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Class Number Subject
343.07869 Construction Law
510 Mathematics
620 Engineering
620.11 Engineering Materials
621 Mechanical Engineering
621.3007 Electrical Safety
621.381 Electrical Engineering
624 Civil Engineering
624.1 Structural Engineering
624.18 Construction Materials
624.2 Bridges
625.7 Roads and Highways
690 Construction
690.068 Construction Management
690.22 Health and Safety
690.24 Building Maintenance
691 Building Materials
692 Surveying
692.4 Tender and Contracts
692.5 Estimates
692.6 Project Management
692.9 Construction
693.5 Concrete
693.834 Robust Details
696 Building Services
697 Energy
721 Architecture

JCT contracts

JCT building contracts are available through the CIS database:

Also see the Lexis Practical Guidance database. You can find 2024 JCT Contracts on here. (After logging in, choose the Construction practice area, then choose Standard form construction contracts):

FIDIC contracts

FIDIC contracts are available on Lexis Practical Guidance and via Construction Information Service (CIS).

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National Building Specification

NBS is a UK-based system of construction specification used by architects and other building professionals to describe the materials, standards and workmanship of a construction project. Only registered Built Environment staff and students can access this database, Please check with Built Environment staff to obtain the user name and password.

CIOB (Chartered Institute of Building) Contracts

Lexis Practical Guidance contains quick links to searchable PDF copies of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) Time and Cost Management Contract 2015 suite of contracts.

Finding information

See the Finding Information page which explains what searching techniques there are so that you can find the most relevant information for your needs. It also has tips on saving results and how to evaluate your sources.

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