Federal Government Construction Contracts

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Federal Government Construction Contracts

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Smith, Currie & Hancock's Federal Government Construction Contracts is the Federal law companion to the bestselling guide to construction law for non-lawyers. This book serves as an easy-to-understand guide to the practical reality of federal laws, regulations and practices, and how AEC firms can use them to their advantage by avoiding pitfalls and bidding successfully on projects.

Includes sample provisions from modern Federal Government construction contracts. Clauses and regulations unique to various Federal agencies are highlighted throughout
Helpful "points to remember" summarize important concepts at the end of each chapter, and useful checklists help in making use of the concepts in practice
Same plain-English coverage of construction law that made Common Sense Construction Law a bestseller in three editions

Updates to this Second Edition include:

Coverage of the newly enacted American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
Specifics of federal government grants to state and local public construction contracts
New insights on Design-Build, Early Contractor Involvement (ECI), BIM, Green Construction, and Web-based project management techniques used by the federal government
A revised look at the increasingly detailed business ethics and compliance program requirements for contractors and subcontractors as mandated by the federal government for its contractors
A unique Web site at www.wiley.com/go/federalconstructionlaw provides the user with a Table of Acronyms and Terms commonly found in federal government contracts, an extensive list of Web sites of interest to federal government construction contractors, checklists, sample forms, as well as specifications related to innovations in project delivery

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface.

Author Biographies.

1. Federal Government Contracts and Commercial Contracts: A Brief Comparison.

2. Authority to Bind the Government, Contract Financing, and Payment.

3. Contract Formation.

4. Contract Types.

5. Socioeconomic Policies.

6. Government Contract Interpretation.

7. Differing Site Conditions.

8. Contract Changes.

9. Delays, Suspension, and Acceleration.

10. Inspection, Acceptance, Commissioning, and Warranties.

11. Contract Terminations.

12. Bonds.

14. Project Documentation Techniques.

15. Contract Claims and Disputes.

16. Federal Grants for Public Construction Contracts.

Smith, Currie & Hancock's Federal Government Construction Contracts, 2nd Edition

Edited by Thomas J. Kelleher, Jr., Thomas E. Abernathy IV, Steven L. Reed and Hubert J. Bell, Jr.

This material is used by permission of John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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