Contracts and the legal environment for engineers & architects /
Bockrath, Joseph T.
Contracts and the legal environment for engineers & architects / Contracts and the legal environment for engineers and architects. Joseph T. Bockrath, Fredric L. Plotnick. - 7th ed. - New York : McGraw-Hill, c2011. - xxvii, 589 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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.
9780073397849 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0073397849 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9780071221320 (ISE) 0071221328 (ISE)
2009038110
015396771 Uk
Engineering contracts--United States.
Architectural contracts--United States.
Construction contracts--United States.
KF902 / .D8 2011
343.73/078624
Contracts and the legal environment for engineers & architects / Contracts and the legal environment for engineers and architects. Joseph T. Bockrath, Fredric L. Plotnick. - 7th ed. - New York : McGraw-Hill, c2011. - xxvii, 589 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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.
9780073397849 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0073397849 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9780071221320 (ISE) 0071221328 (ISE)
2009038110
015396771 Uk
Engineering contracts--United States.
Architectural contracts--United States.
Construction contracts--United States.
KF902 / .D8 2011
343.73/078624