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Administering the Singapore Institute of Architects’ (SIA) Form Of Contract  (Re-run 39)

 

Date Scheduled

9 April 2025 (Wednesday)

Time

8.30 am - 6.00 pm

Venue

Hotel Grand Pacific
101 Victoria Street Singapore 188018
This course is available either by zoom or at the hotel

Registration Fee

$410 per pax (inclusive of lunch &1 tea-break, course materials & certificate of attendance; GST not applicable)

Early Bird Registration (Pay on or before 2 April 2025)

 

$360 per pax (inclusive of lunch & 1 tea-break, course materials & certificate of attendance; GST not applicable)

                                                                                                                     

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Qualified by the PE Board for 8 PDUs

 

For whom:

Professional Engineers, Engineers, Project Managers, Technical Professionals, Contractors, Subcontractors, etc

**Note: For all disciplines of engineering

 

Objective:
  1. To provide a “walk through” the SIA Articles & Conditions of Building Contract and explain the pertinent provisions of the SIA Form;
  2. To highlight the duties & responsibilities of the Architect and of the Contractor imposed upon them by SIA Form; and
  3. To share some pointers on containing possible disputes.

 

Course Outline:

1. The role, powers, duties & responsibilities of the Architect;

 

2. The duties & responsibilities of the Contractor;

 

3. Examining & suggesting pointers to watch in the pertinent provisions of the SIA Form including:

• Instructions (both verbal & written),  Directions, Work Programme

 

• Notices, Possession of Site, Extension of Time, Liquidated Damages

 

• Assignment & Subcontracting,  Indemnities, Insurance, Variations

 

   •Termination by Employer due to Contractor’s Default & without Contractor’s Default

 

• Termination & Suspension by Contractor, Payment

 

   • Arbitration, Mediation and Fluctuations

 

4. Possible disputes that can arise and suggested pointers to minimize or contain such possible disputes.

 

 

Trainer’s CV:

Mr.Lee Kwok Weng, B.Eng. (Mech.)(S'pore), M.Sc.(Ind.Eng)(NUS), DipBA(NUS), GradDip Mktg.(MIS), LLB(Hons)(Bucks), LLM(Lond), Barrister-at-Law, Advocate & Solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore (Retired), Accredited Arbitrator & Mediator, MMIS, FIES, Honorary Legal Advisor, IES & SISO, a senior lawyer, was in continuous private legal practice for almost 29 years running his own law firm before his retirement from legal practice.

 

Mr. Lee is a very experienced lecturer and trainer and a much sought after speaker. He conducts teaching & training for various corporations, organizations and tertiary institutions as well as provide in-house courses for many businesses. Mr. Lee has been for many years an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Faculty of Business Administration, National University of Singapore, teaching in the MBA programme, He was also an Adjunct Lecturer for many years at the Nanyang Technological University and BCA Academy. He still conducts courses at IES Academy.

 

He specialises in Business Contracts, Negligence, Information Technology and Engineering & Building Laws. He is a very experienced lecturer and trainer and is well-versed in the technical field, marketing and management practice too.

 

Mr. Lee brings with him considerable industrial project and business development management experience, having worked more than 12 years inter alia as a project engineer with the Singapore Government and senior project manager in a leading multi-national energy, engineering and construction corporation.