The Vice-Chancellor of the Construction Management University is planning a RM400 million construction project to build a new Postgraduate Student Accommodation and Outreach Centre. A group of students has been assigned a project to advise the Vice-Chancellor on various legal and contractual issues regarding the project. Specifically, the students must propose an appropriate FIDIC form of contract for the project, analyze payment conditions, contractual programming, termination conditions, and dispute resolution methods in the chosen FIDIC contract. The students must also compare their analysis of the chosen FIDIC contract to either the PAM or JKR standard forms of contract. The report should not exceed 3000 words and is due by November 21st, 2018 for a grade worth

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SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING AND DESIGN
BACHELOR OF QUANTITY SURVEYING (HONOURS)
Subject : CONSTRUCTION LAW (LAW 63804)
Project type : Group Assignment (maximum 6 members)
Deadline : 21st
November 2018
Marks : 30%
You are required to propose an appropriate FIDIC forms of contract and give a sound professional
advice to the Vice-Chancellor of the Construction Management University on post contract stage issues.
The Construction Management University is planning to build a RM400 million Postgraduate Student
Accommodation and Outreach Centre project in its campus at Petaling Jaya. The project will provide
state-of-the art academic block facilities for 3,000 postgraduate students, as well as an outreach centre
which will become the focal point for the University’s community-based teaching activities and
continuous professional development courses.
You should outline your assumptions.
You are required to write a report to advise the Vice-Chancellor of the Construction Management
University:
a) The general principle governing law in the construction contract.
b) To propose an appropriate FIDIC form of contract for this project to achieve this goal. Explain
how your selections will provide appropriate contract features.
c) The conditions guiding payment in the chosen FIDIC conditions of contract.
d) The contractual standing in terms of conditions governing contractual programme.
e) The conditions guiding termination for the contracting parties in the chosen FIDIC conditions of
contract.
f) Explain dispute resolution methods in chosen FIDIC contract that can be used for the project
and explain the rationale for your choice.
You are required to have a separate analysis section where you will compare the advice given based
on the chosen FIDIC condition of contract (c-f) with a chosen condition of contracts either PAM form of
contract or the JKR form of contract.
You should outline your assumptions.

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Mark Allocation for this task
 Introduction 5%
 The general principle of law governing construction contracts. 5%
 To propose an appropriate FIDIC form of contract for this project to achieve this goal. Explain
how your selections will provide appropriate contract features. 20%
 The conditions guiding payment in the chosen FIDIC conditions of contract. 10%
 The contractual standing in terms of conditions governing contractual programme.10%
 The conditions guiding termination for the contracting parties in the chosen FIDIC conditions of
contract. 10%
 Explain dispute resolution methods in chosen FIDIC contract that can be used for the project
and explain the rationale for your choice.10%
 You are required to have a separate analysis section where you will compare the advice given
based on the chosen FIDIC condition of contract (c-f) with a chosen condition of contracts either
FIDIC forms of contract or the JKR forms of contract. 15%
 Clear examples. 5%
 Presentation of report 10% (Layout, structure, visual presentation, use of language, clarity of
expression, referencing within text and bibliography)
NOTE: SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
The assignment is to be submitted in a report format and as such should have a formal structure
and layout. It should be presented as a neatly bound professional document single sided.
Length: should not exceed 3000 words for the task
Requirements: all submissions should have a cover sheet identifying the module, the date and the
group students’ name. All submissions shall have a bibliography of references and sources used in
the preparation of the project. APA style of referencing should be used.
Group report must include all the respective student/ peer review forms with sealed envelope
compiled by group leader.
Work must be submitted through Turnitin and a hard copy to the lecturer on or before the
due date.
Turnitin will be used to check the originality of the report.