ICE Conditions of Contract for Archaelogical Investigation

These Conditions of Contract, the first of its kind, regulate the business relationship between the Employer and the specialist Archaeological Contractor during the course of an Arcaeological Investigation. The Contract retains a pattern traditional in civil engineering contracts, with an investigation commissioned by an Employer (Landowners, developers etc.), designed or approved by an Engineer and carried out by a specialist Archaeological Contractor, only that the term 'Consultant' is used instead of 'Engineer'. Its advantages include:Providing parties to the Contract with and ""advanced warning"" of circumstances that may give rise to additional costs or delay or which may warrant a significant change tothe scope of the Investigation; enabling the niminisation of additional cost and/or delay as well as potential for dispute; minimising the incidence of disputes and resolving those that may arise in aspeedy and non-confrontational manner.On that basis that many archaeological contracts will fall within the provisions of Part 2 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996, this Contract has been drafted to comply with the legislation with the intention that the variouw Statutory 'Schemes for Construction Contracts' should not apply.