The Joint Contracts Tribunal issued a new Design and Build Form in 2005, a successor to the JCT Standard Form of Building Contract with Contractor's Design. It looks substantially different from its predecessor and it is different in structure and often in its wording.

This major new edition of David Chappell's well regarded book has been substantially revised to take account of the new contract terms and different structure. It also considers:

the latest RIBA Terms of Engagement
the standard novation agreements from the CIC and City of London Law Society
More than 70 additional cases

It discusses areas where problems frequently arise:

the allocation of design responsibility
discrepancies
the role of the employer's agent
payment provisions
the approval of drawings

The book will be useful for contractors, for professionals acting as employer's agent, whether architect, engineer or surveyor, and for the design team acting for the contractor. It will also be of interest to employers embarking on design and build for the first time and to lawyers.

From reviews of the last edition:

"an authoritative guide to case law [this book] is also unafraid of controversy... it remains an enjoyable and essential read for professionals and lawyers involved in design and build" -Building

"David Chappell's knowledge of his subject is encyclopaedic, but allied to an ability to explain difficult questions in an accessible format." -Construction Law

The Author

David Chappell BA(HonsArch), MA (Arch), MA (Law), PhD, RIBA has 45 years' experience in the construction industry, having worked as an architect in the public and private sectors, as contracts administrator for a building contractor, as a lecturer in construction law and contract procedures and, for the last twenty years, as a construction contract consultant . He is currently the Director of David Chappell Consultancy Limited and frequently acts as an adjudicator. He was Professor and Senior Research Fellow in Architectural Practice and Management Research at The Queen's University Belfast and Visiting Professor of Practice Management and Law at the University of Central England in Birmingham. David Chappell is the author of many articles and books for the construction industry. He is one of the RIBA Specialist Advisors and lectures widely.

Also of interest

The JCT Intermediate Building Contracts, Third Edition, David Chappell, 1405140496, 9781405140492

The JCT Minor Works Building Contracts 2005, Fourth Edition, David Chappell, 1405152710, 97814051 5271 6

The JCT 05 Standard Building Sub-contract, Peter Barnes, 1405140488,
9781405140485

The Law & Management of Building Subcontracts, Second Edition, John McGuinness, 1405161027, 9781405161022

The NEC 3 Engineering and Construction Contract, Second Edition, Brian Eggleston, 0632053860, 9780632053865

One Hundred and Fifty Contractual Problems and their Solutions, Second Edition, Roger Knowles