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The Streetwise Subbie: Providing the Tools for Success

The Streetwise Subbie: Providing the Tools for Success

Empowering Subcontractors to Navigate Complex Contracts with Confidence

Next session: TBA

Cost: NZ$895 plus GST – 10% discount for 5 or more attendees

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About this course

Subcontractors are the back bone of the Construction Industry and are finding it increasingly difficult to manage the commercial needs of the project with more and more onerous contracts coming into play. Increasingly we are seeing Subcontractors fall foul of main contractors relying on your lack of commercial training and knowledge of Statutory Instruments such as the Construction Contracts Act 2002. Concordia can provide subcontractors across all Trades with training to upskill and provide you with the tools to hold your own, get paid on time and understand your rights and obligations. Many of you are working with no contract at all and some of you are carrying out work on the basis of a phone call!

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What You'll Learn

Module 1 – Understanding the Contract

  • Formation of Contracts and Contract Law
  • Drafting simple subcontracts
  • How the subcontract fits in with the Main Contract
  • Rights and obligations between subcontracts and head contracts
  • Current Law, Remedies
  • Clause by clause review of rights and obligations under NZS3910:2013 and Subcontracts such as SA-2017

Module 2 – Tendering and Quoting for Work

  • Understanding obligations on pricing what you have been given, clarifying and requesting further information
  • How to deal with unwanted information provided at tender
  • What is deemed to be included in your price
  • Offers, Counter-Offers and Final Agreement
  • Acceptance of tender, rights and obligations and risks
  • Setting dates for acceptance of tender and performance of the works
  • Staying updated with programme
  • What happens when you are instructed to start works after date anticipated

Module 3 – Getting Paid

  • Understanding your obligations under the Construction Contract Act 2002
  • What is needed in a payment claim
  • What is needed in a payment schedule
  • How to deal with variations, contra charges and other set-offs
  • What to do when you have not been paid or provided with a payment schedule
  • The right to be paid and remedies such as Statutory Demands and Adjudication
  • How to deal with Contra Charges, damages for delay and other set offs.

Module 4 – The Contract Programme

  • The Tender programme
  • The Contract programme
  • Obligations to provide the updated contract programme to Subcontractors

Module 5 – Time

  • Clauses of the contract/subcontract that deal with time
  • Obligations when there is no contract or programme
  • Liquidated damages and general damages
  • Extension of Time and Notice provisions
  • What is needed for a successful EOT claim
  • Time Bars and Condition Precedent Clauses
  • Time ‘at large’, the Prevention Principle
  • Current NZ and International Case Law

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What Others Say About Our Training

Anon
The training was comprehensive and a very good refresher of the NEC4 contract. The trainer covered many case scenarios; Also answered all questions from the floor.
I am already experienced in NEC4 contracts. This training further enhanced my understanding of some crucial points of contention.
Anon
The session had relevant workshops/ case scenario which helped me to understand NEC clauses in a better way.I was looking forward to understand…

majorly on Risk, EWN & CEV. It was clearly demonstrated with relevant examples and in-depth discussion with my team-mates, experts and planning expert from your side.

Anon

Reasonable understanding of the contractual requirements and the feedback on what is required under the contract…

Also discussed things which we are not doing correctly. Questions raised was answered.
Anon

Steve and Raine are very professional and experienced in their area. They responded to all our questions. They Understand the procedure required for design change scope

Anon

The course was beneficial, and I enjoyed the workshops. The section on scheduling related to compensation events was relevant and…

helpful to me and the stages of learning was interesting and relatable.

Anon
We went through the matters that we are facing at them moment and subjects that I would like to learn more, which was very helpful for me.

It covers all the information that I require to know in my role, and helped me to gain more knowledge and understanding about the NEC4 contract.

Anon
Very clear and concise training. It was great that it was tailored for the sw contract and there were specific examples as well.

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