INDEX 279 



CONSULTING ENGINEER 



advertising by, not desirable, 5 



American definition of, 51 



commission, not to pay, 5 



definition of, 1,3 



degree of skill required in, 52 



discount, should not receive, 5 



duties of, described, 3 



not to be interested in contracts, 4 



shareholder, should not be, when, 4 



should not solicit employment, 5 



standard for judging competence of, 51, 52 



substitute of, 33 



CONTINGENT REMUNERATION (see FEES) 



CONTRACT (and see TABLE, p. 63) 



acceptance of work done under, 78 



partly performed under, 85 

 accident preventing completion of, 78 

 authority of persons contracting, 66 

 between employer and sub- contractor, 187, 188 

 bills of quantities, whether part of, 107, 108 

 by tender and acceptance, 98 

 clause providing for execution of, 251 

 clauses in, as to old materials, 90, 91 

 completion of, 76, 77 



summary of law as to, 84, 85 

 consideration for, 69 

 construction of, 69, 70 

 covenant implied in, 74 

 custom imported into, 72 (and see CUSTOM) 

 deviation from, agreement for, how proved, 71 

 deviations from, 81, 82 

 extras to, ordered by engineer, 82 

 form of, generally, 67, 68 

 general conditions of, 68 

 illegal, how defeated, 70 

 illegality of, 69 

 implied promise to pay for work done under, 84, 85 



terms in, 73, 74, 81 

 impracticability of works under, 82 

 in more than one document, 65 

 inconsistency between parts of, 68 

 instalments payable under, 80 

 latent ambiguity in, 70 

 " lump sum," 76, 77 



failure to complete, 77 

 mistake in, 75, 76 



when relief granted for, 76 



