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Liquidated or Unliquidated Damages |
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327 | (1) |
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327 | (1) |
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328 | (1) |
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328 | (2) |
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330 | (1) |
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331 | (2) |
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333 | (8) |
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333 | (1) |
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333 | (1) |
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333 | (1) |
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334 | (5) |
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On-Site Establishment Costs |
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334 | (1) |
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335 | (1) |
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336 | (1) |
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337 | (1) |
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337 | (1) |
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338 | (1) |
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338 | (1) |
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Costs of Preparing the Claim |
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339 | (1) |
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339 | (1) |
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339 | (1) |
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340 | (1) |
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341 | (4) |
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341 | (2) |
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341 | (1) |
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342 | (1) |
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342 | (1) |
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342 | (1) |
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343 | (1) |
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343 | (1) |
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Contractual Termination Clauses |
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343 | (2) |
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345 | (6) |
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345 | (1) |
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Qualifying the Certificate |
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346 | (1) |
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Inspection Before Certification |
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347 | (1) |
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347 | (1) |
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348 | (1) |
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Partial Possession and Section Completion |
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349 | (1) |
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349 | (2) |
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351 | (6) |
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What is the Recitification Period? |
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351 | (1) |
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Why is the Rectification Period in Building Contracts? |
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351 | (1) |
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What About Defects After the End of the Period? |
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351 | (1) |
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352 | (1) |
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How Does the Rectification Period Work? |
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352 | (1) |
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The Employer's Role if there is a Rectification Period |
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353 | (1) |
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354 | (3) |
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357 | (2) |
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359 | (4) |
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359 | (1) |
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359 | (1) |
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Should the Final Certificate be Issued? |
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359 | (1) |
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360 | (1) |
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361 | (2) |
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363 | (2) |
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365 | (6) |
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365 | (1) |
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366 | (1) |
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366 | (1) |
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367 | (1) |
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Advantages of Arbitration |
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367 | (1) |
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Disadvantages of Arbitration |
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368 | (1) |
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368 | (1) |
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368 | (1) |
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Disadvantages of Litigation |
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368 | (1) |
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Negotiation, Conciliation, and Mediation |
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369 | (2) |
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371 | (6) |
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Is Adjudication the Same as Arbitration? |
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371 | (1) |
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371 | (1) |
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372 | (1) |
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Deciding to Refer a Dispute to Adjudication |
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372 | (1) |
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373 | (1) |
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373 | (1) |
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374 | (1) |
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375 | (1) |
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375 | (1) |
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376 | (1) |
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