Advantages For The Employer
The Management Contractor is brought in to a project at an earlier stage than a design and build contractor would be, and is therefore able to provide specialist input into the procurement process.
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Are contracting and construction management agreements a good idea?
Managing Contracting and Construction Management Agreements are very useful when early contractor involvement is helpful.
Albeit very similar when it comes to the scope of work, these contracting approaches differ significantly when commercial and legal aspects are taken into account.
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Budget and Programme
Where the works run into delay, the Management Contractor is liable to pay liquidated damages to the Employer if the completion date is not met, but is reimbursed by the Employer to the extent that the delay is not the fault of Management Contractor and sums cannot be recovered from the relevant works contractor (or works contractors).
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Disadvantages For The Employer
Whilst the Employer is in contract with the Management Contractor, the Management Contractor is only responsible for discharging its own obligations, and the risk of delivery is disaggregated acros.
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Payment to The Management Contractor
There is no lump sum fee payable to the Management Contractor, instead the Management Contractor's remuneration is based on the cost of the works packages plus agreed fees (to cover the Management Contractor's overheads and off-site activities), so it is similar to a 'cost plus' arrangement.
Construction will often start prior to the point where ma.
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Structure
Under a management contract, the Employer appoints a Management Contractor and the Management Contractor then appoints the trades direct, through a number of works contracts.
It would be easy to look at the structure of management contracting and equate it to a traditional contracting model but in practice the risk profile for an Employer is very d.
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The Management Contractor's Role
Unlike a traditional or design and build procurement, the Management Contractor is not required to carry out any construction works but instead is paid a fee to manage construction works carried out by others.
The Management Contractor in effect provides services and not works.
Whilst the Management Contractor enters into and enforces Works Contrac.
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What Is Management Contracting?
The JCT Management Contract is a form of contract that we rarely see used, particularly when compared to the traditional or design and build forms.
Nevertheless it remains an alternative form of procurement on projects which require an early start on site prior to completion of the design.
However, employers need to be aware of the implications of .
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What is the difference between a construction project and a contract?
The key difference resides on the contractual relationship between all the parties (subcontractors, consultants, designers, project manager, etc) involved in the construction project.
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What is the difference between management contracting and construction management?
An additional difference between management contracting and construction management is that the construction manager is a first appointment and will be responsible for selecting the design team, even if they are in contract with the employer.
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What is the risk profile of Management Contracting?
In practice, the risk profile of management contracting is more akin to construction management, the key difference being that, unlike construction management, the Employer does not appoint the works contractors direct.
Management Contracting is an alternative procurement method for use by employers.
