PROGRAM OBJECTIVE

• Among Contractor, Owner Consultant, Who is responsible for what?

• The Range of Possible Contractual Situations that can arise.

• The Actions required to be Taken to Minimize Delay and your Contractual Liability.

• Recommended Contractual Procedures.

• The Documentation to be Generated, including that for resolving usual disputes.

• Situations under which you should consult your Legal Advisers.

PROGRAM CONTENT

• Introduction to FIDIC Form of Contracts

• Rights, Obligations and Responsibilities of each of the parties to the Contract

• Analysis, Recommended Contract Administration Procedures to be followed for each of the Contract Provisions and possible Situations:-

  • Delegation of Authority. Supervision of Works. Satisfaction of Consultant, and, "When he should be satisfied?" Contractor’s Substitutions. Additional Drawings, Discrepancies, Inspection of Drawings, Foundation Drawings.

  • Operation Maintenance Instructions. Responsibility for Setting-out accuracy.

  • Owner Supplied Materials. Lifting equipment, Electricity, Water and Gas.

  • Program of Works Issues: Status of the different programs, Approval, Rejection, Methods of Working, Checking program, Updating program, Revised program, Acceleration of works, CPM etc..

  • Extension of Time for Completion: Entitlement, Critical path, Addition and omission to works, Grouping instructions, Extension of time given, Timing of extension of time, Acceleration. Expedite works, Accelerate, Failure to expedite, Progress measurement methods.

  • Unforeseen Site Conditions: Sub-surface data provided, Disclaimers, Pre-tender site inspection, Obligations of the parties, "Make own interpretations", "Contractor to satisfy himself before tendering...", Expert interpretations, Justified assumptions, Administrative provisions, Tests for: "As-far-as-practicable", Anticipatibility.

  • Possession of Site: Extent of possession of site, Concurrent occupation, Safety-OSHA, Interference, Foundations.

  • Testing and Workmanship: Contractual requirements, Investigations to ascertain cause of defect, Failure to check, Ambiguities, Reimbursable tests, Improper rejection, Commercial waste, Inspection and testing during manufacture.

  • Completion of Works: Test for Substantial Completion, Outstanding Works, Maintenance Certificate, Risks Transfer on Substantial Completion, Final Approval of Works, Unfulfilled Obligations, Completion of Contract.

  • Variation or Change Orders: Contractual Provisions and its Limitations, Performance Outside Contract Requirements, Variation Work to other Contractors, V.O. to Change Program, Specialized Work, Valuation of Variations. Claims: Dispute Resolution, Submission of Details.

  • Payment Conditions

  • Default by Contractor, Default of Owner, Frustration of Contract, Measurement of Works - Standard Method of Measurement (SMM)

  • Suspension of Works, Suspension for Long Periods, Urgent Repairs or Works.

  • Escalation Provisions

  • Warranty, Guarantee, Bonds Insurance.

  • Design Professional and Engineering Contractor Standard FIDIC Contracts.

Program Outcomes and Take-Away/s

Euro Training is in the business of  providing practical useful training programs. Programs that

1. Help the participant implement improvements in his organization.
2. Help the participant gain Multi-discipline understanding of the issues so that he can incorporate the needs and expectations of all his stakeholders/ customers in his improvement proposals and actions.
3. Help build a knowledge framework in which job related experience can be caught and remembered as his experience.

Typical participant will take away a personalized action plan for himself, his business unit or his organization on how to apply the program contents to improve performance. The action plan may have two components:

1. A Personal Action Plan
2. A Business Unit/Organizational Action Plan

Benefits to Organization

Sending participant/s to this program will benefit the organization in the following ways

1. Quickly makes the participants competent, effective and productive on his job. Useful especially for
   1. Training New employees
   2. Competency Building in Existing Employees Transferred to a New Assignment
   3. Training Prior to a New Project or Initiative Planned in the Organization
2. Create Competency in the employee to perform his job well. including in relation to
   1. Relevant Technical Knowledge, Skills and Competencies
   2. Organizations' Strategic Objectives
   3. Needs and Expectations of the Stakeholders/ Customers (internal & external)
   4. Good Management Practices
   5. Identifying opportunities to Exceed Stakeholder/ Customer Expectations
3. Create a pool of trained manpower who can cost-effectively disseminate the knowledge to large number of employees inside the organization. This is made possible by Euro Training's unique easy to understand and use methodology based on Checklist & Quality Assurance Approaches.
4. Euro Training Instructors often act as mentors for your trained employees. A most effective way to ensure effective competency development and application by your motivated staff. We do have consultants available across Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa (Please inquire about our post program mentoring plans)

Participant Individual Career Benefits

1. You gain a multi-discipline understanding of the issues. Meaning when you make proposals and decisions on your related job you will keep in mind the needs and expectations of ALL the stakeholders/ customers (internal & external)
2. The action plan you take away will help you make a difference in your business unit or organization. This difference when added to your resume will make you a prime candidate for career advancement in your own organization or in your next job/s.
3. Understanding and acting with understanding of the Needs and Expectations of your stakeholders/ customers is known to  to enhance Job Satisfaction and reduce Monday Morning Blues.
4. As one of your stakeholders/ customers is Executive Management, therefore the program ensures you will know the Strategic Imperatives that Drive the Organization's Efforts in your relevant job area. In the process enabling you to make a leadership contribution.

This Program is Intended for…

Disruptions on FIDIC Based Works Contracts

Types of Contracts Covered

Analysis of Conditions of Contract for projects involving Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Engineering Maintenance Construction Works using Contracts based on the FIDIC Standard Forms.