REGULARS: ROOFING MATTERS
JBCC completes revision
of key building contract
The Joint Building Contracts Committee (JBCC) has completed a
revision of what is probably the building industry’s most essential
documentation – the JBCC Principal Building Agreement.
By Uwe Putlitz, CEO of the Joint Building Contracts Committee (JBCC)
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insured. Highlighted also in the revision is
insurance that covers the transit phase of
imported building materials, such as via
shipping where marine insurance may
be required.
New stipulations to expedite prompt
payment and rewording of aspects covering
suspension, termination, dispute resolution
and penalties are in the revised agreement.
To make the JBCC agreement more
adaptable for use in other African countries,
the agreement also allows for the use of
local adjudicators, arbitrators or mediators
in the country where a contract is used.
Generally, the costs of adjudication and/or
mediation will be shared equally by all
parties involved in a dispute.
The JBCC agreement still has the main
objective to identify disputes before they
occur, proper and proactive action in this
regard, and the creation and adherence to
recorded and accessible communications.
The revisions simply clarify and/or
strengthen the applicable
contractual agreements.
BCC is a non-profit company that
represents building owners and
developers, professional consultants
as well as general and specialist contractors
who all provide input for the compilation of
JBCC agreements (or contracts) that portray
the consensus view of the committee’s
constituent members.
The constituent members felt the time
had come to issue a revised JBCC Standard
Form of Building Contract which has as its
main aim the avoidance of disputes in
contractual matters in the industry. In
revising the JBCC Standard Building
Contract, they also felt that aspects of
insurance needed to be included. Insurance,
such as work by direct contractors and ‘free
issue’ to contractors that could lead to
accidental damage, now must be specified
and included in the work’s insurance.
In addition, insurance cover against
specialised work or periphery actions
involving construction equipment and
materials that do not strictly fall under the
‘building’ category, must be specified and
Insurance cover forms an important part
of the revised JBCC Principal Building
Agreement, says Uwe Putlitz, CEO of JBCC.
NOTEWORTHY CHANGES
FOR THE 2018 EDITIONS
• The adaptation of the text for easier
reading with fewer cross-references;
• Revised layout of the contract data;
• Revision of certain definitions; and
• Rewording of clauses related to
insurances and payments.
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