Construction Claims and Variation Orders

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Construction Claims and Variation Orders Course
Introduction:
Minimizing change orders and costs is a crucial aspect of controlling construction expenses and mitigating claims. This can be accomplished by exercising meticulousness during the preparation of design, bidding, and construction documents, ensuring the feasibility of the design, enhancing the quality of working drawings and specifications, and being cautious of common factors that lead to claims and cost overruns. This practical program provides a comprehensive understanding of the current state, desired objectives, and methods to achieve them. It equips participants with the necessary skills to concentrate on design and production control, assess and evaluate contract documents, and effectively manage the bidding and contract award process.
Course Objectives:
After participating in this course, you will be able to:
- Improve communications and design-review procedures
- Implement quality enhancement measures in the production of construction documents
- Improve the quality of design, bidding and construction documents
- Integrate a checking process into the production of construction documents
- Avoid future errors in the communication of construction information and prevent claims
Who Should Attend?
Designers • Architects • Engineers • Professionals • Project Managers • Planners • Contractors • Owners • Government, Institutional & Private Sector Owners • Construction Personnel.
Course Outlines:
Main topics:
- Legal Issues
- Producing Documents: Difficulties & Shortcomings
- Change Orders & Delay Claims
- Avoiding Problems: Drawings & Specifications
- Construction Costs: Cost Planning & Cost Control
- Selecting Professionals
- Owner Assessments of Documents
- Planning & Design Stages
- Workshop & teamwork
- New Approaches
Module I the Problems: Where Are We Now?
- Scope of program-types of facilities
- Industry trends that give rise to major concerns
- The scale of losses resulting from changes and claims
- Stages of a project-architectural and engineering
- Components of the bidding documents
- Recent claims-weaknesses in the documents?
- Project delivery methods-their impacts
Legal Issues
- Consultants liability
- Owners liability
- Contractors liability
Contracts-A Synopsis
- Contract forms
- Who is responsible for what?
- Client/consultant agreements
- Special consultants-their roles
- Owner/contractor agreements
- Contractor/subcontractor agreements
Inconsistencies in The Documents-An Owner's Perspective
- Where do they start?
- What do owners expect from their consultants?
- Project initiation
- Planning and design stages
- Cost planning and cost control
- Document preparation and bidding stages
- What do owners expect from contractors/subcontractors
- Construction stages
- Construction modifications
Difficulties In Producing The Documents- A Consultants Point of View - What Are They?
- What do consultants expect from owners
- Project Team-Owner/Consultants
- The process of preparing drawings and specifications
- Cost planning and control
- Coordination with owner requirements
- Coordination with authorities
- Coordination with consultants
- Computer-aided design and drafting
Shortcomings in the Documents- A Contractor's Point of View
- In the bidding documents
- During the contract award
- In the "issued for construction" documents
- Instructions issued during construction
- Claims from contractors resulting from imperfect documents
Reasons Why Change Orders and Delay Claims Happen
- Owner caused
- Design team caused
- Construction team caused
- As Found conditions
- Authorities having jurisdiction
- Logging of changes
Avoid Problems - Drawings
- But first-what are they?
- Demolition
- Architectural and landscaping
- Civil and structural
- Mechanical and electrical
- Specialty trades
Avoid Problems - Specifications
Here are some for discussion
- Supplemental conditions