The Carters-sponsored Building Legends workshops are developed specifically for construction practitioners. The topic for the next workshop series is Contracts 101 and we are pleased to announce dates for a workshop in Auckland. Should the March workshop be over-subscribed, we propose to run a second Auckland workshop in the second quarter of 2022.
Contracts 101 – Interpreting and Administering a Construction Contract
Contracts 101 will be of interest to any builder or project manager who submits and/or reviews tenders, negotiates and/or signs contracts, or works under the terms of those agreements.
The workshop has two components:
- Contract interpretation – ensuring that all parties are aware of their responsibilities under the contract
- Contract Administration – providing practical tools and techniques to both, ensure project team familiarisation with the contract, and to link project operations to the contract
Workshop Outline
Contract Interpretation
- Documents issued prior to the Date of Acceptance of Tender: What are the documents that comprise the invitation to tender and how to interpret them
- Notice to tenderers: What they are they and how to deal with amendments to documents that have been previously issued
- The Contractor’s tender: Determining the essential elements of an offer
- Post offer negotiations: What they mean and how to keep a record of the negotiations tidy
- The counteroffer and acceptance: Delineating between the separate stages that lead to acceptance
- The Contract agreement: Converting the acceptance into ‘The Contract’
Contract Administration
- Treating the contract as a document to be referred to continuously – front of mind for the management and project team
- Tips on ensuring project operations are aligned with the agreement
- Converting actionable items into a roles and responsibilities matrix
- Scenario roleplaying with your teams to ensure contract comprehension
Speakers
- Charles Brown, Engineer to Contract Lead and Project Director, The Building Intelligence Group
- Janine Stewart, Partner – Construction, MinterEllisonRuddWatts
- Sam Lomax, General Manager and Director, Savory Construction
Workshop Details
- The workshop is run over 2 x three-hour sessions and registration covers both sessions:
Session 1: Wed 9 March 2022 (3:00pm-6:00pm)
Session 2: Wed 23 March 2022 (3:00pm-6:00pm)
- Cost: The cost for the workshop will be $475 + GST for NZIOB Members and $575 + GST for Non-Members.
- Location: Carters Head Office, 64-68 Harris Road, East Tamaki, Auckland
- CPD Credits for NZIOB Members: 10
