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Introduction

This workshop focuses on practical solutions for today’s construction problems. Actual case examples are discussed, explaining contract performance, how to resolve construction disputes, prepare for a litigation case, and the bidding process.
The workshop also covers legal issues, from contract formation to the final payment, and is designed to assist construction professionals and their lawyers in day-to-day construction activities. The emphasis is on using the civil law code as the legal framework of the contract.
This workshop provides the construction professional with a detailed understanding of scheduling project activities, along with identifying the critical activities and critical path.
It also covers resource management, resource levelling and allocation as essential elements in controlling project costs and establishing the resources needed.
In addition, it provides a basis for the many areas of estimating that construction professionals may face. Other methods of cost control, such as value engineering and earned value, will also be discussed.
The workshop systematically covers the subjects vital to training competent contract and field administrators to manage time, cost, documentation, and disputes. It focuses on the legal, technical, and personal responsibilities involved in observation, supervision, and coordination of on-site construction.
It increases knowledge of construction practices and control techniques and develops skills in management, contract administration, decision-making and, finally, contract close-out – all essential in administering the contract.
In this workshop you will analyse the issues when a dispute arises during construction, examine its time and cost impacts on a project, and learn how to put in place more cost-effective procedures to resolve such disputes amicably by the parties before project close-out.
You also learn how to deal with contract claims, prepare and negotiate a settlement, and produce a counterclaim if needed. You will build your negotiation and mediation skills, learn how to prepare for and proceed with arbitration, and how to deal with litigation.

Objectives

The aim of this workshop is to enhance the awareness of construction professionals regarding their rights, responsibilities and legal liabilities and the methods of managing risk to achieve their project objectives.
The workshop will also give a broad overview of legal problems encountered in the industry.
It will provide comprehensive instruction on key issues which contracting authorities and contractors need to focus their attention, from early planning to contract tendering and award, with emphasis on the applicable law.
This workshop will explain the techniques for scheduling a project, establishing time-cost relationships, resource management methods, different types of cost estimates, and expanding one’s cost-estimating skills. Practical examples will be given to increase familiarity with the various methods and their components, with the goal of preparing cost estimates and project schedules as accurately as possible.
This practical workshop will teach you how to identify management responsibilities, develop your communication skills, learn effective administrative responsibilities, understand legal requirements, structure effective record-keeping methods, and promote good organizational and contract close-out procedures.
The aim of this workshop is to prepare you to analyse dispute causes and their impact on the time and cost of a project, and to effectively assess the parties’ entitlements to negotiate an amicable settlement.
You will also expand your knowledge of negotiation and mediation and improve your practical skills, through role plays, to resolve disputes more effectively in an amicable manner. You will also gain a better understanding of how arbitration works, and how to deal with litigation if all else fails to resolve the matter.

Who Should Attend?

This workshop will benefit contractors, sub-contractors, building design engineers, civil engineers, employers, developers, contract managers, project managers, consultants, specification-writers, government employees, public-sector employees, buyers of construction, owners, contract administrators, specification writers, officers of project management firms and construction management firms, officials of government agencies responsible for bid calls, architects, bond and insurance providers.

Training Method

• Pre-assessment
• Live group instruction
• Use of real-world examples, case studies and exercises
• Interactive participation and discussion
• Power point presentation, LCD and flip chart
• Group activities and tests
• Each participant receives a 7” Tablet containing a copy of the presentation, slides and handouts
• Post-assessment

Program Support

This program is supported by:
* Interactive discussions
* Role-play
* Case studies and highlight the techniques available to the participants.

Course Agenda

The course agenda will be as follows:
• Technical Session 08.30-10.00 am
• Coffee Break 10.00-10.15 am
• Technical Session 10.15-12.15 noon
• Coffee Break 12.15-12.45 pm
• Technical Session 12.45-02.30 pm
• Course Ends 02.30 pm