AS 4902, 1st – General conditions of contract for design and construct

AS 4902 was prepared by the Joint Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand Committee OB/3, General Conditions of Contract.
This Standard incorporates Amendment No. 1 (March 2005). The changes required by the Amendment are indicated in the text by a marginal bar and amendment number against the clause, note, table, figure or part thereof affected.

AS 4902 is the result of a consensus among Australian and New Zealand representatives on the Joint Committee to produce it as an Australian Standard.

AS 4902—2000General conditions of contract for design and construct, is a part of the suite of conditions of contract based on AS 4000—1997General conditions of contract.

This Standard covers the following types of project procurement methods:

(a).design and construct;

(b).design development and construct; and

(c)design, novate and construct.

If the project procurement method chosen by the Principal is

(a) design and construct—the Principal would provide the Principal’s project requirements, would not normally provide a detailed preliminary design and would not require novation;

(b) design development and construct—the Principal would provide the Principal’s project requirements, would always provide a preliminary design and accordingly would complete Annexure Part A Items 10 and 11;

(c) design, novate and construct—the Principal would provide the Principal’s project requirements, would always provide a preliminary design, would complete Annexure Part A Items 10 and 11 and would complete Annexure Part A Item 20 stating which subcontract (including consultant’s agreement) or selected subcontract is to be novated to the Contractor.