This first major review of the industry's standard contract for 18 years has left its basic principles unaltered but extra clarity has been introduced throughout by careful consideration of current practice and judicious rewording.

- Definitions and Interpretation - Engineers Representative - Assignment and Sub-Letting - Contract Documents - General obligations - Labour - Workmanship and Materials - Commencement Time and Delays - Liquidated Damages and Limitation of Damages for Delayed Completion - Completion Certificate - Maintenance and Defects - Alterations Additions and Omissions - Property in Materials and Plant - Measurement - Provisional and Prime Cost Sums and Nominated Sub-Contracts - Certificates and Payment - Remedies and Powers - Frustration - War Clause - Settlement of Disputes - Application to Scotland - Notices - Tax Matters - Metrication - Special Conditions

- Acknowledgements - Introduction - Contract Documents - Overall Concept - Tendering Procedure - Operation of the Contract - Notes on Specific Clauses - Appendix 1. Performance Bond - Appendix 2. Contract Price Fluctuation

This publication provides guidance to the ICE Conditions of Contract Target Cost Version, First edition which encourages active collaboration to reduce costs by sharing expertise and jointly managing risks in an open working environment, within the framework of the ICE Conditions of Contract family. It encourages the Contractor to be more closely involved in aspects of design, provides for payment to the Contractor on a cost reimbursable basis and an incentive share arrangement if the costs differ from the target. A more open style of control and management, which permits an early and joint approach to the identification and management of risks, obliges parties to recognise and understand each other's objectives and promotes closer working relationships.

- Definitions and interpretation - Engineer and Engineer's representative - Assignment and Sub-Contracting - Contract Documents - General obligations - Workmanship and Materials - Commencement time and delays - Liquidated Damages for Delay - Certificate of Substantial Completion - Outstanding work and defects - Alterations additions and omissions - Property in materials and contractor's equipments - Measurement - Provisional and prime cost sums and nominated sub-contracts - Certificates and payment - Remedies and powers - Frustration - War Clause - Settlement of disputes - Application to Scotland - Notices - Tax matters - Special conditions

The ICE Conditions continues to be the dominant form of contract for civil engineering, despite the growing importance of the New Engineering Contract. The Seventh Edition of the ICE Conditions, published in 1999, introduced a number of changes, including: incorporating some of the concepts of the Latham Report amending certain provisions of the Sixth Edition which had attracted criticism rectifying conspicuous omissions from the text of earlier editions of the contract correcting small errors and faults from the previous edition modernising certain provisions and terms Brian Eggleston, whose previous book on the ICE Conditions was described as 'likely to become the authoritative reference source for the Sixth Edition', examines the contract clause by clause from a practical and legal viewpoint. There is extensive coverage of case law. Written by an experienced civil engineer and recognized authority on construction contracts, this book is an essential guide.

- Acknowledgements - Contents of ICE Condition of Contract - Index to ICE Conditions of Contract - ICE Conditions of Contract Ground Investigation - Definitions and interpretation - Engineer and Engineer's representative - Assignment and sub-contrating - Contract documents - General obligations - Materials and workmanship - Commencement time and delays - Liquidated damages for delay - Certificate of substantial completion - Outstanding work and effects - Alterations, additions and omissions - Procedure for additional payment - Property in materials and contractor's equipment - Measurement - Provisional and prime cost sums and nominated sub-contrats - Certificates and payment - Remedies and powers - Avoidance and settlement of disputes - Application to Scotland and Northern Ireland - Notices - Tax matters - The construction (Design and Management) regulations 1994 - Special conditions - Form of tender - Appendix to form of tender - Form of agreement - ICE form of default bond - Contract price fluctuations

- Introduction - Contract documents - Overall concept - Tendering procedure - Operation of the Contract - Notes on specific Clauses - Appendix 1. bond - Appendix 2. Contract Price Fluctuation

Helps towards delivering construction projects on time by enabling better client-contractor communication. This publication will help towards delivering construction projects on time by enabling better client-contractor communication. The new contract allows the employer, usually with the assistance of the contractor, to set a clear target for the cost of the civil engineering works to be carried out, in order to avoid projects overrunning on cost and deadline. ICE's latest contract also encourages the contractor to be more closely involved in the project at an early stage, such as project design, and provides an incentive for the employer and contractor to share profit or loss if the costs differ from the original estimation.To utilise the Target Cost Version effectively, a more open style of control and management is required which will permit an early and joint approach to the identification and management of risks. This is intended to lead to better channels of communication at an early stage between client and contractor. The Target Cost version - the latest member of the ICE Conditions of Contract family - has been produced due to industry demand.

Guidance Notes for the ICE Conditions of Contract for Archaeological Investigation