JCT Minor Works Building Contract 2016 (MW)

The JCT Contracts 2016 edition reflects new payment legislation and makes other changes which include:

• Incorporating and updating provisions from the JCT Public Sector Supplement relating to Fair Payment, transparency and BIM into JCT Contracts
• CDM Regulations 2015
• Reflect the Public Contracts Regulations 2015
• Changes in respect of payment , designed to reflect Fair Payment principles and to simplify and consolidate the payment provisions
• Provisions for the grant of Performance Bonds and Parent Company guarantees. An extension of (Works) Insurance Option C
• Minor updates and clarification of the intellectual property provisions. Incorporate (where appropriate) the provisions of the JCT 2012 Named Specialist Update

2016 JCT Minor Works Building Contract

Appropriate:

• Where the work involved is simple in character
• Where the work is designed by or on behalf of the Employer
• Where the Employer is to provide drawings and/or a specification
and/or work schedules to define adequately the quantity and quality of the work
• Where a Contract Administrator is to administer the conditions
• Can be used: by both private and local authority employers

Not suitable:

• Where bills of quantities are required
• Where provisions are required to govern work carried out by named specialists
• Where detailed control procedures are needed
• Where the Contractor is to design discrete part(s) of the works, even though all the other criteria are met consider Minor Works Building Contract with contractor's design (MWD)