In order to be considered a construction contract, one of the following must apply:
the construction, alteration, repair, maintenance, extension, demolition or dismantling of buildings, or of structures forming, or intended to form, part of the land (whether permanent or not);
the construction, alteration, repair, maintenance, extension, demolition or dismantling of any works forming, or intended to form, part of the land, including (without prejudice to the foregoing), walls, roadworks, power-lines, telecommunication apparatus, aircraft runways, docks and harbours, railways, inland waterways, pipe-lines, reservoirs, water-mains, wells, sewers, industrial plant, and installations for the purposes of land drainage, coastal protection or defence;
the installation in any building or structure or fittings forming part of the land, including (without prejudice to the foregoing), systems of heating, lighting, air-conditioning, ventilation, power supply, drainage, sanitation, water supply and fire protection, and security and communications systems;
the external or internal cleaning of buildings and structures, so far as this is carried out in the course of their construction, alteration, repair, extension or restoration;
operations that form an integral part of, or are preparatory to, or are designed to render complete, such operations as previously described, including site clearance, earth-moving, excavation, tunnelling and boring, laying of foundations, the erection, maintenance and dismantling of scaffolding, site restoration, landscaping and the provision of roadways and other access works;
the painting or decorating of the internal or external surfaces of any building or structure.