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Typical sequence of contract events(Red book)

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The contract goes through a long sequence of events. the client or his agent will prepare the design for the contract. next step is issuing tendering document such as specification, drawing, and BOQ, etc. then the contractor will be assigned to do the job and the sequence continues until returning the performance security by the client . for simplification, I prepared the following diagram for contract events.






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