{"id":11988,"date":"2018-07-03T22:15:13","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T22:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/examchum.uk\/?p=11988"},"modified":"2018-07-03T22:15:13","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T22:15:13","slug":"mathematical-errors-in-tender-returns-if-not-using-jct-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/examchum.uk\/landscape-architecture\/mathematical-errors-in-tender-returns-if-not-using-jct-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"What can you do about mathematical errors in tender returns if you are not using a JCT contract?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In principle, different standard contracts follow different rules of how to deal with mathematical errors found by the Contract Administrator during the checking of tender returns.<\/p>\n<div class=\"title-h4\">JCT<\/div>\n<p>In JCT, the rule is that you\u2019ll follow what\u2019s stated in the bill, rather than the drawings. The specific guidance for this can be found in JCT Practice Note 2012.<\/p>\n<div class=\"title-h4\">JCLI<\/div>\n<p>The correction of any inconsistencies that may be found in the contract documents, is provided for with the simple statement that they shall be corrected and if this involves a variation, valued as such, leaving every case to be treated on its merits. The question of precedence is dealt by the statement that the contract conditions shall prevail over all others, leaving by implication the accepted convention that<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Drawings take precedence for location<\/li>\n<li>BoQ for quantity<\/li>\n<li>The Specification for quality.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In principle, different standard contracts follow different rules of how to deal with mathematical errors found by the Contract Administrator&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11078,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[153,20],"tags":[497,115,439,485,498,283],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What can you do about mathematical errors in tender returns if you are not using a JCT contract? - ExamChum<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/examchum.uk\/landscape-architecture\/mathematical-errors-in-tender-returns-if-not-using-jct-contract\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What can you do about mathematical errors in tender returns if you are not using a JCT contract? 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