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Francis Hartman provides a fresh look at management of supply chains with a particular focus on contracting for construction and related goods and services.<\/p>\n

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6<\/td>\nContents <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nFigures
Tables <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nAcknowledgements <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nIntroduction <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nTerms You Should Know <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>\nIcons <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>\nChapter 1 Thou Shalt Contract Within the Law and the Working Environment of the Contracting Parties: Typical Contract Problems and their Causes: Common Law
\nand Tort Issues, Changes in the Contracting Environment <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>\n1.1 Contracting Basics
1.1.1 Contract Law as Part of Common Law <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/td>\n1.1.2 Contract Formation <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/td>\n1.1.3 Breach of Contract <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31<\/td>\n1.1.4 Terms and Conditions <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\n1.1.5 Typical Content of a Contract <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
34<\/td>\n1.1.6 Obligations Outside the Terms of a Contract <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36<\/td>\n1.1.7 “Legal” Versus “Ethical” or “Fair and Reasonable” <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
39<\/td>\n1.1.8 Contract Failure and Termination <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
41<\/td>\n1.1.9 Recourse in Law <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
42<\/td>\n1.2 Changes that Influence Contracts <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
43<\/td>\n1.2.1 Change over the Past 30 Years <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
44<\/td>\n1.2.2 Effect of These Changes on How We Do Business <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
45<\/td>\n1.2.3 Effect of Changes on Contracting Options <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
51<\/td>\n1.2.4 What Has Been Found by the Construction Industry Institute and the Cost Reduction Initiative for the New Era <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
54<\/td>\n1.3 What has Changed <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
60<\/td>\nChapter 2 Thou Shalt Not Mix Up the Wrong Work Packages: Packaging Work: Combining the work and materials supply for optimal performance
2.1 Contract Types <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\n2.1.1 Stipulated Price <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
65<\/td>\n2.1.2 Unit Rate <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
68<\/td>\n2.1.3 Cost Plus <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
73<\/td>\n2.2 Tendering Options <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
75<\/td>\n2.2.1 Bidding <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
79<\/td>\n2.2.2 Request for Proposal <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
82<\/td>\n2.2.3 Negotiation <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
84<\/td>\n2.3 Scope of Work
2.3.1 Supply Only <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
86<\/td>\n2.3.2 Services Only <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
87<\/td>\n2.3.3 Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
92<\/td>\n2.3.4 Engineering, Procurement, and Construction Management (EPCM) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
94<\/td>\n2.3.5 Design\/Build <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
96<\/td>\n2.3.6 Build, Own and Transfer (BOT) and Build, Own, Operate and Transfer (BOOT) Contracts <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
98<\/td>\n2.3.7 Turnkey <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
99<\/td>\n2.3.8 Other Flavors <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
100<\/td>\n2.4 Vertical Integration <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
101<\/td>\n2.4.1 Financing <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
103<\/td>\n2.4.2 Subcontracting <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
104<\/td>\n2.4.3 Equipment and Material Supply <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
105<\/td>\n2.4.4 Operating
2.5 Horizontal Integration
2.5.1 The Effects of Mixing Some or All of the Steps in Delivery of a Project <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
108<\/td>\n2.5.2 Fast-Tracking <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
111<\/td>\n2.5.3 Concurrent Engineering <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
113<\/td>\n2.6 Multicontract Projects <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
115<\/td>\n2.6.1 Coordination <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
116<\/td>\n2.6.2 Management of Contracts and Contractors <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
117<\/td>\n2.7 Multiproject Contracting <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
118<\/td>\n2.7.1 Evergreen Contracts <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
119<\/td>\n2.7.2 Alliances <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
121<\/td>\n2.7.3 Term Contracts <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
122<\/td>\nChapter 3 Thou Shalt Listen to, and Understand, the Real Wishes and Needs of the Customer: Contract strategies: intent and client objectives, contractor and supplier responses
3.1 Relevant Company Policies <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
123<\/td>\n3.1.1 Procurement Policy <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
127<\/td>\n3.1.2 Value for Money <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
128<\/td>\n3.1.3 Auditability <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
129<\/td>\n3.2 Project Requirements <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
130<\/td>\n3.2.1 Balancing Performance, Cost, and Time
3.2.2 Vendor Learning Curves <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
133<\/td>\n3.2.3 Reputation and Relationships <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
134<\/td>\n3.2.4 Clarity of Requirements and Specifications <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
135<\/td>\n3.2.5 Business Drivers for the Project <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
137<\/td>\n3.3 On-Staff Expertise and Availability of Key Skills and People <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
138<\/td>\n3.3.1 Technical and Other Complexities <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
140<\/td>\n3.3.2 Project Priority in Sponsor Organization
3.3.3 Impact of Funding for the Project <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
142<\/td>\n3.3.4 Politics and Compliance Issues <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
