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Financial Protection in the UK Building Industry: A Guide for Clients and the Construction Supply Chain - Reading Construction Forum

  • Authors: Will Hughes; Patricia Hillebrandt; John Murdoch 1
  • Paperbound ISBN: 978-0-7277-2717-6
  • Publication Date: April 1998
  • Format: Paperbound

Book Summary

There is a clear need for financial protection in the construction industry, both to guarantee satisfactory completion of construction projects and to guard against non-payment. However, the cost of financial protection is often felt to be disproportionately high, with unnecessary overlap between different measures. The Reading Construction Forum has commissioned and steered research which is published in this report in an effort to bring the problem out into the open and to clarify the various options open to the various parties and stakeholders in the construction process.

Table of Contents

  • Task Group members

  • Chairman's statement

  • Introduction

  • Research findings

  • Types of protection measure

  • Guidance for clients

  • Guidance for main contractors

  • Guidance for sub-contractors

  • Guidance for consultants


  • Affiliations: 1: University of Reading
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