BOOK REVIEW
Harbans’
Engineering and Construction
Contracts Management
Commencement and Administration
Second Edition
Ir. Harbans Singh KS
ISBN : 978-967-400-306-7
INGENIEUR
Harbans’s Engineering and Construction Contracts Management: Commencement and Administration is the third title in the series; the first edition
review,
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attempt
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Author:
Ir. positively
Harbans
Singh
of which was
and widely
accepted by the industry. This book focuses
on theI downstream
activities
of a typical to
engineering/construction
contract. Amongst the principal topics addressed are the commencement
of
works/operations
at
the
site,
contract
administration,
consider to be some of the salient areas. progress
ISBN:
978-967-400-306
monitoring,
delay and extension of time, non-completion and damages. These topics are addressed in relation to all the recently revised local
There are various standard forms of contract
Forms1,050
of ConditionsPages
of Contract.
SoftStandard
Cover,
used in Malaysia. Since the publication of the first
Price:
RM 250
edition, there have been significant amendments
Key Features
to the PAM, JKR and IEM forms of contract. All
Publisher:
LexisNexis
Malaysia
This book provides
practical guidance
to those involved in the management of engineering and/or construction contracts in Malaysia and
these forms of contract have become more
other counties having similar legal regimes.
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Coverage extends to the building industry infrastructure, engineering systems and oil & gas.
detailed and elaborate, in particular the PAM form.
Clarity of presentation with figures, flowcharts, diagrams and check lists, simple language and ease of comprehension to both legally and
The second edition of this book comprehensively
non-legally trained readers.
By Daniel Tan
Barrister-at-Law,
Table of Contents
Principal of the law firm
Chapter 1
Post Contract Award Phase
Messrs
TAN CHUN
HAO
Chapter 2
Commencement of Works/Operations
addresses the relevant amendments thus keeping
readers up-to-date with the latest developments
on this front,
evident
for example in the
Chapterand
4 clearly
Contract
Administration
sectionsChapter
on performance
bonds,
extension of time
5
Progress Monitoring
On Site: Preliminary Issues
Chapter
6
Delay
&
Extension
of Time
claims, and loss & expense claims.
Chapter 3
Commencement of Work On Site:
Chapter
7
Non-Completion
and
Damages
Most contracts have certain requirements
or
Issues and Procedures
r. Harbans Singh KS needs no introduction. In formalities when it comes to submission of notices
the construction law and dispute resolution and claims. With the PAM 2006 forms of contract
About the
Author he is a household name.
fraternity
in Malaysia,
being a lot more detailed and elaborate (when
Ir.
Harbans
Singh
is a edition
Professional
Engineer, Chartered Engineer,
Arbitrator,
Advocate
and Solicitor
Ir. Harbans’ second
of ‘Commencement
compared
to Mediator,
the PAMAdjudicator,
1998 forms),
Harbans
has
(non-practising). He commenced his career with the Public Works Department, Malaysia before joining an international German
and engineering
Administration’
has
been
released
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highlighted
an
important
area
for
contractors
consultancy practice with whom he worked locally and then in Koblenz, Germany as a designer, resident engineer and
yearscontract
after administrator.
the first Later
edition
and served
comes
Ir. Harbans
with with
a local consultancy
firm in various professional
capacities
is presently
and sub-contractors
to heed
in and
respect
of
domiciled in Malaysia
where he
construction
resolution.
He
is
a
regular
contributor
to
The
Ingenieur,
the
comprehensive
updates
onis active
the in
law.
With law
anand dispute
the provisions for notices and claims for both
Malayan Law Journal, The Law Review and other professional publications. He is the recipient of a number of awards including
additional
400
pages over
the Tan
firstSriedition,
extensions
ofBarclay
time Award
and loss
& Chartered
expense.
Many,
Institution
of Engineers
Malaysia’s
Haji Yusoffthe
Prize (2001),
the Cedric
and the
Institute
of
the Diploma
in International
Commercial
examination
effortArbitrator’s
requiredAward
for for
research
and
putting pen
to Arbitration
if not all,
of such(2003).
provisions on the procedure
paper was certainly no mean feat.
are now mandatory requirements that have to
Ir. Harbans is also the author of a series of four books entitled Harbans’ Engineering and Construction Contracts Management,
This
third
book
in
the
series
of
four
focuses
be
the claims
will
even
co-author of The PAM 2006 Standard Form of Building Contract
andcomplied
Constructionwith
Law in before
Malaysia, contributor
to The
Malaysian
Standard Precedents
and Forms:
Engineering
& Construction
Contracts
and is aby
regular
speaker atadministrator.
courses, seminars The
and
on contractual
matters
that often
have
to be be
considered
a contract
conferences.
addressed after a contract has been awarded explanations and flowcharts in the second edition
to a contractor or sub-contractor. Whilst it is not make light reading in this complex area.
possible for me to list down all the differences
The Construction
Industry
and
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