附录A 英文原文 The engineering claims related theory [The summary] In this paper, the engineering claims related theory must research and engineering claims to the owner and the contractor classification and meaning between the claim to understand. The engineering claims and the meaning and the claim classification The claim was in the project contract performance of the contract, one party because the other party fails to fulfill the obligations prescribed by the contract suffered losses, to the other party claim behavior. In practice, a claim is a two-way street, the construction unit and the construction units may claim. Usually, claim "means the contractor (construction unit) in the implementation of the contract, the causes of non-self engineering extension of time, cost and increase demand for pensation of losses to the owner a claim. And the owner (the construction units) for the construction unit shall bear the responsibility belongs to cause, and the actual loss happened, ask pensation to the construction unit, called reverse claim pensation. The nature of the pensation claims belongs to behavior, not punished. In the general claim can negotiate way through friendly solution, if both sides can't reach promise, the dispute by arbitration can solve. Can claim from different angles, and according to the different standards of the following categories: (1)The ca