Legal, Contracts, and Procurement
Construction Law and Dispute Resolution
A five-day programme on construction law and dispute resolution covering design and payment liability, variation, delay and defects claims, bonds and insurance, adjudication, dispute boards, mediation and arbitration. Participants learn to assess legal exposure and resolve construction disputes effectively.
Introduction
Construction Law and Dispute Resolution Training Course builds the legal knowledge construction professionals need when projects go wrong. Participants study contract formation, design liability, negligence and statutory duties, then work through variations, payment, delay and defects claims. Furthermore, the course covers bonds and guarantees, insurance, insolvency and termination, and the enforcement of security. In addition, learners examine adjudication, Dispute Adjudication Boards, mediation, expert determination and arbitration under the ICC and UNCITRAL rules. As a result, they leave able to assess legal exposure, prepare strong cases and choose the right resolution route.
Construction Law and Dispute Resolution Course Objectives
- Explain the legal foundations of construction contracts and standard forms.
- Analyse design liability, negligence and statutory duties of care.
- Apply payment legislation, adjudication rights and lien provisions.
- Assess variations, delay, disruption and defects claims.
- Evaluate bonds, guarantees, insurance and security enforcement.
- Apply limitation periods and notice requirements accurately.
- Manage insolvency, administration and termination of construction contracts.
- Prepare claims, evidence and expert reports for proceedings.
- Apply adjudication and Dispute Adjudication Board procedures.
- Evaluate mediation, expert determination and ICC/UNCITRAL arbitration.
Course Methodology
- Instructor-led sessions built on construction statutes, standard forms and case law.
- Case studies of delay, defects and payment disputes from multiple jurisdictions.
- Claim drafting and evidence assembly workshops with peer review.
- Simulated adjudication and mediation sessions with reasoned outcomes.
- Group exercises on limitation, notice and security positions.
- Templates, checklists and case summaries retained after the course.
Who Should Take This Course
- Construction lawyers and in-house counsel.
- Claims consultants and dispute resolution advisors.
- Contract and commercial managers on construction projects.
- Quantity surveyors and project managers.
- Insurers, brokers and surety professionals.
- Employers' representatives and consultants.
Construction Law and Dispute Resolution Course Outlines
Legal Foundations of Construction
- • Formation, terms and the legal nature of construction contracts.
- • Standard forms: FIDIC, NEC4 and JCT compared.
- • Design liability and the duty of care owed.
- • Negligence, economic loss and concurrent liability.
- • Statutory duties: health and safety, building regulation and licensing.
- • Limitation periods and the accrual of causes of action.
- • Assignment, novation and collateral warranties.
Payment, Variations and Defects
- • Payment legislation and statutory payment periods.
- • Interim valuations, certificates and suspension for non-payment.
- • Lien, trust and retention regimes.
- • Variation procedures and valuation of change.
- • Defects liability, latent defects and rectification.
- • Practical completion, taking over and final account.
- • Set-off, abatement and cross-claims.
Delay, Quantum and Expert Evidence
- • Delay events, culpability and concurrent delay.
- • Delay analysis methods and programme evidence.
- • Disruption and loss of productivity quantification.
- • Quantum: preliminaries, overheads and financing charges.
- • Contemporaneous records and document control.
- • Expert witness duties, reports and joint statements.
- • Preparing a claim file that withstands challenge.
Adjudication and Dispute Boards
- • Statutory adjudication: notices and timetables.
- • Adjudicator appointment, powers and jurisdiction.
- • Enforcement of adjudication decisions.
- • Dispute Adjudication Boards under FIDIC and standing boards.
- • Dispute Avoidance/Adjudication Boards under the 2017 editions.
- • Interim binding decisions and compliance.
- • Common grounds for challenging a decision.
Mediation, Arbitration and Strategy
- • Mediation process, mediator selection and settlement agreements.
- • Expert determination and its binding effect.
- • Arbitration clauses, seats and institutional rules.
