Construction Contracts: How to Manage Contracts and Control Disputes in a Volatile Industry - Softcover

Whitticks, Edward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0976511355 ISBN 13: 9780976511359

Publisher: Gulf Publishing Company, 2005

Synopsis

In this superb new volume, Edward Whitticks has charted the course for anyone working with contracts and dispute control in oil and gas, one of the most volatile industries in the world. His practical, straightforward approach will move you step by step through the process of contractual negotiations, bids and closeouts. For anyone working in the oil and gas industry today, finding your way through the maze of contract management seems more cutthroat and challenging than ever before. In Construction Contracts, Edward Whitticks dispels the myth that "there has to be a winner and a loser" in contractual management and dispute control. As a desktop companion for project managers and engineers, contract administrators, cost scheduling engineers and others engaged in the field of refinery, pipeline and petrochemical construction, this book covers the entire contract process.

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Synopsis

As a desktop companion for project managers and engineers, contract administrators, cost scheduling engineers and others engaged in the oil and gas industry, pipeline and petrochemical construction, this book covers the entire contract process, including: Efficient preparation of quotation requests as bid packages; Examples for suitable contract formats; Evaluation of bids; Qualification of delay and disruption costs; Contract closeout procedures; and Invoicing, progress payments and work break down structures, just to name a few topics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Gulf Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0976511355
• ISBN 13: 9780976511359
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 312