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020 _a9780073397849
041 0 _aeng
080 _a347.12 PLO
100 _aBockrath, Joseph T.
245 0 0 _aContracts and the legal environment for engineers & architects /
_cJoseph T. Bockrath, Fredric L. Plotnick.
246 _aContracts and the legal environment for engineers and architects
260 _aNew York :
_bMcGraw-Hill,
_cc2011.
300 _a589 f
_bme il
_c24 cm
500 _aIncludes index.
505 _aEvolution 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 0 _aEngineering contracts
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aConstruction contracts
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aArchitectural contracts
_zUnited States.
700 _aPlotnick, Fredric L.
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_cBK
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