A Comparative Study: FIDIC and NEC3 ECC standard forms of contracts.
A Comparative Study: Time and Delay Related Provisions under FIDIC and NEC3 ECC standard forms of contracts.
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A. The Provisional Title of your Work (i.e. the working title of your dissertation)
A Comparative Study: Time and Delay Related Provisions under FIDIC and NEC3 ECC standard forms of contracts.
B. Proposed Chapter Outline of your Dissertation
Title Page
Abstract
Acknowledgement
Glossary of Abbreviations
List of Cases
List of Statutes
Table of Content
Chapter One
1.1 Background to the research
1.2 An overview of common delays in the construction industry and the need to extension of time provisions
1.2.1 Time of the essence
1.2.2 Lack of efficiency in planning
1.2.3 Extension of Time provision, a benefit to the contractor or a protection to the employer?
1.3 The Need for standard forms of construction contracts
1.4 Standard forms of construction contracts
1.4.1 Fideration des international des engineurs consulteur (FIDIC)
1.4.2 New Engineering Contracts (NEC3 ECC)
Chapter Two
2.1 Progress of The Work in Construction Industry
2.2 Progress of The Work under FIDIC Red Book
2.3 Progress of The Work under NEC3 ECC
2.4 Comparative Analysis of both forms
A Comparative Study: Time and Delay Related Provisions under FIDIC and NEC3 ECC standard forms of contracts.
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Chapter Three
3.1 Completion of The Work in Construction Industry
3.2 Completion of The Work under FIDIC Red Book
3.3 Completion of The Work under NEC3 ECC
3.4 Comparative Analysis of both forms
Chapter Four
4.1 Failing to plan is planning to fail
4.2 Construction Programme Requirements in Construction Industry
4.3 Programme Requirements under FIDIC Red Book
4.4 Programme Requirements under NEC3 ECC
4.5 Comparative Analysis of both forms
Chapter Five
5.1 Delay Notice in Construction Industry
5.1.1 Condition Precedent
5.1.2 Time Bar
5.2 Delay Notice under FIDIC Red Book
5.3 Delay Notice under NEC3 ECC
5.4 Comparative Analysis of both forms
A Comparative Study: Time and Delay Related Provisions under FIDIC and NEC3 ECC standard forms of contracts.
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Chapter Six
6.1 Types of Delay
6.1.1 Contractor’s Delays
6.1.2 Employer’s Delays
6.1.3 Neutral Delays
6.2 Extension of Time in Construction Industry
6.2.1 Relevant Events
6.2.2 Variations
6.2.3 Force Majeure
6.2.4 Concurrent Delay
6.3 Delay Analysis Methodology, Nominate or Innominate?
6.4 Extension of Time under FIDIC Red Book
6.5 Extension of Time under NEC3 ECC
6.6 Comparative Analysis of both forms
A Comparative Study: Time and Delay Related Provisions under FIDIC and NEC3 ECC standard forms of contracts.
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Chapter Seven
Conclusion
Bibliography
Table of Cases and Statutes
Books
Other Resources
C. Indicative Bibliography
Legislations
Construction Act UK (1996)
Text Books
Construction Law & Management, Keith Pickavance
Causation and Delay in Construction Disputes, 2nd edition, Nicholas J. Carnell
Causation in Construction Law Principles and Methods of Analysis, Daniel Atkinson
Construction Law, John Uff
Construction Law, Julian Bailey (Informa Law)
Delay in the performance of contractual obligations, Dr John E Stannard
Delay and Disruption in Construction Contracts, 4th edition, Keith Pickavance
Dissertation Research and Writing for Construction Students, 2nd edition, Dr. S.G. Naoum
FIDIC Forms of Contracts, Nael Bunni
FIDIC Contracts – Law & Practice, B Ellis, M Ben, C Scott, L Anthony
Hudson’s Building and Engineering Contracts, 12th edition, (Sweet & Maxwell,
2010)
Keating on Construction Contracts Ninth Edition, Furst S, et al, (Sweet &
Maxwell, 2012)
Liquidated Damages and Extensions of Time in Construction Contracts, 3rd edition, Brian Eggleston
NEC3 and Construction Contracts: Compared and Contrasted, 2nd edition, F. Forward
Project Management for Engineering and Construction, 2nd edition, Garold D. Oberlender
The Fidic Contracts, Obligations of the Parties, Andy Hewitt
The NEC 3 Engineering and Construction Contract A Commentary, 2nd edition, Brian Eggleston
The Law of Construction Disputes (Construction Law Library), Cyril Chem
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Internet Resources
A comparison of NEC and FIDIC, Rob Gerrard, NEC 2014
Benefits of the NEC ECC form of contract: A New Zealand case study, J. Nevan Wright, Warwick Fergusson, International Journal of Project Management 27 (2009) 243–249
Causes of Construction Delay: Traditional Contracts, Abdalla M. Odeh, Hussien T. Battaineh, International Journal of Project Management 20 (2002) 67–73
Comparing the Suitability of FIDIC and NEC Conditions of Contract in Palestine, Haytham Besaiso, University of Manchester, 2012
Managing a programme under the NEC (ECC) form of contract, Glenn Hide, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineering, Management, Procurement and Law 163 Issue MP0
NEC V FIDIC, Society of Construction Law Hong Kong, International Construction Law Conference 2010, Ian Heaphy
Peter Hibberd, 2004, The Place of Standard Forms of Building Contract in the 21st Century, a paper based on a talk given at a Society of Construction Law conference in Wakefield on 11th March 2004
D. Dissertation format requirements
The format requirements are as follows
Paper: A4, Portrait
Set: Typed
Font: Times New Roman or Arial ONLY
Font size: if using Times New Roman 12 or 14; if using Arial 11 or 13 ONLY
Line Spacing: 1.5
Footnotes font size: if using Times New Roman 10; if using Arial 9
Text alignment: Justify
E. Assessment