Course background

·        Construction disputes are increasing.  Therefore, a knowledge and understanding of managing these, if unavoidable, including adjudication, mediation and arbitration, is becoming very important and increasingly involves more time input.  

Course background

·        This BRAND NEW 1 DAY COURSE is aimed as an introductory session for construction professionals with little or no knowledge of essential property law and practice and will highlight the key points in the land acquisition and disposal process, whether by freehold or leasehold, and whether acting for buyers or sellers, of either individual properties or major development sites.

Course background

·        This BRAND NEW 1 DAY COURSE will discuss the principles of building condition surveys and how they are used in property management and how to identify, investigate and resolve commonly encountered structural defects, including subsidence, that occur in low rise commercial and residential buildings.  Both initial diagnosis and further investigations will be covered, as well as typical repair options. 

Course background

·        This RECENTLY UP-DATED 1 DAY COURSE deals on a ‘practical’ basis with the law and its application to ‘real’ construction time and/or money claims.  It covers all main contract publications including NEC, JCT and PPC 2000 and is relevant to all ‘mainstream’ contracting, including traditional (with BOQ), design-build, target cost, partnering etc.

COURSE BACKGROUND

·        This RECENTLY UP-DATED 1 DAY COURSE will consider tendering procedures, contractual arrangements and the latest Standard Forms of Contract to meet varying needs for small to medium sized schemes, together with those of a refurbishment or maintenance nature.

·        How well do you understand the legal principles of construction contracts you use?  This RECENTLY UP-DATED and revised 1 DAY COURSE will guide delegates through the labyrinth of the principles of contract law, construction contracts - topical and problem issues, tools to get paid in a recession and recent cases.  These will be applied to the interpretation of JCT standard forms of contract and NEC, focusing on potential contractual pitfalls.  Amendments and new contracts will be taken into account as at the time of the course.