The Engineering and Construction Contract should be used for Building Works instead of the JCT Conditions. FINAL ASSIGNMENT MODULE TWO (C552) Civil Engineering Co

The Engineering and Construction Contract should be used for Building Works instead of the JCT Conditions. FINAL ASSIGNMENT MODULE TWO (C552) Civil Engineering Contract Administration Requirements: The following assignment is set to test your knowledge of matters relating to Civil Engineering Construction. It is set within the parameters of the Module 2 (C552) of the ICES Distance Learning Course.

You are required answer the questions set in a total (for the four questions) of approximately 2,000 words. You are required to complete your submission and upload it to the Exam Portal prior to your Submission Deadline which was automatically set at 6 weeks from when you downloaded the assignment. Your submission is to be typed. You are required to give the reasons for conclusions. Your answers should draw on your experience. Acknowledge the basis of your research e.g. Internet, Textbook, Article etc. Your answers must be your own work. Your submission will be assessed as PASS, MERIT or DISTINCTION. The Scenario:

1. The Engineering and Construction Contract should be used for Building Works instead of the JCT Conditions. Discuss the merits and disadvantages of this proposal.
2. In recent years much has been achieved in valuation procedures to ease contractor’s cash flow problems over payments for work carried out. Research these changes and discuss whether or not they have been successful.
3. It is said that the MMHW has played major part in the growth of measurement claims over its lifetime. Discuss giving examples, whether this is a true reflection of the method and consider if the sole use of CESMM for all civil contracts might have been a better way forward.
4. Before the introduction of adjudication arbitration was considered a serious route to take and every effort was made to procure a settlement, very much a last resort procedure. Today many professionals feel that adjudication means that many claims progress to this route too quickly without proper consideration of the claim being made of the claim presented. Discuss the argument and it merits.