Different Between PAM 2006 and PWD 203

P.W.D. Form of Contract 203 (2007) P.W. P.W.D D Form of Contract 203/203A (Revised 2007)

These are the traditional forms of contract based on drawings and specification (203) or   bills of quantities (203A) produced for use in public sector or government projects in  both building and civil engineering en gineering contracts. enerall! ene rall! it can be said that a majorit! of  the ris"s have been transferred to the contractor under these standard forms of contract and this remains true with the 200# version. Although the forms are considered biased in favour of the overnment it ie evident that the overnment have been on the losing side in a number of legal and contractual disputes. The standard form is generall! used in conjunction with the accompan!ing standard administrative forms which have been produced specificall! for use with the contra contract ct forms forms and in man! man! instan instances ces enhance enhance the obliga obligatio tions ns contain contained ed within within the conditions of contract. enerall! the $ontractor is allowed to claim for e%tensions to the contract period for  various circumstances deemed the overnments ris"s& but generall! not for loss and e%pense as a result of such. 'ne other oddit! is the fact that no retention mone! is with withhe held ld from from pa!me pa!ments nts.. A cont contrac racto torr whos whosee empl emplo! o!me ment nt is term termin inat ated ed will will be  blac"listed from underta"ing future overnment projects and there is no provision for the contractor determining his own emplo!ment with the overnment. t is not uncommon for these standard forms to be adopted and used in private sector   projects with amendments made to reflect the change in mplo!er. t should be noted that although the *+, forms of contract are used e%tensivel! on nearl! all government projects there are some e%ceptions such as projects which receive funding from the +orld -an" or Asian ,evelopment -an" which adopt variants of the ,$ orms of $ontract.

PAM 2006

PAM 2006 tandard Form of !"i#din$ Contract

The /ala!sian nstitute of Architects (*ertubuhan Ar"ite" /ala!sia –  *A/) form of  contract for building wor"s are b! far the most often adopted standard forms of contract used for building wor"s in the /ala!sian private sector. *A/ 200 is the third generation of the *A/ standard form has been adapted greatl! from the first generation version "nown as *A/ 1. The first edition was for practical purposes a lightl! amended version of the $T 13 standard form of building contract. *A/ 200 comes in two versions& with quantities and without quantities and it was launched on April 200#. The latest edition has received mi%ed reviews from the industr!. /an! consider it still to remain cluttered with deficiencies and glaring omissions which man! construction and legal practitioners still consider difficult to comprehend and appear to have been carried through from earlier editions. ,epending upon the !our point of view !ou will either consider the latest edition of this form to be more balanced in respect of ris" allocation or pro4contractor in comparison with earlier editions such as the second generation *A/ 15 version. There is now  provision of elements of contractors design in this latest version which also places greater  time constraints on both the contract administrator and contractor in the administration of  the contract.