ABSTRACT
In 2010, the Landscape Institute formed the Joint Council for Landscape Industries (JCLI) Contracts Forum with the aim of continuing and developing the JCLI contracts. The JCLI documents are produced by individual member organisations but agreed by JCLI and carry the JCLI badge. JCLI Landscape Works Contract 2017 (LWC) is intended for the construction of new landscape work, both soft and hard landscaping. JCLI also publishes a Landscape Maintenance Works Contract 2017 for use where the landscape contractor is to be responsible for the care of plants, trees, shrubs and grass after practical completion. LWC 2017 is a relative short contract, totalling 46 pages including schedules. The agreement is at the front, followed by the recitals and the contract particulars and there is provision for execution either under hand or as a deed. The employer must appoint a landscape architect or a contract administrator.
