Professional Certificate

in Construction Contracts Administration

The understanding of the construction contracts is

crucial subject to all professionals working in the
construction industry which involve different parties,
complicated relationship, sophisticated construction
details and billions of money. Accordingly,
professionals involved in the construction industry
understand that in order to develop their career, they
need to increase and enrich their experience in the
contractual area and better understand their
obligations, liabilities and responsibilities. The
Professional Certificate Program for Construction
Contracts Administration is intended to enrich the
awareness of the construction contracts under the Program Structure
FIDIC forms of contract 87/99 through the “FROM the •This program consists of three courses offering the
SITE” teaching method, which provides practical construction contracts essential knowledge, skills and
applications to the use of construction contract. tools.

Program Objectives • Number of hours: 24 hours for each course

The objectives of this program are to: •Duration: 3 days for each course

•Understand the nature of the contractual relationship Courses are run in an entertaining interactive
between the parties of Construction Contract. environment utilizing application workshops and real-live
case studies.
•Grasp the obligations, liabilities and responsibilities of
the Engineer, Employer and Contractor.
•Digest In depth the FIDIC RED Book 87/99.
“Do Not Read Your Contract
• Understand the Termination, Suspension, Variations When In Need To…..
and other advanced issues.
The above is designed to create drastic change to your Read It Before Signing It.…”
career, and make your company touches the change.
Course I;
Who Should Attend? Principles of Construction Contracts and
• Top Management working in the construction industry Project Procurement Management
whether they are representing Contractors, Consultant
Engineers or Clients, and having the interest in gaining Course Code (01-PCC/CCA)
the proper knowledge about their rights and obligations Course II;
under their current and future construction contracts. Liabilities, Obligations and Rights
•Senior engineers from all trades and specialties (project Under The FIDIC Red Book 87/99
managers, construction engineers, procurement and
tendering engineers….etc) who need to increase their Course Code (02-PCC/LAO)
contractual knowledge to cope up with contemporary Course III;
projects sophisticated demands.
Advanced Contractual topics under
•Site engineers, planning engineers, cost engineers and
lawyers anticipating further involvement in the concept The FIDIC Red Book 87/99
and practice of construction’s contracts administration. Course Code (03-PCC/ACT)

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Course I Outlines
•Introduction and definitions.
•Principles of contract formation.
•Offer & Acceptance Theory and Factors governing
choice of contract.
•The allocation of essential functions and the
relationships between the different parties.
•How the Contract’s parties think about the role of the
Engineer.
•Contract life cycle and introducing of FIDIC.
•Introduction to the project procurement process
•Tender life cycle, forms, specimens and pitfalls in the
tender process.
•Negotiating the Conditions of Contract.
•Close the deal and sign the contract.

Course II Outlines
• Introduction and definitions.
•Concepts of liabilities and its types
Course III Outlines
•The employer obligation to appoint engineer
•Introduction and definitions.
•Process to replace the engineer and priority of the
contract documents •Delayed drawings or instruction by the engineer
•The engineer authorities and the process to delegate it •Variations and changes by the engineer
•The engineer role under the FIDIC 87/99 •Nominated Sub Contractors, provisional sum and
defects Liability
•The proactive, reactive and passive rules of the
Engineer under FIDIC 87/99 •Insurances, measurement and suspension of works
•The engineer determination •Delayed Payments and Changes in Prices and
legislations
•The engineer as certifier and his decision in the claims
•Liquidated/Delay Damages and Special Risks
•The contractor’s obligations, liabilities, responsibilities
and rights •Termination due to the Contractor default
•The employer obligations and rights •Termination for convenience
•Payments procedures and project taking over •Termination due to the Employer Default
procedures

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