[PDF] The CSI Construction Contract Administration Practice Guide

The CSI Construction Contract Administration Practice Guide Contents

• Chapter 1 Introduction to Construction Contract Administration
• Chapter 2 Roles and Obligations
• Chapter 3 Preconstruction
• Chapter 4 Conferences
• Chapter 5 Submittals
• Chapter 6 Website Visits, Observations, and Inspections
• Chapter 7 High quality Assurance and High quality Contro
• Chapter 8 Interpretations and Modifications
• Chapter 9 Executing the Work
• Chapter 10 Claims and Disputes
• Chapter 11 Measurement and Fee
• Chapter 12 Undertaking Closeout
• Chapter 13 Growing a Construction Contract Administration Guide
• Chapter 14 Abstract

Preface to Construction Contract Administration

Starting with the publication of the primary Guide of Practice (MOP) in 1967 persevering with by means of the publication of its successor doc, the Undertaking Useful resource Guide (PRM)

It has been the intent of the Construction Specs Institute (CSI) that these publications embody accepted requirements for the preparation of development specs and challenge manuals and an in depth supply of data on high quality documentation for the life cycle of a facility.

By way of these publications, CSI has sought to help homeowners, designers, specifiers, contract directors, contractors, development product representatives, and facility managers within the efficiency of their jobs.

In 2008, CSI started an effort to replace the information previously contained within the MOP and PRM to current it anew and guarantee its continued relevance.

As with the sooner collections of this information, the intent is to supply an authoritative useful resource on the group, preparation, use, and interpretation of development paperwork, encompassing the complete life cycle of a facility from conception by means of facility administration.

To perform this replace CSI established the Practice Guides Activity Staff. One of many activity crew costs was to arrange the presentation of this info into modules to help areas of observe the place CSI at present gives certificates and certifications.

Corresponding to Undertaking Supply addressed by the Construction Paperwork Expertise (CDT) certificates, Specs, addressed by the Licensed Construction Specifier (CCS) certification, Contract Administration addressed by the Licensed Construction Contract Administrator (CCCA) certification.

And Product Illustration addressed by the Licensed Construction Product Consultant (CCPR) certification, in addition to different areas of observe for which schooling and certification could also be developed.

To maintain present with modifications within the trade, the Activity Staff additionally reviewed different CSI paperwork and requirements, and up to date references to them that seem within the Practice Guides.

The same effort was made to include modifications in contract paperwork produced by The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the Engineers Joint Construction Paperwork Committee (EJCDC)

and to introduce the brand new commonplace contract paperwork developed by the ConsensusDOCS Coalition.

Th e Activity Staff additionally acknowledged the rising impression of “inexperienced” or sustainable practices on the subject material contained within the Practice Guides. Every Practice Guide now addresses the subject of sustainable observe to a point whereas a extra detailed examination of the subject is deliberate for a future Sustainable Practice Guide.

Two different matters which have had an impression on the Practice Guides are Constructing Info Modeling (BIM) and Built-in Undertaking Supply (IPD).

The rising impression of BIM on the observe of specification writing and its potential impression on high quality documentation made a dialogue of this matter crucial.

Likewise, IPD has grown in significance over the previous a number of years and has had an impression on the best way practitioners relate to the method of making and deciphering development paperwork.

Th e Practice Guide Sequence will not be supposed to be composed of static paperwork however to be a dwelling set of guides with the capability to alter and be up to date as the development trade modifications round them.

The enter of customers of this Sequence might be essential to the longer term updating of the Sequence and the authors and reviewers welcome suggestions from customers.

The CSI Construction Contract Administration Practice Guide

Author(s): Construction Specifications Institute

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Year: Inc

ISBN: 9780470940150,0470940158

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