Contractual Awareness in UK Construction

COURSE CONTENT

DAY ONE -
HALF DAY SEMINAR (MORNING) CONTRACTUAL AWARENESS

HALF DAY SEMINAR (MORNING)
CONTRACTUAL AWARENESS

· Making a contract – general rules
· Tender enquiry and tender
· Post tender negotiations, letters, meetings, minutes
· Contractor's order
· Applicable contract conditions
· Contractor's obligations and performance of the Works
· Performance bonds and guarantees
· Insurance
· Letters of intent
· Third Party Rights
· Architect's, Engineer's and Contractor's Instructions
· Submission of drawings
· Programmes and method statements
· Approvals and revisions
· As-built records
· Bills of Quantities / Specification
· Design changes and their impact
· Contractor's duty to warn of design errors
· Variations and change orders – evaluation
· Dayworks - entitlement
· Payment and remedies for late payment
· Records
· Practical / substantial completion
· Responding to aggressive correspondence
· Delays / disruption
· Prolongation / disruption losses – recovery
· Use of the SCL Protocol
· Maintenance and defects obligations
· Dispute resolution

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