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Specialists sound alarm on onerous contract clauses

Tim Outteridge, BCSA President & Sales Director, Cleveland Bridge, writes about onerous contract clauses: Main contractors often push the limits when drafting construction contracts for subcontract work, even though we have perfectly good standard form contracts in the form of NEC and JCT. I have seen pages and pages of ‘z clauses’ inserted into NEC contracts, […]

Construction Contractual Handbook 2019

Contractual Help for Sub-contractors: BCSA’s Construction Contractual Handbook updated

BSCA’s Construction Contractual Handbook 2019 is now available. Unfortunately, main contractors often push the limits when drafting construction contracts for sub-contract work. Plus, this is despite the fact that standard form contracts are available from NEC and JCT. This means that for some sub-contractors, navigating the contractual landscape can be time-consuming and difficult. In fact, […]