ContractManagement.ppt

请将手机关机或调至静音状态 谢谢合作！ Contract Management for International Construction Differences Focus Project management focuses on the efficiency, productivity of the execution of a project; Whereas contract management focuses on relationship between parties or their respective rights and obligations, responsibilities. Differences Objectives PM it to heighten the efficiency and productivity of a project team to complete a project within the time for completion, budget and satisfactory quality. CM however is to protect your own contractual rights and prevent yourself from breach of contract, meanwhile to discover your adversary’s defaults to claim against him. Differences Means PM, by means of working out a well-thought plan and carrying it out strictly by controlling the cost, time, and quality. CM, by familiarizing with the contract clauses so as to discover the adversary’s defaults easily. Procurement Methods of Construction Contracts In the construction industry, unlike other industries, there are many different procurement methods which can be adopted to contract a construction project. Different procurement methods respectively apply to different natures of project as well as the different employer’s requirements. General contracting Introduction Separation of construction from design A main contractor is employed to build what the designers have specified Traditional method, now for most construction contracts, though popularity of general contracting is waning Characteristics A main contractor in contract with the employer A main contractor in contract with trade (specialist) sub-contractors The contract is only responsible for construction (fabrication) not for design The contractor is to carry out the works shown and described in the contract documents. Certain items specified in the bills have to be done to the reasonable satisfaction of the architect (engineer, contract administrator) The contractor must comply with any instruction o