GN 69/2011
                         Contract administration                                                                                       RICS Practice Standards, UK
                         1st edition, guidance note
                         This guidance note aims to provide practical guidance to RICS
                         members in England and Wales who undertake the role of contract                                               Contract
                         administrator (‘CA’).                                                                                         administration
                         The role of the CA covers a wide range of possible services and
                         projects from the smallest residential scheme through to larger                                               1st edition, guidance note
                         commercial projects. 
                         The guidance note covers the following guidance:
                         • Appointing a contract administrator
                         • Roles and responsibilities of a contract administrator
                         • Appendices containing useful checklists and office administrative
                           procedures.
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     Contract administration
     RICS guidance note
     1st edition (GN 69/2011)
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      Acknowledgments
      The development of the RICS Contract administration guidance note was facilitated by RICS Building
      Surveying Professional Group under the direction of the Working Group.
      The members of the Working Group formed to oversee drafting were:
      Lead author
      Terry Northwood BSc (Hons) FRICS, Northwood Collings Ltd
      Working group
      Ian Haywood BSc (Hons) MRICS, Property Tectonics Limited
      Andrew Loveland BSc (Hons) MRICS, King Sturge LLP – Building Consultancy
      Douglas Field, Community Solutions for Primary Care
      Roland Finch BSc FRICS ACIArb, NBS
      Ian Bull MRICS, Galliford Try Construction Limited
      Duncan Salmon, Speechly Bircham LLP
      John Parsons, RICS
      The Working Group expresses its thanks to the RICS members, for their co-operation and advice in the
      detailed consultations that have taken place.
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