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Construction Management Appointment (CM/A)

This Appointment is the 'main contract' for the procurement path of construction management. It is part of a suite of documentation for use where separate contractual responsibility for the management, design and construction of the project is appropriate. It is drafted as a professional appointment for a Construction Manager. The cost of the Construction Manager is based on his fee plus certain reimbursable costs.

Appropriate:

  • where a Construction Manager is to manage the project on behalf of the Employer; and
  • where the Employer is to enter into direct separate trade contracts using the Construction Management Trade Contract (CM/TC) or a special Trade Contract.

Can be used:

  •  where the works are to be carried out in sections.

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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.