JCT Intermediate Building Contract 2016 Training

This course will provide in-depth knowledge on compliance with the detailed provisions of the contract, with key emphasis on payment, notices, change management, extension of time and loss and expense. You will also gain insight on how this simpler form of JCT contract differs from the Standard Building Contract.

The course will allow you to:

• Identify and manage key administrative procedures under the contract
• Appreciate the importance of notices and how to manage them
• Manage and value change
• Recognise contractual risks and opportunities
• Understand how extensions of time and loss and expense are considered and awarded

Key areas of this course include:

• Introduction to the JCT
• Key changes between JCT 2011 and JCT 2016
• The structure of the contract
• Definitions and interpretations – notices and communications
• Carrying out the Works – contractor’s obligations, discrepancies and divergences, liquidated damages, and delay (Relevant Events)
• Control of the Works – architect’s/contract administrator’s instructions
• Payment – loss and expense recovery (Relevant Matters) 
• Change management – variations
• Performance bonds, guarantees and collateral warranties
• Dispute resolution