Construction & Engineering Law

1 Making Construction Projects

1.1 What are the standard types of construction contract in your jurisdiction? Do you have contracts which place both design and construction obligations upon contractors? If so, please describe the types of contract. Please also describe any forms of design-only contract common in your jurisdiction. Do you have any arrangement known as management contracting, with one main managing contractor and with the construction work done by a series of package contractors? (NB For ease of reference throughout the chapter, we refer to "construction contracts" as an abbreviation for construction and engineering contracts.)

The construction industry in India does not subscribe to any standard form of construction contract, however, some of the commonly used forms include the suite of contracts published by FIDIC (International Federation of Consulting Engineers), ICE (Institution of Civil Engineers) and the model published by the IIA (Indian