- • ICC and UNCITRAL procedures and tribunal constitution.
- • Evidence, hearings and enforcement of awards.
- • Cross-border enforcement and the New York Convention.
- • Applied workshop: building a construction dispute strategy.
Conclusion
By successfully completing Construction Law and Dispute Resolution, participants will gain a solid working knowledge of construction contract law, design and payment liability, delay and quantum analysis, and the full range of dispute resolution mechanisms. They will also have acquired the practical judgement to prepare evidence, enforce security and settle disputes on sound terms. Gentex Training Center delivers the programme through case studies and simulations, so learners test each method as they study it.
FAQs for the Construction Law and Dispute Resolution course
— What is the "Construction Law and Dispute Resolution" course about?
It covers the law that governs construction projects and how disputes are resolved. Topics include design and payment liability, variation and delay claims, bonds and insurance, adjudication, dispute boards, mediation and arbitration.
— What are the key benefits of the "Construction Law and Dispute Resolution" course?
You learn to assess legal exposure early and build cases that hold up under scrutiny. The course improves claim preparation, strengthens security enforcement and helps you select the cheapest and fastest resolution route for each dispute.
— What skills will I gain from the "Construction Law and Dispute Resolution" course?
Construction contract law analysis, delay and quantum claim preparation, adjudication and dispute board practice, and arbitration and settlement strategy management.
— What tools, methods, or standards are covered in the "Construction Law and Dispute Resolution" course?
The FIDIC, NEC4 and JCT standard forms, statutory adjudication and payment legislation, lien and retention regimes, time impact and impacted as-planned delay analysis, Dispute Adjudication Boards and Dispute Avoidance/Adjudication Boards, expert determination, and ICC and UNCITRAL arbitration rules with the New York Convention.
— How is the "Construction Law and Dispute Resolution" course applied in real-world practice?
Professionals use it to advise on contractual rights, prepare and defend claims, enforce bonds and guarantees, and run adjudication, mediation or arbitration proceedings. Participants assemble a claim file and take part in simulated adjudication and mediation.
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Introduction
Construction Law and Dispute Resolution Training Course builds the legal knowledge construction professionals need when projects go wrong. Participants study contract formation, design liability, negligence and statutory duties, then work through variations, payment, delay and defects claims. Furthermore, the course covers bonds and guarantees, insurance, insolvency and termination, and the enforcement of security. In addition, learners examine adjudication, Dispute Adjudication Boards, mediation, expert determination and arbitration under the ICC and UNCITRAL rules. As a result, they leave able to assess legal exposure, prepare strong cases and choose the right resolution route.
Construction Law and Dispute Resolution Course Objectives
- Explain the legal foundations of construction contracts and standard forms.
- Analyse design liability, negligence and statutory duties of care.
- Apply payment legislation, adjudication rights and lien provisions.
- Assess variations, delay, disruption and defects claims.
- Evaluate bonds, guarantees, insurance and security enforcement.
- Apply limitation periods and notice requirements accurately.
- Manage insolvency, administration and termination of construction contracts.
- Prepare claims, evidence and expert reports for proceedings.
- Apply adjudication and Dispute Adjudication Board procedures.
- Evaluate mediation, expert determination and ICC/UNCITRAL arbitration.
Course Methodology
- Instructor-led sessions built on construction statutes, standard forms and case law.
- Case studies of delay, defects and payment disputes from multiple jurisdictions.
- Claim drafting and evidence assembly workshops with peer review.
- Simulated adjudication and mediation sessions with reasoned outcomes.
- Group exercises on limitation, notice and security positions.
- Templates, checklists and case summaries retained after the course.
Who Should Take This Course
- Construction lawyers and in-house counsel.
- Claims consultants and dispute resolution advisors.
- Contract and commercial managers on construction projects.
- Quantity surveyors and project managers.
- Insurers, brokers and surety professionals.
- Employers' representatives and consultants.
Construction Law and Dispute Resolution Course Outlines
Legal Foundations of Construction
- • Formation, terms and the legal nature of construction contracts.
