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工程管理专业英语（二） Professional English For Engineering Management （Ⅱ） 教 程 COURSE 长沙理工大学工程管理系 2012年11月 目 录 Lesson 1 Bidding 1 Text A Invitation to Bid 1 Text B Instructions to bidders 6 Lesson 2 Management and Engineering Management 10 Text A Management 10 Text B Engineering Management：a synthesis 14 Lesson 3 Conditions 1~3 for the FIDIC Contract 16 Text A General Provisions 16 Text B The Employer 27 Text C The Engineer 29 Lesson 4 Planning Techniques 33 Lesson 5 Alternative Financing Strategies for BOT Project 36 Lesson 6 Types of Construction Cost Estimates 39 Lesson 7 Risk Management Basics 42 Lesson 1 Bidding Text A Invitation to Bid The invitation to bid is sometimes known by such names “notice to bidders”, “Advertisement for bids,” “request for proposals”, and the like, but the intent is always the same:to briefly describe the project to propective bidders and to invite their bids on the work. Since the invitation to bid is often classed as one of the construction contract documents, is it always essential to include one in the set? The answer is a resounding “No!”.An invitation should be extended to prospective bidders only when such bids are wanted, and there are many times when open bidding is not the order of the day. For instance, if you have already selected your general contractor and this is to be a 搉egotiaeted?contract, it would be foolish to issue an invitation to other bidders to make proposals. The invitation serves no purpose other than to attract prospective bidders by telling them briefly what the job is and how they go about securing copies of the documents to bid upon. If you already have enough bidders, and you have secured them by other means such as personal contact or previous notice, there is little meaning to the ritual of a formal gilt-edged invitation to your party if you don’t really want more guests. On the other hand, any time your project is on the money from the public coffers you can almost depend on having a leg