Construction Contracts Masterclass

Course Info

Date: Jan-27-2025

Length: 1 Week

City: London

Fees: 4,350

Type: In Classroom

Available Dates

  • Jan-27-2025

    London

  • Mar-10-2025

    London

  • May-05-2025

    London

  • July-28-2025

    London

  • Oct-20-2025

    London

  • Dec-15-2025

    London

Dates in Other Venues

  • Dec-23-2024

    Barcelona

  • Dec-30-2024

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Dec-30-2024

    Istanbul

  • Dec-30-2024

    Dubai

  • Jan-27-2025

    Dubai

  • Mar-10-2025

    Dubai

  • Mar-24-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Mar-24-2025

    Istanbul

  • Mar-24-2025

    Paris

  • Mar-24-2025

    Barcelona

  • Mar-24-2025

    Amsterdam

  • Mar-24-2025

    Singapore

  • May-05-2025

    Dubai

  • June-23-2025

    Amsterdam

  • June-23-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • June-23-2025

    Paris

  • June-23-2025

    Singapore

  • June-23-2025

    Barcelona

  • June-23-2025

    Istanbul

  • July-28-2025

    Dubai

  • Sep-22-2025

    Paris

  • Sep-22-2025

    Istanbul

  • Sep-22-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Sep-22-2025

    Amsterdam

  • Sep-22-2025

    Singapore

  • Sep-22-2025

    Barcelona

  • Oct-20-2025

    Dubai

  • Dec-15-2025

    Dubai

  • Dec-22-2025

    Barcelona

  • Dec-22-2025

    Paris

  • Dec-22-2025

    Istanbul

  • Dec-22-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Dec-22-2025

    Singapore

  • Dec-22-2025

    Amsterdam

Course Details

Course Outline

5 days course

Basics of Construction Contracts


  • Introduction to contracts and their significance
  • Discussing the need for contracts in construction projects
  • Understanding the process of contract formation
  • Distinguishing between the traditional and modern contracting structure
  • Discovering common standards contract forms:


  1. FIDIC
  2. NEC
  3. LOGIC


  • Overview of various legal systems


 Common Issues in Construction Contracts


  • Discussing issues with competitive tendering
  • Identifying the impact of negotiating power in contracting process
  • Understanding how contracts is affected by industry, region and law
  • Defining standard of work and understanding its associated issues
  • Discussing issues with design responsibility and fitness for purpose
  • Describing indemnities clauses and their issues
  • Problems with insurance in construction contracts

Claims and Variations


  • Identifying the causes of claims and variations
  • Discovering scope of work variations
  • Understand the claim of time extension 
  • Determining when concurrent delay occurs
  • Definition of force majeure and its examples
  • Discussing when termination can happen and its issues

Construction Contract Liability


  • Defining liability in terms of construction contracts
  • Describing copyright clauses in plans
  • Understanding limits of liability and its forms:


  1. Fixed Sum vs. Lump Sum


  • Discovering common contract liability in construction:


  1. Bill of Quantities vs. Schedule of Rates
  2. Adding Incentive Fees
  3. Escalation
  4. Economic Price Adjustment


  • Discussing the purpose of liquidated damage and its associated penalties
  • Overview of liability under law:


  1. Selection of the right index
  2. Call-off contracts

Disputes Resolution


  • Discovering sources of disputes
  • Identifying the role of negotiation techniques in dispute resolution
  • Determining the role of collaboration in handling conflicts and resolving disputes
  • Exploring dispute resolution approaches:


  1. Third-party approaches
  2. Alternative approaches for dispute resolution


  • Discussing when to go with third-party techniques or alternative approaches for dispute resolution