The Joint Contracts Tribunal produces Standard forms of contract, guidance notes and other standard documentation for use in the construction industry. After recommendations in the Latham Report The current operational structure comprises 8 members who approve and authorise publications. They are the Association of Consulting Engineers, the British Property Federation, the Construction Confederation, the Local Government Association, the National Specialist Contractors Council, the Royal Institute of British Architects, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the Scottish Building Contract Committee.

History

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The Joint Contracts Tribunal was established in 1931. It consisted of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and the National Federation of Building Trades Employers (NFBTE). The common purpose was to publish and where necessary amend a standard form of building contract. The JCT published important new editions of the form in 1939, 1963, 1980 and 1998. From its beginnings JCT has expanded the number of contributing organisations. In 1998 JCT became a limited company.

Suite of Standard Forms

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Link to JCT Standard Forms Website

Suite of Standard Forms means a group of all the mutually consistent documents necessary to operate a particular method of procurement and produced to enable them to be used together, including the following where applicable:

• consultant agreements
• a main contract between the employer and the main contractor;
• sub-contracts between the main contractor and its sub-contractors (both for sub-contractors selected by the employer and for other sub-contractors);
• a standard form of sub-sub-contract between a sub-contractor and such sub-contractor's sub-sub-contractors;
• a design agreement between an employer and a specialist designer;
• forms of tender for issue by an employer to prospective main contractors and for issue by a main contractor to prospective sub-contractors and for issue by a sub-contractor to prospective sub-sub-contractors;
• a form of contract for the supply of goods;
• forms of bond (including performance bonds) and collateral warranties.

Main Forms

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JCT substantially revised and rewrote the 1998 family of forms listed below. ;re-write of this page is imminent

Main Contracts

1. The Standard Form of Building Contract (JCT 98) in the following variants
   • Local Authorities edition with quantities
   • Local Authorities edition without quantities
   • Local Authorities edition with approximate quantities
   • Private edition with quantities
   • Private edition without quantities
   • Private edition with approximate quantities
   • There is also a Contractor's Designed Portion Supplement (CDPS)
2. Major Project Form (MPF 03)
3. Intermediate Form of Building Contract (IFC 98)
4. Standard Form of Building Contract With Contractors Design (WCD 98)
5. Management Contract (MC 98)
6. Minor Works Agreement (MW 98)
7. Prime Cost Contract (PCC98)
8. Measured Term Contract (MTC 98)
9. Jobbing Agreement (JA 90). This consists of the tender JA/T and the agreement conditions JA/C
10. Agreement for Housing grant Works (HG(A))
11. Building Contract for Home Owner/Occupier (where client deals directly with the builder)(HO/C)
12. Building Contract for Home Owner/Occupier (who has appointed a consultant)(HO/RM)
13. Contract for Home Repairs and Maintenance (HO/RM)
14. Construction Management Documentation

Sub-Contracts

External links

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• JCT Website

Sources

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JCT Website
Architects Legal Handbook - Eighth Edition - Anthony Speaight, Gregory Stone

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