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What does JCT mean? JCT refers, in practice, to the Joint Contracts Tribunal and its suite of standard-form construction contracts used to procure building works and services. It is an industry shorthand rather than a term defined in legislation or case law. The JCT suite (including Design and Build, Standard Building Contract, Intermediate, Minor Works, term and framework contracts, sub-contracts and collateral warranties) provides a structured allocation of risk and clear provisions on design responsibility, payment and retention, variations, extensions of time, liquidated damages, loss and expense, insurance, termination and dispute resolution (including adjudication under the UK “Construction Act”). Usage varies by jurisdiction: - England and Wales:...

Case law on JCT SBC 2011 clause 2.27.1 compliance

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Clause 2.27.1 of the JCT Standard Building Contract 2011 (SBC)

Clause 2.27.1 provides that where it becomes reasonably clear that progress of the Works, or any Section, is delayed or likely to be delayed, the Contractor must at once notify the Architect/Contract administrator, explaining the material circumstances, including the reasons for the delay, and in that notice point out any occurrence he regards as a Relevant Event...

Lexis+® UK practical point: the same wording appears in the Standard Building Contract 2016 (cl 2.27.1) and in the JCT Design and Build Contract 2011/2016 (cl 2.24.1), save that in the design and build forms the addressee ‘Architect/Contract Administrator’ is replaced by the ‘Employer’...

Two principal questions arise when deciding whether a notification clause such as SBC clause 2.27.1 has been properly observed:

what does the obligation to give notice ‘Forthwith’ encompass, and is the contractor obliged to meet this condition?
what level of notification/particulars of the ‘material circumstances’ must be provided?

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