JCT Design and Build Contract 2016 Training

Understand and increase your confidence working with the favourite contract of developers and gain insight into identifying risk and opportunities by taking our JCT Design and Build Contract 2016 Practical Training.

This course will provide in-depth knowledge on compliance with the detailed provisions of the contract, with key emphasis on payment, notices, change management, extension of time and loss and expense.

Course details

Approximately 6 hours

Classroom-based learning which can be delivered in-house or at one of SOCOTEC’s training facilities
Online

This course is ideal for construction professionals working with the JCT DB 2016, such as:

Architects
Project managers
Contract managers
Quantity surveyors

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The course will allow you to:

Identify and manage key administrative procedures under the contract
Appreciate the importance of notices and how to manage them
Manage and value change
Recognise contractual risks and opportunities
Understand how extensions of time and loss and expense are considered and awarded
Recognise common pitfalls under design and build contracts and how to avoid them

Key areas of this course include:

Introduction to the JCT
Key changes between JCT 2011 and JCT 2016
The structure of the contract
Definitions and interpretations – notices and communications
Carrying out the Works – contractor’s obligations, discrepancies and divergences, liquidated damages and delay (Relevant Events)
Control of the Works – employer’s instructions
Payment – loss and expense recovery (Relevant Matters)
Change rules and management
Performance bonds, guarantees and collateral warranties
Dispute resolution