The latest issue of the Building and Construction Law Journal (Volume 28 Part 5) contains the following material:
- Cash flow: The life blood of the industry
BOOK REVIEW – John Dorter
- Delay and Disruption in Construction Contracts by Keith Pickavance
Articles
Deconstructing “constructive acceleration†– David Trinder
Over the last 40 years much has been written on the aspect of “time†in construction contracts. Such issues include: delay, disruption, extensions of time, liquidated damages, float, concurrent delay, time at large, notice provisions and of course the prevention principle. However, far less ink has been spilt on the issue of acceleration, or indeed the much rarer version of this being constructive acceleration. This doctrine of constructive acceleration is derived notably from the United States and has not been recognised in the common law of Australia, where at best this term of art provides for a legal convenience rather than a necessity. Does constructive acceleration exist in Australian construction contracting in 2012?
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Encountering the unforeseen: Difficult ground conditions and the rights of a contractor – Deniz Tas
Unforeseen difficult ground conditions are commonly encountered during the life of a construction project. If the construction contract does not adequately provide a mechanism to deal with such circumstances, the contractor may incur considerable increases in its costs. It is therefore necessary to identify how a construction contract can be designed to deal with circumstances where unforeseen difficult ground conditions are encountered by the contractor and, where an appropriate mechanism is not provided in the contract, the recourse a contractor may have under the general law and statute to recover additional costs incurred as a consequence of difficult ground conditions.
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- Velvet Glove Holdings Pty Ltd v Mount Isa Mines Ltd
- Mrocki v Mountview Prestige Homes Pty Ltd
- Department of Construction and Infrastructure v Urban and Rural Contracting Pty Ltd
For the pdf version of the table of contents, click here:Â BCL Vol 28 Pt 5 Contents.
