Standard bidding document

Defects Liability Certificate is the certificate issued by Employer upon correction of defects by the Contractor.

Defects Liability Period is the period calculated from the Completion Date where the Contractor remains responsible for remedying defects.

Drawings include calculations and other information provided or approved by the Employer for the execution of the Contract.

Employer is the party who employs the Contractor to carry out the Works, as specified in the SCC.

Employer’s Representative means the person named by the Employer in the Contract or appointed from time to time by the Employer under Clause 13. [The Employer’s Representative], who acts on behalf of the Employer.

Employer’s Personnel means the Employer’s Representative, the assistants referred to in Clause 13.5 and all other staff, labour and other employees of the Employer’s Representative, and any other personnel notified to the Contractor, by the Employer or the Employer’s Representative, as Employer’s Personnel

Equipment is the Contractor’s machinery and vehicles brought temporarily to the Site to construct the Works.

Force Majeure means an exceptional event or circumstance: which is beyond a Party's control; which such Party could not reasonably have provided against before entering into the Contract; which, having arisen, such Party could not reasonably have avoided or overcome; and, which is not substantially attributable to the other Party.