ABSTRACT
The Minor Works Contract 2011 Edition (MW11) is a traditional building contract. MW11 brings the insuring provisions further in line with the Standard Building Contract 2011, compared with MW05. The Minor Works Contract 2011 Edition is appropriate for works that are simple in character, where the work is designed by, for or on behalf of the employer, where the employer is to provide drawings and/or a specification and/or works schedules that adequately define the works and where the conditions are to be administered by an architect/contract administrator. For contracts where the employer requires the contractor to undertake some portion of the design, the appropriate contract is the Minor Works Building Contract with Contractor's Design ("MWD"). Unlike the Intermediate Building Contract with Contractor's Design 2011 Edition (ICD), MWD11 does not include an option to require professional indemnity insurance in respect of the contractor's design portion; and this may influence an employer's choice of contract.
