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A construction contract is a contract specifically negotiated for the
construction of an asset or a combination of assets that are closely
interrelated or interdependent in terms of their design, technology and
function or their ultimate purpose or use.
They are special contracts which are done on the basis of the deisgn, technology etc as mentioned itself in the definition. IN layman languages it is just a contract for which cost is negotiated on basis of factors and if in furture any of the factor is changed than cost of the contracts with change accordingly. For construction of buildings etc.
isA fixed price contract a construction contract in which the contractor
agrees to a fixed contract price, or a fixed rate per unit of output, which
in some cases is subject to cost escalation clauses.
Here the contract price is fixed as mentioned above and subject to escalation clause means if there is increase in cost of input such as cost of material, than the cost of contract will increase accordingly.
isA cost plus contract a construction contract in which the contractor is
reimbursed for allowable or otherwise defined costs, plus percentage of
these costs or a fixed fee.
They are special contracts where one cost is fixed and variable. conditions for variable costs are already defined in contract. In simple if any additional cost is incrurred except the fixed cost it will be reimbursed.