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What You Will Learn at Project Management: Contract Management Seminar
During this fast-paced day, you'll discover:
- How proper contract management affects the 8-stage bid-build cycle.
- How project management influences the other 6 key functions of a successful construction company.
- The 7 phases of project management ... and how the type of job being built affects which activities are required .
- The 6 areas you must control to effectively administer a construction contract.
- The 6 roles to be filled on your project management team.
- The 6 types of documents that should be included in your construction contract.
- The 4 types of specifications and the 3 types of drawings that should be included in your contracts.
- 6 things you should know about your job site before breaking ground.
- The 6 primary rules that govern how contracts are interpreted ... and who bears final responsibility if anything is unclear.
- The 3 primary rules that dictate which interpretation of your contract is correct when the language is ambiguous.
- The one thing you should always write out of your contracts (not doing so could cost your tens - if not hundreds - of thousands of dollars).
- The 2 types of technical ambiguities that can result when writing a contract ... and which document should be used to settle disputes.
- The 14 most problematic - and costly - contract provisions ... and how to protect your company from their operation.
- Which documents from the AGC ConsensusDOCS you should use depending on where you are in the bid-build cycle.
- 7 things to look for - before bidding - to avoid and/or pass through liability to the owner.
- The 2 most important actions you can take during the 4 building phases to avoid or pass through liability.
- What you need to document - and how - to protect your company and guarantee you get paid for extra and changed work.
- 7 ways you can insulate yourself from subcontract and vendor claims.
- How construction contracts differ from other legal agreements ... and to use this difference to increase your revenue and profit.
- The 8 most common reasons your scope of work will change.
- The single most important clause in a construction contract.
- The 5 types of change provisions that should be included in your contracts (without these, you could end up performing thousands of dollars of extra work ... for free).
- What you're obligated to do if an owner's decision to suspend work results in added costs and missed deadlines.
- The 3 types of changes ... and which kind is mostly likely to result in a dispute.
- What to do if you think an owner's requested changes breach your contract (skip these steps ... and you may lose legal protection).
- The 5 categories of contract errors ... and how the type of project affects your responsibility.
- The 8 essential steps of the change management process.
- The 6 aspects of a change that must be properly assessed if you want to protect your profit margins.
- The most often overlooked - yet most beneficial - reason to notify the owner of changes.
- How to properly calculate the full impact of a change.
- The 8 components that should be included in your COR package.
- The step-by-step procedure to follow when the owner changes work - miss any of these steps, and there's a good chance you won't be able to collect for extra work performed.
- 7 key provisions that shift risk from one party to another.
- What you must do to prove that you should be compensated for damages if you ever have to sue an owner.
- The 3 most often-encountered legal claims involving construction.
- 11 reasons you may be able to support a claim for extra work or differing site conditions.
- The 4 types of delay claims that you can file.
- The 11 most common reasons that delay claims are denied.
- The 6-step process for properly filing and managing claims.
- The 9 most important ways you can minimize liability when working with subcontractors.
- The surprising way the federal government will reward you for being cost-conscious and creative.
- 12 most useful AGC ConsensusDOCS documents you should use when working with subcontractors.
- The key legal differences between purchase orders and purchase agreements.
- How much of a reward you should expect to receive when your value-engineering recommendations is implemented.
- The 4 phases for developing a value engineering proposal.
- When to submit VECP proposals (it depends on the type of work you're doing).
A Special Invitation to First Time Attendees
Join us for a 60-minute introductory training session - Introduction to Project Management - before Contract Management begins.
This training session establishes the conceptual framework and terminology used in Grantlun's approach to Construction Project Management. As such, it should be attended at least once by everyone attending any of the seminars in Grantlun's Project Management Seminar Series.
Participation in this event, which will be held just prior to the seminar, is included with your registration for no extra charge.
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