Abstract

For the important role of (Contract Conditions for Civil Engineering
Works) as a principal contractual document, that regulates rights, duties, and
delegations of the Client, the Contractor, the Engineer, and their representatives in
the construction project. This analytical criticizing study has been carried out,
covering the Contract Conditions, issued by the Ministry of Planning and
Developing Cooperation in August 2007. The study aims at amendments, seeking
for justice in consequence to preliminary bond, natural conditions, equipment, time
effect on cost, supporting excesses, stopping works, and inception date. Then to be
consistent with Iraqi laws concerning invalidation, definitions, contradiction rules,
calculation mechanism of liquidated damages, limiting variations domain, and
renovating obsolete rules. In addition, it seeks for better organizing by classifying
the rules, providing enough spaces to write down related information, specifying
time schedule and construction method, supporting national products, insurance,
tests, and extending period. It also seeks for proper Arabic by using suitable
expressions and titles, omitting not mentioned refers, correcting words and typing
mistakes. It is recommended that the Ministry of Planning and Development
Cooperation may take with these recommendations.