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Contracts and the Legal Environment for Engineers and Architects

Understand the laws and protect your business.

Item #: 330-9363-00
ISBN: 0-07-039363-X
ISBN13: 978-0-07-039363-9
Author: Joseph T. Bockrath
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Format: Paperback

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Desk-top guide to your professional rights and obligations Are you prepared for legal problems that could easily come up in your practice? Will you know when it's wise to call a lawyer and how to work with him or her for outcomes favorable to you? In a new edition that takes a keen look at how the law is adapting to fast-changing technology, Contracts and the Legal Environment for Engineers & Architects, Sixth Edition, by Joseph T. Bockrath, gives you a sound foundation in basic legal principles, emphasizing your own area of contracts and specifications. This savvy advisor uses illustrations drawn from recent litigation to help you understand: *Types of contracts *Performance or breach of contract obligations *Termination of contracts *Contracts for construction and engineering services...advertising for bids...proposals *Contract clauses relating to finances, including damage claims, extras, partial and withheld payments *Professional liability of architects and engineers *Much, much more. 576 pp.

Contracts and the Legal Environment for Engineers and Architects - Table of Contents:

I Law of Contracts
- Introduction
- Types of Contracts
- Formation Principles
- Conditions and Third-Party Beneficiaries
- Construction and Interpretation
- Performance or Breach of Contract Obligations
- Termination of Contracts
II Application to Construction Contracts
- Contracts for Construction and Engineering Services
- Advertising for Bids
- Proposals
- Contract Clauses-General Conditions
- Contract Clauses Relating to Finances
- Specifications for Workmanship
- Specifications for Materials
- Drawings
III Some Legal Matters of Concern to Design Professionals
- Agency
- Partnerships
- Corporations
- Torts
- Professional Liability of Architects and Engineers
- Insurance and Bonds
- Real Property
- Water Rights
- Intellectual Property
- Evidence
- The Engineer's Role in a Lawsuit Before and During Trail
- Arbitration of Disputes
- Federal Law of Importance to Design Professionals

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