Professional Services Agreements Guide for Construction Professionals by D Rachel Barnes 2012 Hardcover-image

Professional Services Agreements Guide for Construction Professionals by D Rachel Barnes 2012 Hardcover

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Synopsis: Professional Services Agreements is a practical guide to identifying, understanding and managing the legal and commercial risks inherent in these agreements, assisting the professional in making the correct commercial decisions on whether, or not, to accept these risks. This accessible guide provides a step-by-step explanation of how professional services agreements are formed, the scope of the obligations and rights, possible methods of managing the risks, the scope and limitations of professional indemnity insurance, how liabilities can arise and the ways in which disputes can be resolved. - Includes supporting commentary on the benchmark professional service agreements and their differences, including the RIBA, ACE, RICS and, new in this edition, NEC3 PSC contract. - Covers changes to the law governing payment and adjudication under new construction contracts, as a result of amendments to the Construction Act. - Describes the cover provided by typical professional indemnity insurance. - Provides sufficient background information to enable a professional to realise when they need advice, from insurers, brokers or lawyers, and how to understand that advice. Professional Service Agreements is an essential reference for consultants, project managers, architects and quantity surveyors, as well as their legal advisors and insurers, enabling them to better understand and negotiate the contracts, prepared by the client, for their services., Professional Services Agreementsis a practical guide to identifying, understanding and managing the legal and commercial risks inherent in these agreements, assisting the professional in making the correct commercial decisions on whether, or not, to accept these risks. This accessible guide provides a step-by-step explanation of how professional services agreements are formed, the scope of the obligations and rights, possible methods of managing the risks, the scope and limitations of professional indemnity insurance, how liabilities can arise and the ways in which disputes can be resolved. * Includes supporting commentary on the benchmark professional service agreements and their differences, including the RIBA, ACE, RICS and, new in this edition, NEC3 PSC contract. * Covers changes to the law governing payment and adjudication under new construction contracts, as a result of amendments to the Construction Act. * Describes the cover provided by typical professional indemnity insurance. * Provides sufficient background information to enable a professional to realise when they need advice, from insurers, brokers or lawyers, and how to understand that advice. Professional Service Agreementsis an essential reference for consultants, project managers, architects and quantity surveyors, as well as their legal advisors and insurers, enabling them to better understand and negotiate the contracts, prepared by the client, for their services., This is a comprehensive review of the issues that readers need to be aware of when negotiating the minefield of professional services contracts in the construction industry., This is a comprehensive review of the issues that readers need to be aware of when negotiating the minefield of professional services contracts in the construction industry. It is practical and accessible in its approach, and addresses professional obligations when engaged under such agreements. It advises on the principle areas of consultancy risk and makes reference to some of the standard conditions produced by professional bodies. This book is an essential reference for consultants, project managers, architects as well as their legal advisors and insurers, enabling them to better understand and negotiate the contracts prepared by the client side of the industry for their professional services. It covers the contracts themselves and related legal issues and principles and is written in a way that will be accessible to non-legally trained readers. Uniquely the book provides an understanding of the risks, both legal and commercial, inherent in these types of professional appointments and therefore helps the reader to manage those risks. Another key feature is that it provides a supporting commentary on the 'benchmark' professional service agreements, including the RIBA, ACE and RICS appointments, and explains the differences. The revised version will now also cover the NEC3 PSC contract. ISBN-13: 9780727741585 Format: Hardcover Type: Textbook Publisher: ICE Publishing Publication Name: Professional Services Agreements : a Guide for Construction Professionals Publication Year: 2012 Dewey Decimal: 346.41024 Item Length: 9.2 in Language: English Intended Audience: Scholarly & Professional Subject: Business & Financial, Careers / General, Construction / Contracting, Contracts, Military Item Width: 6.1 in Item Weight: 32.9 Oz brand: ICE Publishing Number of Pages: 472 Pages Edition Number: 2 Author: D. Rachel Barnes gtin13: 9780727741585 ISBN-10: 0727741586 Subject Area: Law, Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics LC Classification Number: KF901

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Further Details Title: Professional Services Agreements Condition: New Subtitle: A guide for construction professionals EAN: 9780727741585 ISBN: 9780727741585 Publisher: ICE Publishing Format: Hardback Release Date: 07/25/2012 Description: Professional Services Agreements is a practical guide to identifying, understanding and managing the legal and commercial risks inherent in these agreements, assisting the professional in making the correct commercial decisions on whether, or not, to accept these risks. This accessible guide provides a step-by-step explanation of how professional services agreements are formed, the scope of the obligations and rights, possible methods of managing the risks, the scope and limitations of professional indemnity insurance, how liabilities can arise and the ways in which disputes can be resolved. • Includes supporting commentary on the benchmark professional service agreements and their differences, including the RIBA, ACE, RICS and, new in this edition, NEC3 PSC contract. • Covers changes to the law governing payment and adjudication under new construction contracts, as a result of amendments to the Construction Act. • Describes the cover provided by typical professional indemnity insurance. • Provides sufficient background information to enable a professional to realise when they need advice, from insurers, brokers or lawyers, and how to understand that advice. Professional Service Agreements is an essential reference for consultants, project managers, architects and quantity surveyors, as well as their legal advisors and insurers, enabling them to better understand and negotiate the contracts, prepared by the client, for their services. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Item Height: 234mm Item Length: 156mm Author: D. Rachel Barnes Genre: Technology & Engineering Edition: 2nd Edition Item Weight: 932g Topic: Law & Politics Release Year: 2012 Missing Information? Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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