- • Standard forms: FIDIC, NEC4 and JCT compared.
- • Design liability and the duty of care owed.
- • Negligence, economic loss and concurrent liability.
- • Statutory duties: health and safety, building regulation and licensing.
- • Limitation periods and the accrual of causes of action.
- • Assignment, novation and collateral warranties.
Payment, Variations and Defects
- • Payment legislation and statutory payment periods.
- • Interim valuations, certificates and suspension for non-payment.
- • Lien, trust and retention regimes.
- • Variation procedures and valuation of change.
- • Defects liability, latent defects and rectification.
- • Practical completion, taking over and final account.
- • Set-off, abatement and cross-claims.
Delay, Quantum and Expert Evidence
- • Delay events, culpability and concurrent delay.
- • Delay analysis methods and programme evidence.
- • Disruption and loss of productivity quantification.
- • Quantum: preliminaries, overheads and financing charges.
- • Contemporaneous records and document control.
- • Expert witness duties, reports and joint statements.
- • Preparing a claim file that withstands challenge.
Adjudication and Dispute Boards
- • Statutory adjudication: notices and timetables.
- • Adjudicator appointment, powers and jurisdiction.
- • Enforcement of adjudication decisions.
- • Dispute Adjudication Boards under FIDIC and standing boards.
- • Dispute Avoidance/Adjudication Boards under the 2017 editions.
- • Interim binding decisions and compliance.
- • Common grounds for challenging a decision.
Mediation, Arbitration and Strategy
- • Mediation process, mediator selection and settlement agreements.
- • Expert determination and its binding effect.
- • Arbitration clauses, seats and institutional rules.
- • ICC and UNCITRAL procedures and tribunal constitution.
- • Evidence, hearings and enforcement of awards.
- • Cross-border enforcement and the New York Convention.
- • Applied workshop: building a construction dispute strategy.
Conclusion
By successfully completing Construction Law and Dispute Resolution, participants will gain a solid working knowledge of construction contract law, design and payment liability, delay and quantum analysis, and the full range of dispute resolution mechanisms. They will also have acquired the practical judgement to prepare evidence, enforce security and settle disputes on sound terms. Gentex Training Center delivers the programme through case studies and simulations, so learners test each method as they study it.
FAQs for the Construction Law and Dispute Resolution course
— What is the "Construction Law and Dispute Resolution" course about?
It covers the law that governs construction projects and how disputes are resolved. Topics include design and payment liability, variation and delay claims, bonds and insurance, adjudication, dispute boards, mediation and arbitration.
— What are the key benefits of the "Construction Law and Dispute Resolution" course?
You learn to assess legal exposure early and build cases that hold up under scrutiny. The course improves claim preparation, strengthens security enforcement and helps you select the cheapest and fastest resolution route for each dispute.
— What skills will I gain from the "Construction Law and Dispute Resolution" course?
Construction contract law analysis, delay and quantum claim preparation, adjudication and dispute board practice, and arbitration and settlement strategy management.
— What tools, methods, or standards are covered in the "Construction Law and Dispute Resolution" course?
The FIDIC, NEC4 and JCT standard forms, statutory adjudication and payment legislation, lien and retention regimes, time impact and impacted as-planned delay analysis, Dispute Adjudication Boards and Dispute Avoidance/Adjudication Boards, expert determination, and ICC and UNCITRAL arbitration rules with the New York Convention.
— How is the "Construction Law and Dispute Resolution" course applied in real-world practice?
Professionals use it to advise on contractual rights, prepare and defend claims, enforce bonds and guarantees, and run adjudication, mediation or arbitration proceedings. Participants assemble a claim file and take part in simulated adjudication and mediation.
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Does Gentex provide this training course in-house training?
Yes. Gentex Training Center can deliver this course as an in-house training program for your organization. The course content, schedule, and delivery can be customized to meet your team’s specific needs and business objectives. Learn more about our In-House Training solutions.