Determination of contract by employer in construction industry

In the construction industry, the standard form of building contract is one of the key methods of ameliorating a potentially fractious relationship to achieve a common end. All standard forms of construction contract contain clauses for determination of contracts. There is a distinction between “d...

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Main Author: Tay, Lee Yong
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2006
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/5504/1/TayLeeYongMFAB2006.pdf
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spelling my-utm-ep.55042018-03-10T12:10:45Z Determination of contract by employer in construction industry 2006-07 Tay, Lee Yong HD28 Management. Industrial Management HD Industries. Land use. Labor In the construction industry, the standard form of building contract is one of the key methods of ameliorating a potentially fractious relationship to achieve a common end. All standard forms of construction contract contain clauses for determination of contracts. There is a distinction between “determination� and “termination�. Briefly, termination of a contract takes place at a point in time in the course of a contract period when a legally binding contract is brought to an end before it has been discharged by performance due to the acts of one or both parties. Under standard form of construction contract, there are several clauses provided for determination of contract by the employer and the determination of contract by contractor. Under both PWD 203A and PAM 1998 standard forms of contract, it has provided several conditions which allow the employer to determinate the contract of the employment. Under both contracts, there are several default by the contractor which will caused the employer to determine their employment, such as suspension of works by contractor; failure to proceed regularly and diligently; failure to remove defective works; assignment or sub-letting without consent; failure to execute works in accordance with the contract and bankruptcy, insolvency, etc of the contractor. Therefore, the employer may determine the contract pursuant the defaults of the contractor. Normally, some of the contractors are unfamiliar with the clauses provided under the contract. Therefore, by investigating the most frequent reasons for determination by employer according to the standard form of contract, it will be able to create awareness among the contractors. So, the contractors can prevent from being determined by the employer. 2006-07 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/5504/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/5504/1/TayLeeYongMFAB2006.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Built Environment Faculty of Built Environment
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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language English
topic HD28 Management
Industrial Management
HD28 Management
Industrial Management
spellingShingle HD28 Management
Industrial Management
HD28 Management
Industrial Management
Tay, Lee Yong
Determination of contract by employer in construction industry
description In the construction industry, the standard form of building contract is one of the key methods of ameliorating a potentially fractious relationship to achieve a common end. All standard forms of construction contract contain clauses for determination of contracts. There is a distinction between “determination� and “termination�. Briefly, termination of a contract takes place at a point in time in the course of a contract period when a legally binding contract is brought to an end before it has been discharged by performance due to the acts of one or both parties. Under standard form of construction contract, there are several clauses provided for determination of contract by the employer and the determination of contract by contractor. Under both PWD 203A and PAM 1998 standard forms of contract, it has provided several conditions which allow the employer to determinate the contract of the employment. Under both contracts, there are several default by the contractor which will caused the employer to determine their employment, such as suspension of works by contractor; failure to proceed regularly and diligently; failure to remove defective works; assignment or sub-letting without consent; failure to execute works in accordance with the contract and bankruptcy, insolvency, etc of the contractor. Therefore, the employer may determine the contract pursuant the defaults of the contractor. Normally, some of the contractors are unfamiliar with the clauses provided under the contract. Therefore, by investigating the most frequent reasons for determination by employer according to the standard form of contract, it will be able to create awareness among the contractors. So, the contractors can prevent from being determined by the employer.
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author Tay, Lee Yong
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title Determination of contract by employer in construction industry
title_short Determination of contract by employer in construction industry
title_full Determination of contract by employer in construction industry
title_fullStr Determination of contract by employer in construction industry
title_full_unstemmed Determination of contract by employer in construction industry
title_sort determination of contract by employer in construction industry
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Built Environment
granting_department Faculty of Built Environment
publishDate 2006
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/5504/1/TayLeeYongMFAB2006.pdf
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