Courses Overview:
This 1 day course prepares delegates to proficiently deal with the JCT contracts suite in the construction industry. The revised 2016 JCT contracts are mandatory knowledge for contractors, sub-contractors, project managers, designers and construction professionals, and this course caters to everyone by introducing the whole suite and explaining the 2016 changes.
Our highly experienced speakers will delve into the world of JCT contracts, and guide delegates to feeling confident in approaching and dealing with JCT Standard Building, Intermediate Building and Minor Works Contracts, and Framework Agreement, Repair and Maintenance and Measured Term Contracts; as well as understanding and being aware of the other contracts in the JCT 2016 suite.
Benefits of this course:
Hear real, practical, anecdotal evidence of pitfalls from professionally qualified and practising speakers
Interact with the speaker to resolve questions throughout the day
Benefit from a post-seminar helpline facility
Understand the evolution of the JCT contract suite
Appreciate the extent of the suite of the JCT contracts
Recognise the difference JCT has to other standard forms
Be cognisant of the approach that JCT provides to contract
Receive tips to ensure maximum recovery though the contracts and minimise delays, poor quality and losses.
Course Content:
Cross-Contract Changes
Section headings and integration of sectional completion
Simplification
Abbreviation and modernisation of wording
Changes in dispute resolution provisions
Review of extension of time and L&E clauses
Removal of statutory material and procedural matters
Appendix
JCT 2016 Standard Building Contract
Integrated options built into the contract for contractors design portion
Division of work into sections
Third party rights
Subcontractor collateral warranties
Design document procedures
PL Insurance
Exclusions from SBC 2016
Review of adjustment to completion date and L&E provisions
Comparison with earlier 2011 forms
Related sub-contracts
JCT 2016 Intermediate Building Contract & With Contractors Design
Changes, including new design version
Names sub-contractors
Division of the works
Inclusion for collateral warranties
JCT 2016 Minor Works Building Contract & With Contractors Design
Replaces JCT MW 1998
Traditional form and with a contractor design versions
JCT 2016 Framework Agreement
Non-binding and binding versions
Role and legal status of the Framework Agreement
Organisational structures
Decision-making and collaborative-working
Supply chains
Confidentiality
Health and safety
Environmental considerations
Value engineering
Change control
Problem solving
Termination
JCT Repair and Maintenance Contract (commercial)
For simple, one-off jobs
JCT Measured Term Contract
Formatting changes
Simplification of pricing mechanisms
Subcontracts
Standard Building Contract
Design and Build
Intermediate
Minor Works
Generic subcontract
Construction Management Appointment
Management Contract
Collateral Warranties
The New Construction Act
Brief review of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 and its impact on payment and adjudication provisions together with a review of recent legal cases and their potential impact.
Close Course Content