DB 2016 Design and Build Contract 2016 2016 DESIGN AND BUILD CONTRACTDesign and Build Contract (DB) Appropriate: + where detelled contract provisions are necessary and Employer's Requirements have been prepared and provided to the Contractor, ‘+ where the Contractor is not only to carry out and complete the works, but also to complete the design; and ‘© where the Employer employs an agent (who may be an external consultant or employee) to administer the conditions. Can be used: ‘© where the works are to be carried out in sections; ‘+ by both private and facal authority employers. Where the Contractor's design responsibily is restricted to discrete parts of the works and he is not responsible for completing the design for the whole works, consideration should be given to using one of the JCT contracts that provide for the employment of an ArchitecContract Administrator and limited design input by the Contractor. Published September 2016 by Thomson Reuters (Professional) UK Limited, trading as ‘Sweet & Maxwell, Friars House, 160 Blackfriars Road, London SE1 8EZ (Registered in England and Wales, Company No 1678046. Registered Orfice and address for service: 2nd floor, 1 Mark Square, Leonard Street, London EC2A 4&<).. For details of 2016 Ecition changes, see the Design and Build Contract Guide (DB/G) and the Tracked Change Document. All rights reserved. No part ofthis publication may be reproduced, stored in 2 retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, except in accordance with the provisions. of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Thomson Reuters and the Thomson Reuters Logo are trademarks of Thomson Reuters. Sweet & Maxwell @ is a registered trademark of ‘Thomson Reuters (Professional) UK Limited. © The Joint Contracts Tribunal Limited 2016 wun itt. co.uk ~