David Chappell
Blackwell Science
Standard Letters for Building Contractors
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Standard Letters for Building Contractors
Third Edition
David Chappell
BA (Hons Arch), MA (Arch), MA (Law), PhD, RIBA Architect and Contracts Consultant Chappell-Marshall Limited
# D.M. Chappell 1987, 1994, 2003 Blackwell Science Ltd, a Blackwell Publishing Company Editorial Offices: Blackwell Science Ltd, 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford OX4 2DQ, UK Tel: +44 (0)1865 776868 Blackwell Publishing Inc., 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148-5020, USA Tel: +1 781 388 8250 Blackwell Science Asia Pty Ltd, 550 Swanston Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia Tel: +61 (0)3 8359 1011 The right of the Author to be identified as the Author of this Work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, except as permitted by the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, without the prior permission of the publisher. First edition published by The Architectural Press 1987 Second