SAICE

General Conditions of Contract for Construction Works (Short Form)

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Product Code: TD/SAI/GCCSF
The new GCC Short Form fills a gap in the SAICE’s portfolio of contract documents, where a more streamlined document, suitable for “Minor Works” projects and without the need for extensive detailed contract conditions which are required in larger, more complex projects, often extending over long time frames. “Minor Works” projects are not only those which cost little, or are repetitive, or are of short duration, or are confined to only engineering or only building, or the design is fully complete, but are those projects which are usually characterised by more than one single criterion or a combination of the criteria described above. “Minor Works” means a type of construction project which can be determined from certain characteristics or attributes as described below. If out of the 5 main criteria shown below, criterion 1 strictly applies, together with any one or more of the other four, then the Short Form is suitable.
Do the Works strictly comply with the following?
1. Straightforward or repetitive work, where:
a) “Design by Contractor” does not apply, and
b) No mechanical and electrical plant are to be built into the works, and
c) Back-to-back subcontracting does not apply, and
d) “Targeted Enterprises” do not apply
AND
Do the Works also comply with any one or more of the following?
2. Time to achieve completion after commencement does not exceed 12 months, or
3. No requirement for sophisticated management techniques, or
4. Impose only low risk on both the procurer and the Contractor, or
5. The design of the Works is almost complete when construction starts.
This means that for example, if “Design by Contractor” applies, which is a violation of Criterion 1(a), then GCC Short Form is not recommended, and GCC 2015 should rather be used.
The GCC Short Form has been developed from the full GCC 2015 document to facilitate compatibility. It contains the same sequence of Sections as GCC 2015, but significantly fewer clauses and sub-clauses (240 vs. 330) have been condensed or omitted.
The GCC Short Form is to be used with the contract documentation format as prescribed by legislation, SANS 10845 and in conjunction with SANS 1921. This is to set out the requirements and constraints relating to the manner in which the contract work is to be performed.

Additional information

Weight 500 g
Author

The South African Institution of Civil Engineering
ISBN Number

978-0-6399234-4-4
Edition

First Edition
Year

2018

1. GENERAL
1.1. Definitions
1.2. Interpretations
1.3. General provisions
2. BASIS OF CONTRACT
2.1. Available data and information
2.2. Adverse physical conditions
2.3. Technical data
2.4. Ambiguity or discrepancy
2.5. Assignment
3. EMPLOYER’S AGENT
3.1. Qualifications of the Employer’s Agent
3.2. Functions of the Employer’s Agent
4. CONTRACTOR’S GENERAL OBLIGATIONS
4.1. Extent of obligations and liability
4.2. Employer’s Agent’s instructions
4.3. Legal provisions
4.4. Subcontracting
4.5. Notices and Fees
4.6. Patent rights
4.7. Fossils .
4.8. Facilities for others
4.9. Construction Equipment .
4.10. Contractor’s employees and superintendence
5. TIME AND RELATED MATTERS
5.1. Time calculations
5.2. Commencement of the Contract
5.3. Commencement of the Works
5.4. Access to the Site
5.5. Time for Completion
5.6. Programme
5.7. Progress of the Works
5.8. Non-working times
5.9. Instructions
5.10. Delays attributable to the Employer
5.11. Suspension of the Works
5.12. Extension of time for Completion
5.13. Penalty for delay
5.14. Completion
5.15. Clearance of Site
5.16. Approval
6. PAYMENT AND RELATED MATTERS
6.1. Payment to Contractor
6.2. Security
6.3. Variations
6.4. Value of variations
6.5. Dayworks
6.6. Provisional sums and prime cost sums
6.7. Measurement of the Works
6.8. Adjustment in rates and/or prices
6.9. Vesting of materials
6.10. Payments
7. QUALITY AND RELATED MATTERS
7.1. Quality of Construction Equipment
7.2. Quality of workmanship and materials
7.3. Access to the Works
7.4. Samples and testing
7.5. Examination of the Works
7.6. Defective materials and work
7.7. Search for defects
7.8. Defects
7.9. Urgent remedial work
8. RISKS AND RELATED MATTERS
8.1. Protection of the Works
8.2. Care of the Works
8.3. Excepted risks
8.4. Indemnifications
8.5. Reporting of accidents
8.6. Insurances
9. TERMINATION OF CONTRACT
9.1. Termination of Contract
9.2. Termination by Employer
9.3. Termination by Contractor
10. CLAIMS AND DISPUTES
10.1. Contractor’s claim
10.2. Dissatisfaction claim
10.3. Dispute Notice
10.4. Amicable settlement
10.5. Adjudication
10.6. Disagreement with Adjudication Board’s decision
10.7. Arbitration
10.8. Court proceedings
10.9. Appointment
10.10. Common provisions
10.11. Continuing validity
CONTRACT PRICE ADJUSTMENT SCHEDULE
ADJUDICATION BOARD RULES
PRO FORMAS
SUBSTITUTIVE CONTRACTUAL TERMS
ALPHABETICAL SUBJECT INDEX