Cumberlege, RoyBuys, FanieVosloo, Derick2017-09-182017-09-182008Cumberlege, R., Buys, F., & Vosloo, D. (2008). A review on the effectiveness of the Joint Building Contracts Committee Series 2000 Principal Building Agreemen – a contractors' perspective. Acta Structilia: Journal for the Physical and Development Sciences, 15(2), 97-114.1023-0564 (print)2415-0487 (online)http://hdl.handle.net/11660/6928English: With the growth experienced in the building industry, it is increasingly important to have a contract document that can be used on projects that is reasonably acceptable to all parties concerned. The focus of the study was to determine the effectiveness of the Joint Building Contracts Committee Series 2000 Principal Building Agreement (JBCC 2000 PBA) (Edition 4.1, March 2005) as used in the building industry. Although edition 5 (2007) was made available after this study was conducted, contractors still have the choice to use either one of them. Primary data was collected by means of interviews and a structured questionnaire sent to selected contractors in the South African building industry. Secondary data was obtained from the literature reviewed in relevant publications. The main findings were that the JBCC 2000 PBA is the most favoured contract document used by contractors in the building industry but that there are still areas of concern with regards to the difficulty in interpreting and implementing numerous clauses of the document, amendments being made to the document without any legal advice and that developing building contractors experience difficulties in general where the JBCC 2000 PBA is used as contract document on projects. The study concluded with recommendations for amendments to the contract document to ensure that the document will be acceptable to all contractors in the building industry and ultimately to be an internationally acceptable document.Afrikaans: Met die groei wat in die boubedryf ondervind word, is dit belangrik om ’n kontrakdokument daar te hê wat redelik aanvaarbaar is vir beide betrokke partye. Die doelstelling van die navorsing was om die effektiwiteit van die Joint Building Contracts Committee Series 2000 Principal Building Agreement (JBCC 2000 PBA) (Uitgawe 4.1, Maart 2005) soos wat in die boubedryf gebruik word, te bepaal. Alhoewel uitgawe 5 (2007) beskikbaar gemaak is nadat hierdie studie gedoen is, het kontrakteurs nogsteeds die keuse om enige twee van die uitgawes te gebruik. Primêre data was versamel met behulp van onderhoude en ’n gestruktureerde vraelys gestuur aan geselekteerde kontrakteurs in die Suid-Afrikaanse boubedryf. Sekondêre data was verkry deur ’n literatuurstudie. Die studie het aangetoon dat die JBCC 2000 PBA die mees gewilde kontrakdokument is wat deur kontrakteurs in die boubedryf gebruik word, maar het ook bevestig dat daar areas van kommer is met betrekking tot die interpretasie en implimentering van sommige klousules in die dokument, veranderings word aan die dokument aangebring sonder enige regsadvies en dat ontwikkellende kontrakteurs dit oor die algemeen moeilik vind op kontrakte waar die JBCC 2000 PBA gebruik word. Ten slotte word aanbevelings gemaak ten opsigte van wysigings tot die kontrak dokument wat sal verseker dat die dokument aanvaarbaar sal wees vir alle kontrakteurs in die boubedryf asook internasionaal as ’n aanvaarbare dokument erken sal word.enContract documentConstruction guaranteeContractorsDisputesJBCC 2000 PBARetentionArticleUniversity of the Free State