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Minor Works Building Contract (MW)

Appropriate:

  • where the work involved is simple in character;
  • where the work is designed by or on behalf of the Employer;
  • where the Employer is to provide drawings and/or a specification and/or work schedules to define adequately the quantity and quality of the work; and
  • where an Architect/Contract Administrator is to administer the conditions.

Can be used:

  • by both private and local authority employers.

Not suitable:

  • where bills of quantities are required;
  • where provisions are required to govern work carried out by named specialists;
  • where detailed control procedures are needed;
  • where  the Contractor is to design discrete part(s) of the works, even though all the other criteria are met - consider using the Minor Works Building Contract with contractor's design (MWD).

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The Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) is the industry’s foremost contracts producing organisation. It produces standard forms e.g. standard construction contracts, standard building contracts and subcontracts for the construction industry. JCT 2005 suite of contracts includes JCT - Constructing Excellence Contract : Partnering Contract, Framework Agreement, Major Project Construction Contract, Standard Building Contract, Design and Build Contract, Intermediate Building Contract, Minor Works Building Contract, Repair and Maintenance Contract, Collateral Warranties and Partnering Charter. It also produces consumer contracts such as the homeowner building contract.