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  Contract Administration Of Engineering & Construction Projects (Re-run No. 114)

 

Date Scheduled

15, 16 October 2024 (Tues, Wed)

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

$790 per pax (inclusive of lunch & tea-break [for physical attendance only unless not permitted by law], course materials & electronic certificate of attendance; GST not applicable)

Early Bird Registration (Pay on or before 8 October 2024)

$700 per pax (inclusive of lunch & tea-break [for physical attendance only unless not permitted by law], course materials & electronic certificate of attendance; GST not applicable

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Qualified by Professional Engineers Board for 16 PDUs or 16 CET Hours

                                                                    

Objectives

To guide PEs, engineers,  project managers & contractors in contract administration of building, engineering, construction and design projects including integrated resort projects from an engineer legal perspective

 

For whom:

For Professional Engineers, Engineers, Consultants, Project Managers, Technical Professionals, Quantity Surveyors, Business Owners, Managers, Contractors, Corporate Officers and Management & Executive Staff of Corporations, Businesses and Government Departments & Agencies and anyone who is concerned or dealing or involved in or who want to venture into contract administration

**Note: For all disciplines of engineering

 

Course outline: 

Day 1

1.      Introduction

a)             an outline of Singapore laws

b)             an overview of contract law

c)             the different types of contract

d)             the different stages of contract

 

2.         Design Stage Administration (Design then Build Contract)

a)            design brief

b)            specifications preparation

c)            contractual matters & documentation

d)            design consultants management

 

3.           Tendering Stage Administration of Design then Build Contract

a)             negotiation versus tendering

b)             e-negotiation and related legal issues

c)             preparation of tender documents

d)             competitive tendering : open versus selective

e)             e-tendering process and related legal issues

f )            tender evaluation

g)             award of tender

 Day 2

1.         .  Tendering Stage Administration of Design and Build Contract

a)              design brief

b)             specifications preparation

c)             contractual matters & documentation

d)             design consultants management

e)             preparation of tender documents

f )             competitive tendering

g)             e-tendering process and related legal issues

h)             tender evaluation

i )             award of tender

 

2.            Construction Stage Administration

a)             managing the contract

b)             documentation

c)             e-documentation and related legal issues

d)             maintenance & final account

e)             cost control

 

3.           Managing claims & disputes

a)             how claims & disputes may arise

b)             types of claim

c)             claim contents

d)             documentation

 

 

4.           Resolution of Disputes

a)             ADR : alternative dispute resolution

b)             Arbitration

c)             Litigation

 

 

5.     Case Study

 

 Speaker’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 (Retired), Supreme Court of Singapore, 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.

 

He has been for many years an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Faculty of Business Admin, National University of Singapore, teaching Business Law in the MBA programme. He was also an Adjunct Lecturer in NTU & BCA Academy (previously known as CITI). He has been conducting courses too for a number of years in various other institutions like 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 contract management & administration experience, having worked for more than 12 years as a project engineer/manager in the public & private sectors. Eventually, before his switch to the legal profession, he was a Senior Project Manager in a leading Multi-national engineering and construction corporation serving the energy, marine, oil and gas industries onshore and offshore, managing numerous EPC projects.

 

A knowledge lawyer himself, Mr.Lee also brings with him a wealth of practical knowledge & experience of the legal requirements, setting & starting and managing businesses in the knowledge economy as he is a co-founder of and legal/corporate adviser to some IT/internet companies.