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19 June 2013
                       
 
 
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18 Jan 2013
 
 
 
 
General: unpaid certified payment certificates - your rights explained
MDA CONSULTING
Generally speaking, under most standard form construction contracts the issue of a payment certificate by the employer or the employer’s agent is a condition precedent to the contractor’s...
 
 
17 Jan 2013
 
Notices of intention to claim: The Enviroserv decision
MDA CONSULTING
Introduction We all know that construction contracts contain the infamous time bar clauses where contractors should notify the engineer of its intention to claim additional payment and extensions...
 
 
02 Nov 2012
 
 
 
Consulting agency introduces new course in construction adjudication for 2013
Engineering and construction law
Independent, multidisciplinary legal consulting firm MDA Consulting has introduced its Programme in Construction Adjudication, to be launched in February 2013 by the University of Pretoria, in...
 
 
26 Mar 2012
 
 
 
Business Rescue, the Companies Act and the Impact on the Construction Industry
MDA CONSULTING
Given the current parlous financial state of the local construction industry, many companies face the possibility of financial collapse. Unfortunately, in the past, companies in financial distress...
 
 
31 Jan 2012
 
 
 
FIDIC Conditions of Contract: Red Book – Understanding the need for contemporary records
MDA CONSULTING
“The early bird catches the worm” is the famous proverb known to many and is applied in many cases of day to day lives and is of no exception in its meaning to the construction industry. When...
 
 
02 Sep 2011
 
NEC 3: declaring and notifying a dispute and time barring provisions
MDA CONSULTING
The NEC3, Engineering and Construction Contract as well as the Professional Services Contract contain unique time barring provisions in their dispute resolution clauses. They make provision therein...
 
 
06 May 2011
 
 
 
NEC 3: When is the project manager obliged to notify a compensation event, and what are the effects of his failure to do so?
MDA CONSULTING
Time bar clauses that are found in the standard form construction contracts (almost) always operate against the contractor. Hopefully we are all aware of the consequences of failing to comply with...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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