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GENERAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT [6 records]

Record 1 2025-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Contracts
CONT

[A bid package contains] construction drawings, an invitation to bid, instructions to bidders, specifications-including general conditions, special conditions, technical specifications and related items, a bid bond, a performance bond, a labor and materials payment bond, and the contract for construction between owner and contractor, plus associated addenda and change orders.

Key term(s)
  • bidding package
  • tendering package
  • bidding documents
  • tendering documents
  • invitation-to-tender package
  • bid documentation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Marchés publics
CONT

Les dossiers d'appels d'offres doivent être des dossiers complets[.] Les pièces du dossier d'appel d'offres sont : le cahier des charges générales[;] le cahier des charges particulières[;] le devis descriptif[;] l'exemplaire type de soumission[;] les plans nécessaires à l'étude et les coupes[;] un devis estimatif avec ses annexes[.]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contratos gubernamentales
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Record 2 2024-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plans and Specifications (Construction)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Execution of Work (Construction)
CONT

Change orders are a necessary part of every construction project. They are issued to accommodate changes to the construction contract, generally by the owner or consultants to the general contractor(GC) or the construction manager(CM)...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Devis, cahiers des charges et plans (Construction)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Exécution des travaux de construction
CONT

Bien qu'une planification minutieuse permette d'atténuer les changements pendant la construction, des circonstances imprévues peuvent toujours survenir, affectant la portée et le calendrier de votre projet. Ces événements inattendus se traduisent par des ordres de modification coûteux s'ils ne sont pas pris en compte à l'avance [...] Qu'est-ce qu'un ordre de modification? Les ordres de modification sont des travaux supplémentaires qui modifient l'étendue des travaux et le budget de votre projet. [...] Les ordres de modification peuvent également consister en une réduction de l'étendue des travaux, ce qui devrait se traduire par un crédit dans le coût du projet.

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Contracts
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Execution of Work (Construction)
DEF

The documents which together constitute the entire contract and which are essential for its execution.

CONT

Contract documents : These comprise all the documents relating to the construction of a proposed... work, and include form of contract, general conditions of contract, specifications, bill of quantities, schedule of prices or rates, contract drawings, form of tender and the preliminary programme chart.

Key term(s)
  • contractual documents
  • contractual document
  • contract document
  • contract documentation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Marchés publics
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Exécution des travaux de construction
DEF

Ensemble de documents décrivant l'objet du contrat et nécessaires à son exécution.

CONT

Pièces contractuelles. Les pièces constitutives du marché [...] sont les suivantes : l'acte d'engagement; le cahier des clauses administratives particulières (C.C.A.P.); le cahier des clauses techniques particulières (C.C.T.P.) contenant la description des ouvrages et les spécifications techniques; [...] les documents tels que plans, notes de calculs [...]; l'état des prix forfaitaires, le bordereau des prix unitaires ou la série de prix [...]; le détail estimatif; [...] le ou les cahiers des clauses techniques générales (C.C.T.G.) [...]; le cahier des clauses administratives générales (C.C.A.G.) [...]

OBS

Le terme «documents contractuels» se trouve dans le Guide de la politique des approvisionnements et services en usage au MAS et dans le Manuel du Conseil du Trésor.

Key term(s)
  • document contractuel
  • document relatif au contrat

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contratos gubernamentales
  • Derecho de contratos (common law)
  • Ejecución de los trabajos de construcción
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Record 4 2010-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Civil Engineering
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Engineering
CONT

... the megastructure to which the contract related was design-built. This meant that tenders were called for, contracts were entered into with the Owner and work was commenced before all of the details of the structure or of the work involved in the various phases of construction was decided upon, such details being conceived, planned and established from the general design as the work progressed. It was established that this method of construction was fairly common nowadays for large construction projects and that the main reason for this method of construction being adopted is to enable an owner to get on with the project much sooner and save many months and sometimes years of detailed planning and designing otherwise required for very large projects before tenders could be called for.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie civil
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Ingénierie
DEF

Se dit de mégaprojets dont la conception et la construction sont placés sous une seule et même responsabilité.

OBS

Équivalents proposés par le Service de traduction, Groupe SNC.

Spanish

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Record 5 1992-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landscape Architecture
CONT

Landscape maintenance refers to the general upkeep of exterior site spaces, including both hard and plant materials. The initial maintenance program on a site is the contractor's responsibility. A maintenance agreement for the period of construction and after is usually included in the tender documents as part of the landscape contract. It continues usually for four to six weeks after the project is finished and includes a one-year replacement guarantee for plant material. After this period, maintenance becomes the owner's responsibility.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture paysagère

Spanish

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Record 6 1989-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Execution of Work (Construction)
CONT

After the award of a construction contract to a general contractor, the owner may ask the contractor to start work before signing of the contract by giving the contractor a letter of intent or after signing of the contract by issuing a written notice to proceed.

CONT

During construction, the administrator sends inspectors periodically to inspect the work. ... On completion of construction, if the work conforms to code requirements, the administrator issues to the owner a certificate of occupancy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exécution des travaux de construction
DEF

Opération concourant à la construction, à la réparation, l'entretien ou la démolition d'un ouvrage de bâtiment ou de génie civil.

Spanish

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