Tony Giddings to talk collaboration at JCT Povey Lecture 2016

/ JCT Povey Lecture, Press Releases

“Collaboration: how Argent developed its successful way of working”, will be the title of the JCT Povey Lecture 2016, to be given by Tony Giddings at The Building Centre on Thursday 10 November 2016. Tony Giddings BSc FCIOB was executive director of Argent PLC from 1997, finally stepping down as partner this year. During this time he has been responsible for over £1.2bn of construction, including projects at Thames Valley Park, Green Park in Reading, Brindleyplace in Birmingham, Piccadilly Place in Manchester, and more recently…

JCT 2016 Collateral Warranty documents available for pre-order

/ JCT 2016 Edition, JCT Network, JCT Product Updates, Press Releases

The Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) has made the 2016 Edition of its Collateral Warranty documents available for pre-order from its online store, www.jctltd.co.uk. The Collateral Warranty documents available for pre-order include: Contractor Collateral Warranty for a Funder (CWa/F) Contractor Collateral Warranty for a Purchaser or Tenant (CWa/P&T) Sub-Contractor Collateral Warranty for a Funder (SCWa/F) Sub-Contractor Collateral Warranty for a Purchaser or Tenant (SCWa/P&T) Sub-Contractor Collateral Warranty for the Employer (SCWa/E) JCT users are able to pre-order the Collateral Warranty documents now for despatch on 21st…

JCT releases Standard Building Contract 2016

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The Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) has released the 2016 Edition of the Standard Building Contract family. The contracts are available to purchase via JCT’s online store, www.jctltd.co.uk. The 2016 Edition of the Standard Building Contract family includes the following documents: Standard Building Contract With Quantities (SBC/Q) Standard Building Contract Without Quantities (SBC/XQ) Standard Building Contract With Approximate Quantities (SBC/AQ) Standard Building Contract Guide (SBC/G) Standard Building Sub-Contract Agreement (SBCSub/A) Standard Building Sub-Contract Conditions (SBCSub/C) Standard Building Sub-Contract with sub-contractor’s design Agreement (SBCSub/D/A) Standard Building Sub-Contract…

JCT’s student competition back for 2017 with £1000 prize

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JCT’s Student Competition 2017 is now open for entry, with a winning prize of £1,000 and runner-up prizes of £250 to be won. Construction students can enter the competition by producing an innovative and creative idea to address one of the challenges facing the building industry today. Topic categories for this year’s competition include skills shortages, sustainability, collaboration, BIM, technology, and health and wellbeing. Students can present their idea in any form they choose – an essay, a video, a photographic essay, a set of…

JCT launches Design and Build Contract 2016

/ JCT 2016 Edition, Press Releases

The Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) has launched the Design and Build Contract family as part of the release of its 2016 Edition of contracts. Design and Build 2016 contracts are available to purchase at JCT’s online store (www.jctltd.co.uk). The 2016 Edition of the Design and Build Contract family includes: Design and Build Contract (DB) Design and Build Contract Guide (DB/G) Design and Build Sub-Contract Agreement (DBSub/A) Design and Build Sub-Contract Conditions (DBSub/C) Design and Build Sub-Contract Guide (DBSub/G) Design and Build Contract (DB) Tracked Change…

JCT Design and Build 2016: out now!

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The JCT 2016 Edition Design and Build Contract family is now available via our online store. All JCT online store customers will be able to purchase the 2016 Edition Design and Build Contract, with next working day delivery service available for UK customers who order before 2:00pm. What contracts can I buy? Design and Build Contract (DB) Design and Build Contract Guide (DB/G) Design and Build Sub-Contract Agreement (DBSub/A) Design and Build Sub-Contract Conditions (DBSub/C) Design and Build Sub-Contract Guide (DBSub/G) Design and Build (DB)…

Standard Bearer

/ Chairman's Blog, Interviews

Richard Saxon, chair of the Joint Contracts Tribunal, speaks to Building legal columnist Francis Ho about new kinds of contracts, the competition, and where he thinks the industry is heading… The Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) is the UK’s leading provider of standard form construction contracts. As it launches its 2016 editions, we sat down with its chair, Richard Saxon, to discuss some of the big issues facing the organisation and the wider construction industry. Here’s what he had to say … On his role and objectives… I chair the meetings of the JCT…

JCT Design and Build Contract 2016 available for pre-order

/ JCT 2016 Edition, Press Releases

The Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) has launched the Design and Build Contract family as part of the release of its 2016 Edition of contracts. Design and Build 2016 contracts are available for pre-order via JCT’s online store (www.jctltd.co.uk), for despatch on 22nd September 2016. The contracts that make up the Design and Build Contract family available for pre-order include: Design and Build Contract 2016 (DB) Design and Build Contract Guide 2016 (DB/G) Design and Build Sub-Contract Agreement 2016 (DBSub/A) Design and Build Sub-Contract Conditions 2016…

JCT 2016 Edition: ShortSub and SubSub out now

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The 2016 Edition of JCT’s generic contracts, the Short Form of Sub-Contract (ShortSub) and Sub-subcontract (SubSub) have been released and are available from JCT’s online store. Next working day delivery is available for UK customers: Short Form of Sub-Contract Sub-subcontract

JCT 2016 Edition – information on roll-out of suite

/ JCT Network

As JCT Network members will be aware, the JCT 2016 Edition of contracts has launched and contracts will continue to roll-out family by family over the coming months. Contracts already published include: Minor Works Contract family Design and Build Contract family Short Form of Sub-Contract and Sub-subcontract Focusing on the best-selling contracts, the next family to be published will be the Standard Building Contract, expected at the end of October. This will be followed in the Autumn/Winter with the Collateral Warranties and Intermediate Building Contract…