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Contracts and the legal environment for engineers & architects /

by Bockrath, Joseph T.
Authors: Plotnick, Fredric L.%joint author Published by : McGraw-Hill, (New York :) Physical details: xxvii, 589 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN: 0073397849 Subject(s): Engineering contracts %United States. | Architectural contracts %United States. | Construction contracts %United States. Year: 2011
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Book Book AUM Main Library 343.73078624 B665 (Browse Shelf) Available JBC/2011/10695
Book Book AUM Main Library 343.73078624 B665 (Browse Shelf) Available JBC/2011/10695

Includes index.

Evolution of engineering and law -- Legal systems in the United States and the world -- Substantive v. procedural law -- Systems of courts -- Types of contracts -- Formation of contracts -- Procedural issues in formation of contracts -- Terms and conditions -- Privity and third-party beneficiaries -- Construction and interpretation -- Discharge of obligations -- Issues with discharge by performance -- Remedies for breach of contract -- Agency -- Partnerships -- Corporations -- Insurance -- Bonds and suretyship -- Federal statutes and regulations -- Definition and scope of torts -- Torts based upon intentional actions -- Torts based upon negligent actions -- Torts without fault -- Procedural issues relating to torts -- Professional liability for architects and engineers -- Real and personal property -- Above and below : air, water, and mineral rights -- Intellectual property -- Contracts for construction projects -- Drawings -- Specifications -- Specifications for workmanship -- Specifications for materials -- General conditions -- Clauses relating to finance -- Proposals -- Advertising for bids -- Duty to design : engineering v. statutory codes -- The engineer's role in litigation -- The engineer's role in arbitration.

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