Guide to JCT Design and Build Contract 2016

4 Obligations of the contractor

4.1 The contractor’s paramount obligation is to ‘complete the design for the Works and carry out and complete the construction of the Works’. This obligation, which is stated in Article 1, and amplified in clause 2.1, is discussed in detail below. In addition, the contractor has important obligations in relation to progress and programming, discussed in Chapter 5, with regard to provision of information and compliance with instructions, discussed in Chapter 6, and with regard to insurance matters, discussed in Chapter 9. The contractor’s obligations under DB16, which are as one would expect more extensive than under SBC16, are summarised in Table 4.1.

Table 4.1 K ey obligations of the contractor

4.2 Should ...