The streetwise subbie / Barry Ashmore.

Revised edition of: The streetwise subbie : how to survive the contracts jungle / Jack Russell ; illustrations by Dave Eastbury. 2nd edition Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2001.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1.The order -- Worth the risk? -- Beware letters of intent -- Collateral warranties -- Make sure you check that order -- 2.Programme and progress -- Beware s̀tarting the clock' -- A programme checklist -- Don't be shy -- get noticed! -- Some key thoughts on notices -- Why work for free? -- Site records and survival -- Records and codes -- Site records checklist -- What makes a good delay notice? -- Get the picture? -- Just a minute -- The twilight zone -- Keep an eye on the Main Contract programme! -- 3.Personal factors -- Get your site team on board from day one -- Adverse reactions -- Little tin gods -- 4.Acceleration -- Best endeavours or acceleration? -- Acceleration -- the true costs -- The alligator problem -- 5.Cash flow and variations -- Cash flow -- everybody's problem -- Payment problems -- Don't get angry -- get paid! -- Valuation of variations -- change of character/conditions

Note continued: Variations -- the true costs of engineering and supervision involvement -- Are your systems user-friendly? -- 6.Claims -- Claims and confrontation -- Damages and extension of time -- Claim for delay costs -- Head office headaches -- Disruption claims -- Key points of the D̀elay and Disruption Protocol' -- ignore it at your peril! -- Loss and expense -- some questions answered -- Set-off and contras -- 7.The Construction Act -- Introduction to the Construction Act -- Payment under the Construction Act -- Adjudication under the Act -- Tricks and dodges of the Construction Act -- The Construction Act -- some questions and answers -- 8.The JCT and NEC subcontracts -- JCT 2016 -- what's changed? -- The standard JCT building subcontracts SBCSub/C, SBCSub/D/C and DBSub/C -- Have you met the NEC subcontract? -- NEC problems and pitfalls -- 9.Useful tips for the r̀eal world' -- Brave new world or con trick? -- The real world -- set your stall out from day one!

Note continued: What is normal? -- Provisional sums -- Dirty negotiating tricks and what you can do about them -- Get it in the budget -- Stand by your man -- Business p̀artnerships' are not love affairs! -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Appendix 4 -- Appendix 5 -- Appendix 6.