CONTENTS
1 GENERAL PROVISIONS (1)
1.1D EFINITIONS (1)
1.2I NTERPRETATION (6)
1.3C OMMUNICATIONS (6)
1.4L AW AND L ANGUAGE (7)
1.5P RIORITY OF D OCUMENTS (7)
1.6C ONTRACT A GREEMENT (8)
1.7A SSIGNMENT (8)
1.8C ARE AND S UPPLY OF D OCUMENTS (8)
1.9C ONFIDENTIALITY (8)
1.10E MPLOYER’S U SE OF C ONTRACTOR’S D OCUMENTS (9)
1.11C ONTRACTOR’S U SE OF E MPLOYER’S D OCUMENTS (9)
1.12C ONFIDENTIAL D ETAILS (10)
1.13C OMPLIANCE WITH L AWS (10)
1.14J OINT AND S EVERAL L IABILITY (10)
2 THE EMPLOYER (11)
2.1R IGHT OF A CCESS TO THE S ITE (11)
2.2P ERMITS,L ICENCES OR A PPROVES (11)
2.3E MPLOYER’S PERSONNEL (12)
2.4E MPLOYER’S F INANCIAL A RRANGEMENTS (12)
2.5E MPLOYER’S C LAIMS (12)
3 THE EMPLOYER’S ADMINISTRATION (13)
3.1T HE E MPLOYER’S R EPRESENTATIVE (13)
3.2T HE E MPLOYER’S PERSONNEL (14)
3.3D ELEGATED P ERSONS (14)
3.4I NSTRUCTIONS (15)
3.5D ETERMINATIONS (15)
4 THE CONTRACTOR (15)
4.1T HE C ONTRACTOR’S G ENERAL O BLIGATIONS (15)
4.2P ERFORMANCE SECURITY (16)
4.3C ONTRACTOR’S R EPRESENTATIVE (17)
4.4SUB C ONTRACTORS (18)
4.5N OMINATED S UBCONTRACTORS (18)
4.6C O-OPERATION (19)
4.7S ETTING OUT (19)
4.8S AFETY PROCEDURES (20)
4.9Q UALITY A SSURANCE (20)
4.10S ITE D ATA (20)
4.11S UFFCIENCY OF THE C ONTRACT P RICE (21)
4.12U NFORESEEABLE D IFFICULTIES (21)
4.13R IGHTS OF WAY AND F ACILITIES (21)
4.14A VOIDANCE OF I NTERFERENCE (21)
4.15A CCESS R OUTE (22)
4.16T RANSPORT OF G OODS (22)
4.17C ONTRACTOR’S E QUIPMENT (23)
4.18P ROTECTION OF THE E NVIRONMENT (23)
4.19E LECTRICITY,W ATER AND G AS (23)
4.20E MPLOYER’S E QUIPMENT AND F REE-I SSUE M ATERIAL (24)
4.21P ROGRESS R EPORTS (24)
4.22S ECURITY OF THE S ITE (26)
4.23C ONTRACTOR’S O PERATIONS ON S ITE (26)
4.24F OSSILS (26)
5 DESIGN (27)
5.1G ENERAL D ESIGN O BLIGATIONS (27)
5.2C ONTRACTOR’S D OCUMENTS (28)
5.3C ONTRACTOR’S U NDERTAKING (29)
5.4T ECHNICAL S TANDARDS AND R EGULATIONS (29)
5.5T RAINING (30)
5.6A S-B UILT D OCUMENTS (30)
5.7O PERATION AND M AINTENANCE M ANUALS (31)
5.8 DESIGN E RROR (31)
6 STAFF AND LABOUR (31)
6.1E NGAGEMENT OF S TAFF AND L ABOUR (31)
6.2R ATES OF W AGES AND C ONDITIONS OF L ABOUR (31)
6.3P ERSONS IN THE S ERVICE OF E MPLOYER (32)
6.4L ABOUR L AWS (32)
6.5W ORKING H OURS (32)
6.6F ACILITIES FOR S TAFF AND L ABOUR (32)
6.7H EALTH AND S AFETY (32)
6.8C ONTRACTOR’S S UPERINTENDENCE (33)
6.9C ONTRACTOR’S P ERSONNEL (33)
6.10R ECORDS OF CONTRACTOR’S P ERSONNEL AND E QUIPMENT (34)
6.11D ISORDERLY C ONDUCT (34)
7 PLANT, MATERIALS AND WORKMANSHIP (34)
7.1M ANNER OF E XECUTION (34)
7.2S AMPLES (34)
7.3I NSPECTION (35)
7.4T ESTING (35)
7.5R EJECTION (36)
7.6R EMEDIAL W ORK (37)
7.7O WNERSHIP OF P LANT AND M ATERIALS (37)
7.8R OYALTIES (38)
8 COMMENCEMENT, DELAYS AND SUSPENSION (38)
8.1C OMMENCEMENT OF W ORKS (38)
8.2T IME FOR C OMPLETION (38)
8.3P ROGRAMME (38)
8.4E XTENSION OF T IME FOR C OMPLETION (39)
8.5D ELAYS C AUSED BY A UTHORITIES (40)
8.6R ATE OF P ROGRESS (40)
8.7D ELAY D AMAGES (41)
8.8S USPENSION OF W ORK (41)
8.9C ONSEQUENCES OF S USPENSION (42)
8.10P AYMENT FOR P LANT AND M ATERIALS IN E VENT OF S USPENSION (42)
8.11P ROLONGED S USPENSION (43)