Managing cashflow is key for the construction industry. Court decisions guide contract administration disputes for the 2026 construction industry. Participants will be provided with a comprehensive guide on whether liquidated damages can be validly imposed either from an upstream client or from a main-contractor to a downstream sub-contractor; understand when and how variations can be validly claimed, and how and what happens if defects are disputed or not rectified. This seminar will also discuss quantum meruit and profit and attendance issues from the speaker’s landmark successful claim for a contractor as featured on the Straits Times (31 January 2026) “Foreign worker charity ordered by High Court to pay contractor over $1 million in renovation costs” and consider potential force majeure issues arising from 2026 oil price increases.
Participants will gain knowledge and understanding of typical construction law issues from project start to end towards satisfactory final accounts, otherwise to properly protect the rights of a party in accordance with the law and the contract. All these issues affect the economic well-being of a company as a difference-maker in the current construction economy.
Daniel Tay LLB (Hons.) LLM (Dist.) FSIArb
Director, BR Law Corporation
Lecturer, BCA Academy
Lecturer, Singapore University of Social Sciences
Daniel is the Director of BR Law Corporation. He has been in practice from 2007 to date across a broad range of issues in commercial law and specialises in the engineering, building and construction, real estate and tenancy, hospitality, commercial and residential design and build sectors, advising on a broad range of commercial legal issues in arbitration and litigation to contract advice, commercial disputes, defects and damage, insolvency, regulatory offences, insurance, professional indemnity, mediation and construction adjudication.
Daniel teaches construction law and construction contract administration to industry professionals as a lecturer for the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) Academy and the Singapore University of Social Sciences. He is Honorary Legal Advisor to the Singapore Institute of Architects, author of the LexisNexis Singapore Annotated Statutes for the Building Maintenance and Strata Management Act, Honorary Legal Advisor for the Tampines Industrial Manufacturers Association, a regular speaker on construction law for industry associations and interviewed on MoneyFM for OBike issues. Daniel comments on legal issues for the built environment on news media including MoneyFM, Channel 8, Lianhe Zaobao and ChannelNewsAsia for the 2025 Tanjong Katong sinkhole incident. His recent successful claim for a contractor was featured on the Straits Times (31 January 2026) “Foreign worker charity ordered by High Court to pay contractor over $1 million in renovation costs”.
He is a Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators, appointed to the Inquiry Panel of the Law Society, appointed to the Singapore Institute of Legal Education CPD Compliance Committee and was selected in 2018 as Singapore Business Review's 20 Most Influential Lawyers Under 40.
0.5 Day Course
Training Hours – 3.0 hours
English
This webinar is not eligible for funding.
Course Brochure
Construction Law: Delays, Variations, Defects and Key issues in the 2026 Construction Economy
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