1. Contract / Claim Management
in pre-contract, tender and performance stage:
 Legal System (Common and Civil law),
 Conflicts of Law (Pre contractual stage, Tort Law, Compliance Rules),
 International Forms of Contracts (Characteristics, substantial completion, taking
over, liquidated damages, claims, dispute resolution),
 Contract Documents (FiDiC Rainbow, Employer's REQUIREMENTS),
 Development stage (pre-contract, tender, performance), Employer's Duties /
Defaults (1_duty to pay, 2_duty to co-operate in respect of access to site, permits,
delay minimization, making financial arrangements, provide information, estoppel,
and 3_ to compensate),
 Contractor's Duties / Defaults <pre-contractual completion, completion of works,
quality and defects, Time for Compeltion>,
 Design Responsibility <design procedure, design warranties, design updates,
deliverables>,
 Time for Completion < Concurrent delay, disruptions, allocation of risks, Liquidated
Damages),
 Variations / Modifications <change orders, control, consequences, procedures,
avoidance>,
 Tailoring Test Procedures <until completion !, on completion, after completion>,
 Certificates <taking over, payments, valuation, delays, late payment, retention
monies>
 Defect Notification Period <DNP DLP : duty to remedy, removal of defective works,
failure to remedy defects, legal normal and decennial liability,
 Termination <for convenience, with good cause, consequences and termination
agreements> Discharge, Frustration, Force Majeure <risk allocation, normal
discharge, Rebus sic stantibus>, Risks / Insurance < assessment, all risk
insurance, uninsurable risks>
 Bonds <performance, pre-financing, retention>,
 Claims <procedural rules, preparation + review, documentation requirements,
avoidance, Extension of Time, Money Claims (Cost, profit, loss of productivity
claims)
 Dispute Resolution Methods (Amicable Settlement, Conciliation, Dispute
Adjudication Board, DAB / DB - Arbitration with binding effects of DB-decisions on
the parties, Litigation),
 Delay Schedules (failures to notify, defaults of employers and contractors, submit
sureties, programmes / schedules, approvals, claim notices, site visits, design
review period, determinations, notice to inspections, notice of dissatisfaction,
notice of unforeseeable physical conditions, scrutiny of employer’s requirements,
substantiation of a claim, terminations, referral of dispute to DAB /DB ,request to
provide reasonable evidence for financial arrangements and
 Samples / small workshops.