Name: JCT Standard Building Contract With Approximate Quantities 2016
SKU: 799347

THIS CONTRACT IS FOR USE BASED ON ENGLISH LAW, FOR SCOTLAND SEE .

JCT Standard Building Contract with Approximate Quantities 2016

The employer must provide drawings and approximate bills of quantities. The contractor must provide a tender sum which is only an indication of the likely price of the works.
The price and payment structure of the contract is based on a tender figure which is converted to a final sum on re-measurement and valuation of all work. Interim payments are monthly.
Sub-Contractors can be appointed with written permission of the architect/contract administrator or selected from a list of three names.
Provisions are included for collaborative working, sustainability, advance payment, bonds (advance payment, off-site materials, retention), third party rights and collateral warranties, named specialists, and a 'Contractor's Designed Portion'.
Pre-Construction Services Agreement (General Contractor) (PCSA) and Pre-Construction Services Agreement (Specialist) (PCSA/SP) can be used with this contract.
This contract can be used with the Framework Agreement (FA).
For use of both private and public sector projects.

Appropriate:

For larger works designed and/or detailed by or on behalf of the Employer, where detailed contract provisions are necessary and the Employer is to provide the Contractor with drawings
With approximate bills of quantities to define the quantity and quality of the work, which are to be subject to re-measurement, as there is insufficient time to prepare the detailed drawings necessary for accurate bills of quantities to be produced
Where an Architect/Contract Administrator and Quantity Surveyor are to administer the conditions

Can be used:

Where the Contractor is to design discrete part(s) of the works (contractor's designed portion)
Where the works are to be carried out in sections
By both private and local authority employers