Foreword
When I was working in an office many years ago and studying for what is now known as the ‘Part III’, I searched in vain for some book which would give me clear and authoritative answers to my questions about contract administration.
In those days it was rare to see a building contract, much less know anything about it. The instruction on building contracts that I received at university lasted exactly an hour and a half late one Friday afternoon. We were given copies of the form of contract and we were taken through it at a rapid pace. I still have the notes I took on that day. Under ‘extension of time’ I had written: ‘It is the architect’s job to give extensions of time’. The rest was no better. I never found the elusive book, and ...
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