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Claims and Insolvencies

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The construction industry covers a complex field of activity involving many operative skills and conditions which vary considerably from one project to another. Site and climatic conditions, market conditions, project characteristics and available resources are some of the variables, each of which can have a significant effect on the operation of the contract.

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  1. Nottingham, UK

    Ivor H. Seeley BSc, MA, PhD, FRICS, CEng, FICE, MCIOB (Emeritus Professor of Trent Polytechnic, Consultant Chartered Quantity Surveyor)

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  1. Ivor H. Seeley BSc, MA, PhD, FRICS, CEng, FICE, MCIOB
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Seeley, I.H. (1984). Claims and Insolvencies. In: Quantity Surveying Practice. Macmillan Building and Surveying Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-17599-4_7

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