GENERAL CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT FOR DESIGN AND BUILD CONTRACTS - 1999 EDITION

Oct 28, 2026

General Conditions of Contract for Design and Build Contracts issued by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 1999 edition. Covers core contractual definitions and interpretation, duties and powers of the supervising officer and design checker, assignment and sub-contracting, and the order of precedence of contract documents. Details general obligations of the contractor, site inspection, programme requirements, safety, security, care of works, design responsibility, accident and injury handling, patent rights, notices, compliance with laws, bilingual notice provisions, and site diary and related requirements.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

FormatPDF

Pages52

Reading Time2 h 11 min

AccessFree to download

Definitions and Interpretation

Definitions

Singular and plural

Marginal notes

Payment

Contract governed by Laws of Hong Kong

Gender

Supervising Officer, Supervising Officer’s Representative and Design Checker

Duties and powers of the Supervising Officer, Supervising Officer’s Representative and Design Checker

Assignment and Sub-contracting

Assignment

Sub-contracting

Contract Documents

Order of precedence of contract documents

Treatment of ambiguities or discrepancies

Information not to be divulged

Use of English language

General Obligations

Contractor’s obligations

Contractor to execute Articles of Agreement

Sureties or security

Inspection of the Site

Sufficiency of Tender

Works to be to the satisfaction of the Supervising Officer

Programme to be furnished

Contractor’s superintendence

Contractor’s employees

Setting-out

Safety and security of the Works

Care of the Works

Damage to persons and property

Design responsibility

Interference with traffic and adjoining properties

Remedy on failure to insure

Accident or injury to workers

Contractor to give notice of injury

Patent rights and royalties

Giving of notices and payment of fees

Compliance with enactments and regulations

Notices to be written in English and Chinese

Site diary and labour returns

Fossils

Facilities for other persons

Clearance of the Site on complet

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION GENERAL CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT FOR DESIGN AND BUILD CONTRACTS Printed by the Printing Department 1606037—12L—1/00 (Printed on paper made from woodpulp derived from renewable forests) 1999 EDITION i TABLE OF CONTENTS Clause Page DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION 1(1) Definitions ............................................................................................................................... 1 (2) Singular and plural .................................................................................................................. 2 (3) Marginal notes ......................................................................................................................... 2 (4) Payment ................................................................................................................................... 2 (5) Contract governed by Laws of Hong Kong ............................................................................ 2 (6) Gender ..................................................................................................................................... 2 SUPERVISING OFFICER, SUPERVISING OFFICER’S REPRESENTATIVE AND DESIGN CHECKER 2 Duties and powers of the Supervising Officer, Supervising Officer’s Representative and Design Checker......................................................................................................................... 3 ASSIGNMENT AND SUB-CONTRACTING 3 Assignment .............................................................................................................................. 4 4 Sub-contracting ....................................................................................................................... 4 CONTRACT DOCUMENTS 5 Order of precedence of contract documents ............................................................................ 5 6 Treatment of ambiguities or discrepancies .............................................................................. 5 7 Copyright ................................................................................................................................. 6 8 Information not to be divulged ............................................................................................... 6 9 Use of English language .......................................................................................................... 6 GENERAL OBLIGATIONS 10 Contractor’s obligations .......................................................................................................... 6 11 Contractor to execute Articles of Agreement .......................................................................... 6 12 Sureties or security .................................................................................................................. 6 13 Inspection of the Site ............................................................................................................... 7 14 Sufficiency of Tender ............................................................................................................... 8 15 Works to be to the satisfaction of the Supervising Officer ...................................................... 9 16 Programme to be furnished ..................................................................................................... 9 17 Contractor’s superintendence .................................................................................................. 9 18 Contractor’s employees ........................................................................................................... 9 19 Setting-out ............................................................................................................................... 9 20 Safety and security of the Works ......................................................

FAQs

What is covered in the 1999 edition General Conditions of Contract for Design and Build Contracts?

It sets out contract definitions, interpretation rules, roles of the supervising officer and design checker, assignment and sub-contracting, and the general obligations of the contractor, including safety, care of works, design responsibility, notices, and compliance requirements.

How are contract documents prioritized when there are ambiguities or discrepancies?

The document includes a clause specifying the order of precedence of contract documents and a clause describing how to treat ambiguities or discrepancies.

In what languages must notices be written?

Notices to be written in English and Chinese are explicitly addressed in the general obligations section.

Oct 28, 2026

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