Minor Works Building Contract with contractor's design (MWD)

Appropriate:

where the work involved is simple in character;
where the work is designed and the requirements for the contractor's design of discrete part(s) are detailed by or on behalf of the Employer, and where the Contractor is required to design those part(s) of the work (Contractor's Designed Portion);
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:

as a design and build contract;
where bills of quantities are required;
where provisions are required to govern work carried out by named specialists;
where detailed control procedures are needed.

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