Engineering and Construction Law Training
Why This Programme Exists
This engineering and construction training is for engineers, project managers and procurement teams who sign off on designs, contracts and technical deliverables. The design was sound; the contract allocated a risk to a party that had no ability to carry it, and nobody noticed until the risk materialized.
This is a three-day programme for the people who sign, administer and live with those contracts.
Who This Engineering and Construction Law Training Is For
What The Programme Covers
Day One
- How engineering and technology contracts are structured, and what each part is for
- Scope, specification and the drafting failures that produce disputes
- Standard form contracts and the effect of amending them
- Payment mechanisms, certification and retention
- Programme, time for completion, and extension of time
Day Two
- Risk allocation — the principle that risk should sit with the party best able to control it, and what happens when it does not
- Liability, indemnities, caps and exclusions
- Professional duties and the standard of care
- Insurance and bonds
- Variations, change control and the cost of informal instructions
- Subcontracting and back-to-back terms
Day Three
- Technology contracting: licensing, intellectual property, acceptance testing and service levels
- Data and security obligations in technology projects, and how they interact with the Data Protection Act No. 18 of 2024
- Claims — notice requirements, records, and why claims are usually lost on evidence
- Dispute resolution: negotiation, adjudication, mediation, arbitration
- Termination and its consequences
- Practical session: delegates work through a project scenario from contract award to dispute
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