Dealing with Everyone’s Construction Contract Nightmares + Construction Act Up-date
Short course
In London, Solihull and Manchester
Description
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Type
Short course
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Level
Intermediate
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Duration
1 Day
A number of problem issues come up in Construction Contracts time after time and cause time consuming and often costly difficulties if they are not dealt with properly, including before they arise. Despite such issues being commonly encountered, they are often not understood and so the possibility of such matters arising and/or becoming more serious problems is very great. This will review many such common issues and seek to explain the position in law. Suitable for: The course is suitable for Consultants, including Project Managers, Architects and Engineers, Contracts and Site Managers and Quantity Surveyors
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About this course
An understanding of the construction industry
Reviews
Teachers and trainers (5)
Ashley Boon
Associate
Evans Steven
Associate Director
Jaz Bilkhu
Senior Consultant at Alway Associates
Jaz Bilkhu BSc(Hons), Diploma in Law, PGDip Construction Law, MRICS, ACIArb Jaz Bilkhu is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor (MRICS) and is also a Professional Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (ACIArb). His academic qualifications include BSc (Honours) Quantity Surveying, Diploma in Law from the College of Law and a Post Graduate Diploma in Construction Law.
Kevin McKee
Mr Kevin McKee BSc (Hons), Dip Arb, FRICS, FCIArb. FInstCES
Lorne Alway
Mr Lorne Alway LLB (Hons), FRICS, MCIArb, Barrister
Course programme
COURSE BACKGROUND
A number of problem issues come up in construction contracts time after time and cause time consuming and often costly difficulties if they are not dealt with properly, including before they arise. Despite such issues being commonly encountered, they are often not understood and so the possibility of such matters arising and/or becoming more serious problems is very great.
This 1 DAY COURSE will review many such common issues andseek to explain the position in law andprovide the delegates with a betterunderstanding so that they can dealwith/avoid such issues more effectively.The course is suitable for consultants,including project managers, architects andengineers, contracts and site managers andquantity surveyors.
SPEAKERS’ PANEL
The speaker for each course will be from a panel of Ryland Ash, Nigel Clayton and Michael Rowlinson.
OVERVIEW
Law and contracts
• Documentation and settling the contract – incorporating terms, qualifications and questions of liability. Tenders lapsing. Conflict and ambiguity. Pre-Contract knowledge and communication
• Executing the contract and limitation
• Letters of intent
• Recognising and dealing with impossibility, unforseeability and uncertainty
• Allocating risk between the parties including price and time
Security and third parties
• Bonds guarantees, parent company guarantees
- Warranties and third party rights
Design
• Standards and scope – contractor and consultants. retrospective design liability. design development. design and workmanship
• Checking design and responsibility. Approval/acceptance. Duty to warn
• Novation
Time
• Progress and programmes. Regularly and diligently. Expeditiously. Method Statements. Programmes for early completion. Acceleration. Provision of information – timing, content and requests. Discrepancies
• Completion – substantial, practical. Early completion. Take over and partial possession.
• Delays and extensions of time. Delay damages – liquidated/unliquidated. Cause and effect concurrent delays
Money
• Payment and late payment. Interest. Suspension/termination
• Variations and valuation including consequential effect and prolongation
• Loss, expense, costs and compensation - the position in law
• Retention release
Termination and administration
• Grounds and procedures for termination – do’s and dont’s. Consider the implications and the outcome.
• Ownership and retention of title terms and conditions. Possession and recovery. Incorporation
The New Construction Act
• Likely impact on JCT Family.
• Brief Review of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 and its impact on payment and adjudication provisions
Additional information
Credits/Points: 6 CPD points
Students per class: 20
Dealing with Everyone’s Construction Contract Nightmares + Construction Act Up-date