{"id":2769,"date":"2018-11-25T04:21:14","date_gmt":"2018-11-25T04:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/uncategorized\/the-importance-of-the-contract-in-a-construction-project-1353\/"},"modified":"2019-09-20T09:22:43","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T09:22:43","slug":"the-importance-of-the-contract-in-a-construction-project-1353","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/construction-and-engineering\/the-importance-of-the-contract-in-a-construction-project-1353\/","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of the Contract in a Construction Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

Question<\/h2>\n

Why is the contract important in a construction project?<\/p>\n

Answer<\/h2>\n

A construction project is a complex and costly undertaking which requires a multitude of different disciplines to work together to deliver the Employer\/client\u2019s objectives (Walker 2015). The choice of contract is influenced by the nature of the project, the size and complexity of the project as well as the experience that the Employer has in the construction industry. It is also influenced by the risk that the client wishes to assume, the surety of price and programme and the design input (Morledge and Smith 2013).<\/p>\n

The contract is important because it sets out the scope of work and assigns specific responsibilities to each part. It also assigns risk within the contract, for example if the project is based on traditional procurement then risk is typically shared between the parties to that contract, however if the project is procured using the design and build option then the contractor is responsible for both designing and constructing the project and therefore assumes the entire risk associated with the development (Hughes et al. 2015). The contract also sets out design responsibility and provides a mechanism for change within the contract (Cousins 2015). It establishes the method of payment, terms of appointment and the conditions under which a contract can be terminated (Eggleston 2015).<\/p>\n

References<\/h2>\n

Eggleston, B., 2015. The NEC3 Engineering and Construction Contract. A commentary. 2nd Edition, Oxford: Blackwell Science.<\/p>\n

Hughes, W., Champion, R. and Murdoch, J., 2015. Construction Contracts Law and Management 5th Edition. Oxford: Taylor and Francis.<\/p>\n

Morledge, R. and Smith, A., 2013. Building procurement. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.<\/p>\n

Walker, A., 2015. Project management in construction. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This answer considers the complexity and risks involved in a construction project, and the use of the contract in controlling these.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1933,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Importance of the Contract in a Construction Project<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This answer considers the complexity and risks involved in a construction project, and the use of the contract in controlling these.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/construction-and-engineering\/the-importance-of-the-contract-in-a-construction-project-1353\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Importance of the Contract in a Construction Project\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This answer considers the complexity and risks involved in a construction project, and the use of the contract in controlling these.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/construction-and-engineering\/the-importance-of-the-contract-in-a-construction-project-1353\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ask an Academic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Ask-an-Academic-571412300039347\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-11-25T04:21:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-09-20T09:22:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/construction-and-engineering.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"853\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"AskanAcademic.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"AskanAcademic.com\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Importance of the Contract in a Construction Project","description":"This answer considers the complexity and risks involved in a construction project, and the use of the contract in controlling these.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/construction-and-engineering\/the-importance-of-the-contract-in-a-construction-project-1353\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Importance of the Contract in a Construction Project","og_description":"This answer considers the complexity and risks involved in a construction project, and the use of the contract in controlling these.","og_url":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/construction-and-engineering\/the-importance-of-the-contract-in-a-construction-project-1353\/","og_site_name":"Ask an Academic","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Ask-an-Academic-571412300039347\/","article_published_time":"2018-11-25T04:21:14+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-09-20T09:22:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":853,"url":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/construction-and-engineering.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"AskanAcademic.com","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"AskanAcademic.com","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/construction-and-engineering\/the-importance-of-the-contract-in-a-construction-project-1353\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/construction-and-engineering\/the-importance-of-the-contract-in-a-construction-project-1353\/"},"author":{"name":"AskanAcademic.com","@id":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/#\/schema\/person\/88d510b2a53ef0ce64579418a0c55dde"},"headline":"The Importance of the Contract in a Construction Project","datePublished":"2018-11-25T04:21:14+00:00","dateModified":"2019-09-20T09:22:43+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/construction-and-engineering\/the-importance-of-the-contract-in-a-construction-project-1353\/"},"wordCount":283,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/construction-and-engineering\/the-importance-of-the-contract-in-a-construction-project-1353\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/construction-and-engineering.jpg","articleSection":["Construction and Engineering"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/construction-and-engineering\/the-importance-of-the-contract-in-a-construction-project-1353\/","url":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/construction-and-engineering\/the-importance-of-the-contract-in-a-construction-project-1353\/","name":"The Importance of the Contract in a Construction Project","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/construction-and-engineering\/the-importance-of-the-contract-in-a-construction-project-1353\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/construction-and-engineering\/the-importance-of-the-contract-in-a-construction-project-1353\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/construction-and-engineering.jpg","datePublished":"2018-11-25T04:21:14+00:00","dateModified":"2019-09-20T09:22:43+00:00","description":"This answer considers the complexity and risks involved in a construction project, and the use of the contract in controlling these.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/construction-and-engineering\/the-importance-of-the-contract-in-a-construction-project-1353\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/construction-and-engineering\/the-importance-of-the-contract-in-a-construction-project-1353\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/construction-and-engineering\/the-importance-of-the-contract-in-a-construction-project-1353\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/construction-and-engineering.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/construction-and-engineering.jpg","width":1280,"height":853,"caption":"High rise building construction"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/construction-and-engineering\/the-importance-of-the-contract-in-a-construction-project-1353\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Importance of the Contract in a Construction Project"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/","name":"Ask an Academic","description":"Academic Q&A","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/#organization","name":"Ask an Academic","url":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/aaa-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/aaa-logo.png","width":1677,"height":1677,"caption":"Ask an Academic"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Ask-an-Academic-571412300039347\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/#\/schema\/person\/88d510b2a53ef0ce64579418a0c55dde","name":"AskanAcademic.com","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/be2c5b73f861f961c4a7fd212308b6a5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/be2c5b73f861f961c4a7fd212308b6a5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"AskanAcademic.com"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/askanacademic.com"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2769"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askanacademic.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}