Contents

Foreword ............................................................................................................ i

Acknowledgements ......................................................................................... ix

1 Introduction ................................................................................................. 1
Ernesto Henriod

2 The Principles of the Law of Contract ...................................................... 5

John Burrows

3 Evolution of the Engineering Contract ................................................... 21

Ernesto Henriod

4 Risk Management ..................................................................................... 31

Nael Bunni, Jason Le Masurier & Patrick Touhey

5 The New Suite of FIDIC Conditions of Contract:

Significant Changes ................................................................................. 61
Nael Bunni

6 A New Approach — the New Engineering Contract .............................. 83

Martin Barnes

7 The New Zealand Standard Conditions of Contract .............................. 91

Suzanne Wilkinson

8 New Opportunities through Culture Change ....................................... 109

compiled by Jason Le Masurier

9 Preventing and Resolving Disputes: the Role of the Neutral ............. 157
Gay Pavelka, Ernesto Henriod & Frank McDonough

10 The Causes of Contract Failure ............................................................. 175

Derek Firth & Ernesto Henriod

11 The Resolution of Disputes ................................................................... 199

Ian Barker, Nael Bunni & David Williams

12 Conclusions ............................................................................................ 247

Jason Le Masurier

Appendix A .............................................................................................. 255

The World Bank: Points of View and Issues — Armando Araujo ............................. 257
The Asian Development Bank — Ross Clendon ..................................................... 261
Contracts and Project Management in China — Lu Youjie & Tan Wee Teck .......... 265
Construction Joint Ventures in Asia — Lu Youjie & Tan Wee Teck ......................... 279
Worley’s Project Risk Management — Patrick Touhey ............................................ 291

Appendix B .............................................................................................. 297

Contributors to the book ........................................................................................... 299
Supporting organisations ......................................................................................... 303

Index .............................................................................................................. 305

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