Construction and Engineering Law

NEC Roles and Responsibilities is a series of books that provide a practical guide to the key roles in the NEC4 suite of contracts. Each title offers useful guidance and practical tips and describes the technical information and behavioural traits that are needed to fulfil the role successfully.

This book sets out the essential administrative requirements of an FIDIC-based contract by reference to the FIDIC 1999 Red Book. The obligations and duties of the Employer and the Engineer are identified and discussed, while potential pitfalls are highlighted and likely consequences pointed out.

The most significant unanticipated costs on many construction projects are the financial impacts associated with delay and disruption to the works. Assessing these, and establishing a causal link from each delay event to its effect, contractual liability and the damages experienced as a direct result of each event, can be difficult and complex.

The book explains the legal rules governing the use of land and buildings as well as material changes of use, setting out the rules that apply to the use of land generally and to material changes of use. It explains the provisions of the Use Classes Order in detail. and includes Permitted Changes of Use, Unlawful Uses and Lawful Use Certificates.

A Practical Guide to Planning, Highways and Development brings together the complex and widespread laws and regulations governing how highways are accounted for in planning and development processes in a single volume. An essential reference for planners, highway engineers and their legal advisers.

A detailed and concisely written guide to the complex subject of planning law, the fourteenth edition of this trusted resource provides a reliable overview of the planning system for both practitioners and students.

This book acts as a practical guide to building and engineering contracts, where relevant points are explained with illustrations gathered from decided court cases. This book covers the substantive law of contract applicable to building/engineering contracts with updated judgements with FIDIC conditions and case studies.

Now in a fully updated third edition, The Law of Construction Disputes is a leading source of authoritative and detailed information on construction law including contracts, third parties, pursuing claims and dispute resolution.

This book provides readers with detailed guidance and resources for the preparation of the Particular Conditions that will comply with the requirements of the applicable laws where the work is carried out, and for the governing law of the contract.