The Construction Leadership Council (CLC) has raised concerns about clients in construction amending industry-approved forms of contract to introduce terms that are “onerous and/or difficult to insure”.
The CLC believes this “ongoing practice” makes contracts unviable, reduces competition, increases risk and leads to unnecessary legal costs required to review legal liabilities as a result of the amendments.
The industry body advises that construction clients use instead standard form building and engineering and professional services agreements issued by contract-producing bodies without amendments, except when project-specific risks and relationships require it.
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