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Contract documentation

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Contract documentation: an introduction

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The broad subject of building contract documentation is widely taught in tertiary institutions in the UK, both at introductory level, and through focussing on specific sub-topics such as health and safety plans, conditions of contract, production drawings, specifications and bills of quantities. For details on sub-topics refer to the other modules in the NBS Educator series.

There do not appear to be any websites dealing with building contract documentation holistically and/or in an introductory fashion.

References and further reading

Construction Project Information Committee (2003) Production information: A code of procedure
for the construction industry, RIBA Publications.

Construction Specifications Institute (2004) The project resource manual: CSI Manual of practice, CSI.

Lupton, S. (2000) Architect’s job book, RIBA Publications.

Powell-Smith, V. et al (2000) Contract documentation for contractors, Blackwell Science.

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