143<\/td>\n3.4 Risks Associated with the Client
3.4.1 Can the Client Pay? <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
147<\/td>\n3.4.2 Expertise and Experience of the Client <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
148<\/td>\n3.4.3 Client’s Attitude to Contractors and Suppliers <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
150<\/td>\n3.4.4 Fairness in Contract Administration <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
156<\/td>\nChapter 4 Thou Shalt Not Blindly Pick the Contractor Who was Cheapest Because It may Have Made the Biggest Mistake: Contractor or supplier selection: picking partners for success
4.1 Picking a Contractor: Selection Strategy <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
174<\/td>\n4.2 The Bid Document <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
181<\/td>\n4.3 Bid Comparisons <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
183<\/td>\n4.4 Bid Process <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
193<\/td>\n4.5 Games People Play <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
197<\/td>\n4.6 Negotiations <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
199<\/td>\n4.7 Award: Do we Really have an Agreement? <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
202<\/td>\nChapter 5 Thou Shalt Not Be Ambiguous and Vague: Clarity in wording: ambiguity, latent disputes and interpretation of contract clauses
5.1 Language and Technology Growth <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
206<\/td>\n5.2 The Implicit Specification <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
210<\/td>\n5.3 Latent Disputes <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
212<\/td>\n5.4 Risk as a Tool to Identify Latent Disputes <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
220<\/td>\n5.5 Clarification of Clauses: Before or After Bid? <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
227<\/td>\n5.6 Managing Expectations: The Soft Side of Improving Contracting Effectiveness <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
230<\/td>\nChapter 6 Thou Shalt Share Out Risks Equitably and with Intelligence: Risk assignment through contracts: risk assessment, cost and allocation
6.1 The Cost of Assigning Risk: The Study, Its Limitations and How it was Validated <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
231<\/td>\n6.1.1 The Origins of the Study <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
234<\/td>\n6.1.2 Common Beliefs <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
236<\/td>\n6.1.3 The Investigation <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
237<\/td>\n6.1.4 Limitations <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
238<\/td>\n6.1.5 Validation <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
240<\/td>\n6.2 The Cost of Assigning Risk: What We Found
6.2.1 Cost of Weasel Clauses <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
241<\/td>\n6.2.2 Value of Clauses <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
243<\/td>\n6.2.3 Things that Affect the Premiums Charged <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
245<\/td>\n6.2.4 Ingrained Habits and Mistrust <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
247<\/td>\n6.3 Eliminating Risk Premiums <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
249<\/td>\n6.3.1 Awareness of these Costs <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
250<\/td>\n6.3.2 Awareness of the Issues <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
254<\/td>\n6.3.3 Trust and its Limitations <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
256<\/td>\n6.3.4 Auditability
6.3.5 Value for Money <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
258<\/td>\nChapter 7 Thou Shalt Trust thy Contracting Partner, but not Do So Unreasonably: The role of trust in contracting: types of trust and trust profiles
7.1 The Cost-Trust Relationship <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
259<\/td>\n7.1.1 Cost Elements <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
262<\/td>\n7.1.2 Trust Components <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
264<\/td>\n7.1.3 The Relationship between Cost and Trust <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
265<\/td>\n7.2 Trust Types and what they Affect in the Contract Relationship <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
267<\/td>\n7.2.1 The Color Trust Model <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
270<\/td>\n7.2.2 Myth and Reality: Post-rationalization and the Need for Auditability <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
272<\/td>\n7.2.3 The Effect of Auditability on Contracts <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
274<\/td>\n7.3 Contracts in a Context of Trust <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
275<\/td>\n7.3.1 Competence Trust <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
278<\/td>\n7.3.2 Integrity Trust <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
280<\/td>\n7.3.3 Intuitive Trust <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
282<\/td>\n7.3.4 Balancing Trust Types <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
283<\/td>\n7.3.5 Adapting Contracts and Managing Them Based on Trust <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
288<\/td>\nChapter 8 Thou Shalt Not Mess Unduly with the Contract After it is Agreed: Administration of contracts: payments, meetings, and documentation <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
289<\/td>\n8.1 Payment and its Implications
8.1.1 Payment Processes <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
291<\/td>\n8.1.2 Holdbacks and Lien Acts <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
295<\/td>\n8.1.3 Lender and Investor Concerns <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
298<\/td>\n8.1.4 Implicit Contract in Common Law <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
299<\/td>\n8.2 Notices Under the Contract
8.2.1 Purpose of Notices <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
300<\/td>\n8.2.2 Notices Often Defined by the Contract <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
303<\/td>\n8.3 The Power of Progress Meeting Minutes
8.3.1 Using Progress Meeting Minutes to Serve Notice <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
304<\/td>\n8.3.2 Using “Standard” Minutes <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
309<\/td>\n8.4 Documents that Affect Contract Terms and Conditions
8.4.1 Memos to File <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
310<\/td>\n8.4.2 Diaries <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
311<\/td>\n8.4.3 Written Communication <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
312<\/td>\n8.4.4 Confirmation of Important Items <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
313<\/td>\n8.4.5 Other Forms of Communication <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
315<\/td>\n8.5 Legal Recourse: Will the Real Contract Please Stand Up?!
