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035 _aEN-93178
037 _bDBAD/PUB
082 _a343.73078624
100 _aBockrath, Joseph T.
245 0 0 _aContracts and the legal environment for engineers and architects /
_cby Joseph T. Bockrath [and] Fredric L. Plotnick
246 _aContracts and the legal environment for engineers and architects
250 _a7th ed
260 _aNew Delhi
_bMcGraw Hill Education
_c2013
270 _aP-24, Green Park Extn.
_bNew Delhi
_e110016
300 _axxvii,589p. :
_c26cm(pbk)
_bill.
500 _aIncludes index
505 _a 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.
650 _a Engineering contracts
_zUnited States.
650 _a Architectural contracts
_zUnited States
650 _aConstruction contracts
_zUnited States.
700 _aPlotnick, Fredric L.
942 _2ddc
_cEN
_mBOC
_h343.73078624
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