Legal Guide To 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.)

As an introduction, it is important to note that the United Arab Emirates ("UAE") is a civil law system, and the UAE Civil Transactions Law, No. 5 of 1985 (as amended) (known as the "Civil Code") forms the cornerstone of the law applicable to civil transactions.  Therefore, the basic questions of how a contract is