Contract with Builder for Extension

heatherstreasur wrote: »

I am about to embark on building an extension and want to put some form of contract in place between ourselves and the builder. Has anyone used a contract and if so which one? I have seen that the RIAI has one but is there anything more straight forward and less complicated than this? Or should we go ahead with RIAI contract. In addition who normally puts the contract together?

Any advice greatly appreciated!!

Thanks :-)

RIAI has three contracts and they are the standard forms used in the industry so are tried and tested and fit for purpose. You do need to make ammendments to the wordings and strike out certain clauses depending on what you wish to achieve in terms of risk allocation.

The pink SF88 is for smaller type contract values. Its a straight forward contract but I personally dont like it as its very loose and contains no provision for nominations but it does do what it says on the tin. ie contract for small works

Blues form is the main form contract for drawings and spec jobs where no bill of quantities is involved. Yellow form is the same as blue apart from the inclusion of a bill of quantities as a contract document (no real need to use yellow in todays market unless there is a lot of unknown entities in the project, as it would be subject to remeasure)

Architect/ Design team leader is usually the person who arranges for the contract to be drawn up on projects.