Working with JCT Minor + IFC Contracts

Course background

This RECENTLY UP-DATED 1 DAY COURSE reviews the JCT Minor Works Building Contract 2005 (2009) including the Revision 2 changes and the setting up and administration of the forms in practice. All too often, given their targeted use with small and intermediate scale works, ‘Minor Works’ and ‘Intermediate’ Contracts are entered without real understanding or care of what the implications will be.

The course is suitable for Employers, Architects, Contract Administrators, Quantity Surveyors, Contractors and Sub-Contractors.

OVERVIEW

Introduction – using the appropriate form of contract

• Importance of adopting the right form. Risks of inappropriate use of Minor Works and Intermediate Building Contract 2005 (2009). Main criteria for choosing. Advantages and disadvantages of simplified contract conditions. Other forms available. Contract Documentation. Amendments. Conflict of documents. Terms – express/implied. Content of the form. Project specific matters. Revision 2 changes.

Execution of the works

• Contractor’s general obligations. Architect’s/Contract Administrator’s power and authority. Instructions. Statutory Obligations. Materials and workmanship. Defects and making good. CDM. Insurance. Sub-Contractors and Assignment. Design.

Time

• Possession of the Site. Practical completion. Late completion. Extension of time – events and contractual mechanism. Progress requirements. Suspension. Liquidated and Ascertained Damages. Sectional Completion.

Payment, valuations and variations

• Flexibility of pricing documents. Certificates and payments, interim and final measurement. Variations. Provisional sums. Loss and/or expense. Interest. Payment for offsite goods and materials. Common law claims.

The New Construction Acts

Brief Review of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 and its impact on payment and adjudication provisions.