Contracting Construction Project

A Comprehensive Course on Construction Contracts and How to Negotiate, Administer, and Manage Them

Overview

Construction Projects are complex undertakings from the point of procurement, to contracting, execution and managing the works and often avoiding conflicts and resolving disputes that may arise. An understanding of the intricacies (often far more common sense than legalistic) of contracting can go a long way to appreciating how best to negotiate, administer, and manage such projects.

Objective

• Understanding Contractual Terms - The session considers contract in general, language, formation, principal elements, relationship/requirements, tendering process, key terms and clauses, key provisions, types, interpretation, performance, unenforceability, breach, remedies with contracts.

• Procurement, Intent, Award, Model and Standard Forms - The session considers strategies, methods, and international procurement; purpose, circumstances, legal effect of Intent/Award; types/models of construction contracts, types, use, elements, essential clauses and amending standard form contracts.

• Negotiating and Collaborating - The session considers general, style, guidelines, skills involved with Negotiating the whole construction process and ultimately adopting a Collaborative approach in all aspects of construction contracts.

• Managing Disputes – The session considers the consensual and adjudicative dispute resolution regimes including conciliation, mediation, neutral evaluation, expert determination, dispute boards, adjudication, arbitration and litigation

Target Audience

• Architects

• Company / Project Directors

• Construction Project and Site Managers

• Contract Administrator

• Consultants

• Professional Engineers

• Quantity Surveyors

Course Outcome

Upon completion of this course, participants will gain a deeper understanding of construction contracts and how to best negotiate, administer, and manage such projects. Participants will learn the necessary skills to successfully collaborate and negotiate construction contracts and will be better equipped to manage disputes and avoid conflicts within the process.

Professional Benefits

Professionals will also benefit from the knowledge gained in this course, as they will be better poised to effectively manage and administer projects, leading to more successful projects and an overall improved performance.

Course Fees (Incl GST)

SCAL member: $580.00

Non-member: $622.00

Speaker's Profile

Anil Changaroth

Managing Director of ChangAroth Chambers LLC, ChangAroth InterNational Consultancy, ODRasia & ODRanz

Anil a Conflict Avoidance, Dispute Resolution, Restorative Justice and Online Dispute Resolution practitioner, is an accredited Mediator; Arbitrator (Fellows of the Chartered, Singapore and Philippines Institutes of Arbitrators); Adjudicator (with the AIAC); an Emotional Intelligence (EQ) coach; and is the Country Representative (Singapore) for the ADR ODR International and Dispute Resolution Board Foundation.

Having been in practice since 1995, ChangAroth Chambers LLC focusing on Appropriate Dispute Resolution involving infrastructure, building, and construction projects and most aspects of Commercial, Civil, Criminal and Corporate Front End Advisory. Anil who holds a Master of Science in Construction Law & Arbitration, Kings College London & National University of Singapore, qualified and is admitted as an Advocate & Solicitor of Singapore, a Solicitor of England and Wales, and a Barrister at Law (Middle Temple of England & Wales, also practiced internationally and in house as General Counsel and Director of Contract Advisory and Dispute Management division of Davis Langdon & Seah (Arcadis Group). In 2019 his book Resolving Disputes, a Guide to the Options for Appropriate Dispute Resolution, published by Marshall Cavendish International Asia.

Anil who is honoary legal advisor to Singapore Institute of Architects (since 2010) and its Small and Medium Architectural Practice committee (since 2009); Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers, and Society of Interior Designers Singapore, is on the legal technology front the Ministry of Law Singapore (& Lupl Inc partnered)’s Advisory Member (pioneer) on the Industry Engagement and Advisory Group (IEAG) for the Legal Tech Platform (LTP) and hold the Singapore Management University‘s Graduate Certificate in Law & Technology and Executive Certificate on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.