Making a difference

Procurement of Works & Dispute Avoidance

Public sector infrastructure projects can provide lasting benefits to millions of people. These high profile medium to long-term multi-disciplinary contracts do however face many risks and challenges from inception to completion. Skilled professionals are required to ensure completion of works projects on time, to specification, within budget and without dispute.

This course will equip participants with the skills and knowledge to understand the challenges that surround civil works tendering and contracting and will develop skills and techniques to overcome problems to achieve project success. It will also examine the management of risk and explore strategies for dispute avoidance as well as resolving claims and settling disputes.

Who should attend
Works and procurement managers, lawyers, engineers and others involved in the planning, tendering, contract management and monitoring of works projects.

How you will benefit
By the end of the course you will be able to:

• develop and implement a personal action plan
• liaise effectively with all necessary stakeholders
• prepare robust works tender documentation
• assess all major forms of works contracts and manage them effectively
• implement a physical asset management strategy to ensure your infrastructure has an optimal life span
• undertake works projects that minimise the risk of costly contractual disputes

Course profile

• Contract law
• The stakeholders in a Works Project
• Types of Works contract
• Selection of most appropriate types contract based on scope and nature of risks
• Forms of contract including NEC and FIDIC
• Risk Assessment & Management
• Tender Procedures
• Bid evaluation
• Award of contract
• Cost Estimating
• Contract and contractor management
• Variations and contractual claims
• Dispute resolution and avoidance
• Physical Asset Management