ABSTRACT
As its name suggests, the Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) Intermediate Building Contract (IC11) is designed to sit between the lengthy Standard Building Contract (SBC11) and the relatively brief Minor Works Building Contract (MW11). The introduction to the contract states that the IC11 is appropriate where the proposed building works are of simple content involving the normal recognised basic trades and skills of the industry without building service installation of a complex nature or other complex specialist work. The IC11 is not suitable for contracts where the contractor is to design discrete part(s) of the works. Where the contractor is to undertake design, and the other criteria for selection of IC11 are met, the Intermediate Building Contract with Contractor's Design (ICD11) should be selected. The insurance provisions of IC11 are almost identical to those in SBC11, and the differences are attributable solely to the different nature of the two forms of contract.
