Most contractual disputes about construction contract dispute settlement are decided by what was written, not what was intended. Ambiguity in dispute settlement is resolved against the party that drafted it. Exercises escalate in difficulty, ending with the ambiguous situations that make the practice within legal and contractual practice hard in practice. The material serves both public bodies and commercial organisations dealing with construction contract dispute settlement. It establishes a shared vocabulary for this aspect of legal and contractual practice so that teams can disagree productively about it. Most organisations already have a policy on dispute settlement; far fewer can show it working. They gain the ability to sequence improvements to construction contract dispute settlement in an order their organisation can absorb. Practitioner evidence points the same way: dispute settlement improves fastest where responsibility for it is named and owned. Participants finish with a short, specific brief on this strand of legal and contractual practice ready to put in front of a decision maker.
Expected Learning Outcomes
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Define the scope and boundaries of construction contract dispute settlement so that responsibility for it is unambiguous.
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Reduce avoidable variation in how dispute settlement is carried out across teams.
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Negotiate construction contract dispute settlement with a clear view of walk-away position and priorities.
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Identify the failure points in dispute settlement most likely to cause loss, and control them first.
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Manage variations and change to construction contract dispute settlement without losing contractual position.
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Select the dispute resolution route for dispute settlement appropriate to value and relationship.
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Build the contract register and obligation tracker covering construction contract dispute settlement.
Who Should Attend
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Finance staff managing payment and security under construction contract dispute settlement.
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Members of committees that take decisions affecting dispute settlement.
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Risk managers assessing legal exposure from construction contract dispute settlement.
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Compliance officers assessing obligations under dispute settlement.
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Business managers who sign agreements involving construction contract dispute settlement.
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Operations staff who encounter the consequences of dispute settlement directly.
Course Modules
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01
Construction contract dispute settlement: drafting and deliberate risk allocation
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Escalation and decision rights in construction contract dispute settlement
Verify six months later that changes to construction contract dispute settlement have held.
Protect confidential information and intellectual property shared under dispute settlement.
Maintain a contract register capturing key dates and obligations in construction contract dispute settlement.
Record the rationale for each significant choice made about dispute settlement.
Session 2Reviewing dispute settlement when nothing has gone wrong
Confirm that reporting on construction contract dispute settlement reaches the people who can act.
Decide what will be stopped to create capacity for dispute settlement.
Apply data protection requirements to personal data handled under construction contract dispute settlement.
Review closed contracts on dispute settlement for lessons before drafting the next one.
02
Dispute settlement: termination, exit and residual obligation
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Building the contemporaneous record supporting dispute settlement
Set escalation thresholds for construction contract dispute settlement that work out of hours.
Agree what will be standardised in dispute settlement and what will not.
Diarise every notice period and time bar in construction contract dispute settlement.
Set out the decisions in dispute settlement that require sign-off and by whom.
Session 2Drafting dispute settlement so ambiguity does not decide it later
Test the procedure for construction contract dispute settlement against a realistic scenario.
Identify which party bears each material risk under dispute settlement, and whether that is intended.
Close out actions on construction contract dispute settlement rather than leaving them open indefinitely.
Agree the indicators that will show whether dispute settlement is improving.
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Dispute settlement: authority, approval and execution
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Confidentiality and intellectual property inside dispute settlement
Prepare the response for the most likely failure in construction contract dispute settlement.
Confirm bonds, guarantees and insurance supporting dispute settlement are valid and current.
Assess whether the dispute route in construction contract dispute settlement suits value and relationship.
Check the governing law and jurisdiction clauses in dispute settlement are consistent.
Session 2Notices and time bars in construction contract dispute settlement that are easy to miss
Rehearse the briefing on construction contract dispute settlement that would follow an incident.
Define the termination triggers in dispute settlement and the consequences of each.
Anticipate the objections construction contract dispute settlement will raise and prepare the answers.
Prepare the claim narrative for dispute settlement while the facts are fresh.
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Dispute settlement: the clauses that decide the outcome
2 sessions · 8 points
Session 1Moving dispute settlement from approval to execution
Record contemporaneous evidence of performance under construction contract dispute settlement as it happens.
Confirm signature authority for dispute settlement against the delegation matrix.
Identify the compliance obligations construction contract dispute settlement triggers and who tracks them.
Check that dispute settlement still works when volumes rise unexpectedly.
Session 2Administering dispute settlement so the contract stays enforceable
Establish the boundary of construction contract dispute settlement and record what sits outside it.
Record the reasoning for any departure from the standard position on dispute settlement.
Standardise recurring clauses in construction contract dispute settlement into an approved template.
Establish who is informed, consulted and accountable in dispute settlement.
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Complete Training Kit
Coffee Break
Closing Ceremony
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USD1,850
5-night stay in a 5-star hotel
Workshop or Program Participation
Airport Transfers
Customized Badge
Expert Mentorship (Private Sessions)
Supervision & Secretarial Services
Accredited Certificate of Participation
Complete Training Kit
Coffee Break
Closing Ceremony
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