Course duration: 2 Days

Cost: £650 + VAT

DAY ONE

0930 – 1000 Introduction

• Who, Why and What
• Course style & aims
• Organisation
• Personal questions and aims
• Topics

1000 – 1030 Contract Law – a quick reminder

• “Freedom of contract”
• The written contract
• Certainty in theory and practice
• Drafting principles
• Getting the words correct
• Defences

1030 – 1100 The “Performance” Contract – Strategy & Risks

• The Performance contract and the Work contract
• Risks and interfaces
• Four considerations
• What it is versus what it does
• Contract types and attitudes
• Specifications and test specifications
• Contract scenarios
• Scenario implications.

1100 – 1115 Coffee

1115 – 1200 The “Shape” of the contract

• The tender process
• The different parts of the contract
• The need to organise
• Agreement
• Conditions
• Specifications (and standards)
• Everything else
• The test regime
• Putting the Contract together
• Preparing for the project – records and cost records

1200 – 1215 The Shape of the conditions

• General and preliminary
• Contract Management
• Design
• Manufacture & procurement
• Site installation
• Testing
• Closure

1215 – 1300 Sources & Differences

• MF1
• IChemE
• Red/Price
• Green/Cost
• Burgundy/Target Cost
• Flexibility
• Relationship

1300 – 1400 Lunch

1400 – 1515 Background

• What the clauses say
• What they give you
• The consequences

1515 – 1530 Tea

1530 – 1630 Background & Contract Management

• What the clauses say
• What they give you
• The consequences

1630 – 1700 Design Risk and Price Risk

• What the clauses say
• What they give you
• The consequences

DAY TWO

0930 – 1000 Subcontracting

• What the clauses say
• What they give you
• The consequences

1000 – 1030 From Design to Site

• What the clauses say
• What they give you
• The consequences

1030 – 1100 Site Erection/Installation

• What the clauses say
• What they give you
• The consequences

1100 – 1115 Coffee

1115 – 1145 Site Erection/Installation

• What the clauses say
• What they give you
• The consequences

1145 – 1230 Completion Testing

• What the clauses say
• What they give you
• The consequences

1230 – 1300 Tests Performance and Guarantees

• What the clauses say
• What they give you
• The consequences

1300 – 1400 Lunch

1400 – 1430 Time and lateness

• What the clauses say
• What they give you
• The consequences

1430 – 1515 Change

• What the clauses say
• What they give you
• The consequences

1515 – 1530 Tea

1530 – 1630 Payment and Dispute

• What the clauses say
• What they give you
• The consequences

1630 – 1700 Final questions

1700 Close