Construction Contract Definitions
At Longworth Consulting we believe in giving our clients knowledge to help them understand the problems and potential problems they face when enaging in a construction contract. To this end, we have created a glossary of contract terms that are important in the construction industry:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Please click on one of the letters above to find the phrase you are looking for and then click on the phrase to find the definition.
Accepted Contract Amount
Activity Schedule
Adjudication
Adjudication Panel
Adjudicator
Application for Payment
Appointments
Approximate Quantity
Arbitration
Arbitrator
Architect
Articles or Articles of Agreement
Assignment
Bills of quantities
Bond
Building Contract
CDM
CDM Regulations
Certificate of Indemnity
Certificate of Payment
Certificate of Substantial Completion
Change Order
Change Order Request
Client
Collateral warranty
Completion Date
Completion Tests
Construction Act
Construction management
Construction Management Contract
Consultant
Contract
Contract administrator
Contract Bills
Contract Documents
Contract Drawings
Contract Price
Contract sum
Contract Sum Analysis
Contractor
Contractor's Documents
Contractor's Equipment
Contractor's Personnel
Contractor's Proposals
Contractor's Representative
Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999
Contractual Liability
Cost
Date of Agreement
Date of Commencement of the Work
Date of Substantial Completion
Defects Correction Certificate
Defects Correction Period
Defects Liability Period
Defects Notification Period
Deleterious materials
Design and build
Designer
Developer
Development agreement
Direct loss and/or damage
Dispute
Drawings
Employer
Employer/subcontractor agreement
Employer's Agent
Employer's Consents
Employer's Requirements
Engineer
Extensions of time
Fee proposal
FIDIC
Final certificate
Final Inspection
Final Payment
Final Payment Certificate
Final Statement
Fluctuations
Force Majeure
Fund or Funder
Funding agreement
General Conditions
Guaranteed Maximum Price
Health and safety file
Health and safety plan
IFC
Insolvent
Interim Payment Certificates
Latent defects insurance
Letter of Acceptance
Letter of intent
Letter of Tender
Liquidated and ascertained damages
Main Contract
Main Works
Maintain
Management Contract
Materials
Milestone
Milestone Payment
Nominated Sub-contract
Nominated Sub-contractor
Payment Certificate
Period of Interim Certificates
Permanent Works
Practical Completion
Prime Cost (PC) Item
Principal Contractor
Progress Inspections
Provisional Sum
Reimbursable Expenses (or Costs)
Retention
Retention Money
Retention Percentage
Scope of Work
Schedules
Section
Site
Special Conditions
Specification
Standard Details
Standard Dimension
Standard Method of Measurement
Standards of Professional Practice
Statement
Sub-Contract (Subcontract)
Sub-Contract Documents
Sub-Contract Obligations
Sub-Contract Sum
Sub-Contract Works
Sub-Contractor (Subcontractor)
Sub-subcontractor
Temporary Works
Tender
Tender Total
Tests after Completion
Tests on Completion
Time for Completion
Unforeseeable
Unit Price Contract
Valuation
Variation
Variation Notice
Work Order
Works
Works Commencement Date
