Specifications for Building Words and How to Write Them; A Manual for Architectural Students - Softcover
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIX. CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT. HE conditions of contract are very frequently modelled upon the headings prepared by the Royal Institute of British Architects and the London Builders' Society in 1870; or on the schedule prepared by the Institute in 1895, which latter, however, does not meet with the complete approval of the builders; and the student may, if he thinks fit, adopt one or the other of these models. Or he may, if he prefer, adopt the suggested headings which we now give. No. 1.--The contractors shall execute and completely finish in a good, substantial, and workmanlike manner, in accordance with the directions, and to the satisfaction, of the architect, the several works shown and described in the drawings and specification, and such further drawings, details, and instructions as may from time to time be given by the architect in explanation. The contractors hereby admit that the said plans and specification are sufficient for their intended purposes, and that the works can be successfully executed in accordance therewith, without any additional or extra work other than such work as is necessarily implied therein, or to be inferred therefrom upon a fair and liberal construction. In case of any apparent discrepancy between the drawings and specification, the architect is to decide which shall be followed. (Before the contract is signed the contractors should have ample opportunity of examining drawings and specification, and all necessary details should be prepared and furnished before the signing of the contract. The new conditions of the Institute provide for an infringement of this desirable rule by stipulating that the architect shall furnish details within a certain time after the receipt of request for same.) A complete copy of the d...
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