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

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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

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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…

JCT 2016: summary of new features

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JCT Minor Works 2016: out now!

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The JCT 2016 Edition has launched with the Minor Works family of contracts… All JCT shop customers will be able to purchase the Minor Works 2016 family of contracts, with next-working day delivery service available for UK customers who order before 2:00pm*. The 2016 Edition Minor Works Building Contract (MW), Minor Works Building Contract with contractor’s design (MWD) and Minor Works Sub-Contract with sub-contractor’s design (MWSub/D) are also all available through JCT’s On Demand digital service. What contracts can I buy? Minor Works Building Contract (MW)…

Skills, education and BIM spark winning students’ creativity

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Tom Haworth, of Westminster University, has won the JCT Student Competition 2016, with his entry, “Work Placements For The Student’s Benefit, Not Their Employer’s”. The other winning entrants were Peter Dorrell, of Greenwich University, with his video and essay titled “The United Kingdom’s Construction Skill Shortage” and Samuel Kapasa, of RIBA North West, with his visual essay, “TALK: BIM and the Future of Communication Protocol”. Talking about Tom Haworth’s winning entry, the judging panel commented: “An original idea, set out in a clear and individual…

JCT Minor Works 2016 available for pre-order

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The Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT)  has made the first of its 2016 Edition of contracts, the JCT Minor Works family of contracts, available for pre-order via its online store, for despatch on 24th June 2016. The contracts available for pre-order include the JCT Minor Works Building Contract 2016 (MW), JCT Minor Works Building Contract with contractor’s design 2016 (MWD), and JCT Minor Works Sub-Contract with sub-contractor’s design 2016 (MWSub/D). In addition, JCT is making the following tracked change documents available: JCT Minor Works Building Contract…

JCT Parliamentary Reception 2016

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Congratulations to Ben Thornycroft, the winner of the ‘JCT Construction Industry Parliamentary Reception’ prize draw! Thank you so much to JCT Network members for entering our prize draw for two tickets to JCT’s Parliamentary Reception and helping to make it a huge success. We are sorry if you were not selected as the winner this time. But don’t worry, you’ll have another chance to win in our next competition later this year.