Research On Prescription Of The Claim For Engineering Projects

It is usually believed that engineering claim between the parties of a contract is inevitable because of the complexity of the construction project, thus make claim to be an important part of engineer project management. Claim is a difficult and complicated work, but worthy one. Contractors can reduce their cost and safeguard interest via claim. The provision on the prescription of the claim in a contract is an urge for both parties to handle divergence in time, which can avoid delaying and further lost. For this point, to conduct a research on prescription is very significant. The thesis tries to analyze the cause of claims to help construction project practitioners understand engineering claim better, and help them prevent the claim events. It also tries to distinguish the provision of prescription in the FIDIC and in the domestic contract, and to illustrate the differences between prescription and the limitation of action, which play a positive significance to contractors by offering more distinct explanation about prescription of the claim.