What form of Contract should be used on a Construction Management project?
The form of contract will depend upon whether or not a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) is required and whether the contractors have subcontracts with the Construction Manager or have direct contracts with the Owner. These features of the contract may be mandated by the procedural requirements of administrative agencies that may be involved with the Project or by law. AGC Document No. 520 – “General Conditions for Trade Contractors Under Construction Management Agreements” may be used in any of these cases. AGC Document No. 510- is recommended For the agreement between the Owner and Construction Manager except when the Owner awards all trade contracts. The preceding questions and answers are designed to clarify use of the Construction Management concept as applied by CCDI. They are offered as guidelines and require your understanding that each construction project is different from any other and that special circumstances are addressed with special solutions. Skill, integrity, and respon
