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General Conditions of contract used and issued originally by the Department of Public Works (NSW) and now managed by ProcurePoint and used by a number of NSW government departments for public works contracts.

Conditions set out in standard forms of Contract are known as general conditions. Where the parties employ standard forms of general conditions but wish to vary or expand upon these provisions, additional conditions may be included in the Contract which are frequently described as Special Conditions which normally take precedence over general conditions.

Damages awarded for non-pecuniary loss or damage.  They comprise past and future losses that are not precisely quantifiable, such as damages for loss of future earnings and for pain and suffering

Scientific methods and engineering principles used to resolve engineering problems involving materials of the earth's crust. Geotechnics encompasses soil mechanics, rock mechanics, geology, geophysics, hydrology and related sciences.

A claim made by a contractor which rolls up or incorporates a number of individual claims on the basis that they are indivisible.  Such claims are highly susceptible to challenge.

An obligation in a Contract to act with honest intent and not to act intentionally or capriciously in a manner likely to cause another party to be deprived of a benefit the other party would otherwise have obtained under the Contract, or which takes an unfair advantage over another party.

That degree of skill, care, prudence and foresight and existing practice which should reasonably and ordinarily be expected from time to time of a skilled and experienced contractor, engaged in the same type of workmanship as that of the contractor under the same or similar circumstances.