Construction Law

1. MWU, Bale Robe, Ethiopia
Madawalabu
University
School of Engineering and Technology
Department of Construction Technology and Management
Course Outline
Course Title Construction Law: CoTM 4241
Credit hours: 3
ECTS: 4
Contact hours: 3hrs lecture, 5 hrs home study
Semester: 1st
, 2016/2017
Consulting time: “Open door policy”
Pre-requisite: None
Lecture Room No.: Computer Lab Bldg
Instructor: Andualem Endris (M.Sc)
Tell: +251-913116477
E-mail: andu0117@yahoo.com
Course Description
Basic construction law: international and National construction laws. Contracts and contracting
in general. The law of contracts as applied to civil works construction. General and Special
conditions of contracts and its relation to laws, codes and standards. Contractual obligations
and liabilities. Construction disputes: causes and effects of disputes. Dispute resolutions:
Arbitration. Arbitration act. Mediation: principles and procedures, Expert witness requirement.
Opinion: principles and procedures.
Course Contents
1. Introduction
1.1.Law in General
1.2.Contract Clauses and Conditions
2. Basic Construction law
2.1.International Construction Laws
2.2.National Construction Laws
3. Contracts and Contract Conditions
3.1.The law of contracts as applied to civil works construction
3.2.General and Special conditions of contracts
3.3.Contractual Obligations and Liabilities
4. Construction Disputes
4.1.Causes and Effects of Disputes.
4.2.Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms (ADR)

2. MWU, Bale Robe, Ethiopia
Evaluation Criteria
Assignments: 20%
Quizzes: 20%
Semester Project: 20%
Final Exam: 40%
Attendance: 90% during the lecture session is compulsory.
Reading Materials
1. FIDIC (1987). Conditions of Contract for Works of Civil Engineering Construction,
Geneva.
2. FIDIC (1996). Supplement to Fourth Edition 1987 of Conditions of Contract for Works of
Civil Engineering Construction, Geneva.
3. FIDIC (2006). Conditions of Contract for Construction Designed by the Employer,
Multilateral Development Bank,Geneva
4. PPA (2006). User’s Guide for Standard Bidding Document for the procurement of works.
Public Procurement Agency, MoFED, Addis Ababa.
5. FIDIC (1999). Conditions of Contract for Construction. International Federation of
Consulting Engineers. For Buildings and Engineering Works Designed by the Employer.
6. MUDC (1994). Standard Condition of Contract for Construction of Civil Works Project,
Ministry of Urban Development and Construction, Addis Ababa.
7. Federal Negarit Gazeta (2009). Ethiopian Government Procurement and Property
Administration Proclamation: Proclamation No. 649/2009, Addis Ababa.
8. Murdoch, J. & Hughes, W. (2002) Construction Contracts Law and Management, 3rd
Ed., Spon Press.
9. Uff, J. (2002) Construction law: law and practice relating to the construction industry,
8th Ed. Sweet & Maxwell, UK.
10. Powell-Smith, V. (2000) Powell-Smith & Furmston’s Building Contract Casebook,
Blackwell Science: Oxford.
11. Wallace, Ian Norman Duncan. (1995), “Hudson’s Building & Engineering Contracts:
including the duties and liabilities of architects, engineers and surveyors”, 11th Ed,
Sweet & Maxwell: London.