8.5.1 Reading the Contract <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
317<\/td>\n8.5.2 Knowing What the Contract Means <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
319<\/td>\n8.5.3 Last Resort: Turning to the Law <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
322<\/td>\nChapter 9 Thou Shalt Deal Rationally and Fairly with Inevitable Changes to a Contract: Changes and Markups: Types of changes, processes, costs and games played <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
323<\/td>\n9.1 Change Orders <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
325<\/td>\n9.1.1 Change Basics <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
326<\/td>\n9.1.2 Processes Needed for Managing Changes <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
328<\/td>\n9.2 Process for Managing Changes
9.2.1 Flowchart <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
331<\/td>\n9.2.2 The Need for Process to Meet Buyer and Vendor Needs <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
332<\/td>\n9.3 When is a Change a Change?
9.3.1 Recognizing a Real Change <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
335<\/td>\n9.3.2 What Can Change? <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
340<\/td>\n9.4 The Effect of Changes and how it Alters Over Time
9.4.1 Effects <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
341<\/td>\n9.4.2 Time Effect on a Change <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
342<\/td>\n9.4.3 Contracts <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
343<\/td>\n9.4.4 Relationships <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
344<\/td>\n9.4.5 Morale <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
345<\/td>\n9.5 Pricing Change Orders <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
346<\/td>\n9.5.1 What Is Affected? <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
347<\/td>\n9.5.2 Opportunities and Risks <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
348<\/td>\n9.6 Contract Provisions for Markups and what they may Mean <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
350<\/td>\n9.7 Gamesmanship in Pricing, Negotiating and Managing Changes
9.7.1 Pricing Change Orders <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
353<\/td>\n9.7.2 Negotiating Change Orders <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
354<\/td>\n9.7.3 Managing Change Orders <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
356<\/td>\nChapter 10 Thou Shalt Not Kill (Your Contracting Partner): Claims and Disputes: Resolution Options and Avoidance
10.1 Negotiating Changes and Disputes <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
360<\/td>\n10.2 Mediation <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
362<\/td>\n10.3 Arbitration <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
365<\/td>\n10.4 Litigation (Classic Dispute Resolution) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
369<\/td>\n10.5 Mini-Trials <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
370<\/td>\n10.6 Dispute Resolution Boards <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
371<\/td>\n10.7 Other Options for Dispute Resolution <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
374<\/td>\nChapter 11 Smart Contracting: An Interlude <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
376<\/td>\nChapter 12 Smart Contracting: a Framework for Better Performance of Contracts and the People Involved: It pays to be SMART about how we manage our clients and our supply chain <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
377<\/td>\n12.1 Thou Shalt Contract within the Law and the Working Environment of the Contracting Parties <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
387<\/td>\n12.2 Thou Shalt not Mix up the Wrong Work Packages <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
397<\/td>\n12.3 Thou Shalt Listen to, and Understand, the Real Wishes and Needs of the Client <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
403<\/td>\n12.4 Thou Shalt not Blindly Pick the Contractor who was Cheapest Because it made the Biggest Mistake <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
406<\/td>\n12.5 Thou Shalt not be Ambiguous and Vague <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
412<\/td>\n12.6 Thou Shalt Share out Risks Equitably and with Intelligence <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
416<\/td>\n12.7 Thou Shalt Trust thy Contracting Partner, but not do so Unreasonably <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
419<\/td>\n12.8 Thou Shalt not Mess Unduly with the Contract after it is Agreed <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
423<\/td>\n12.9 Thou Shalt Deal Rationally and Fairly with Inevitable Changes <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
427<\/td>\n12.10 Thou Shalt Resolve Disputes in the Most Equitable and Efficient Way Possible <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
430<\/td>\n12.11 Closure <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
432<\/td>\nReferences and Bibliography <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
472<\/td>\nIndex
A
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474<\/td>\nD
E
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475<\/td>\nG
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I
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M <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
476<\/td>\nN
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Q
R
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