SEMINARS
It is essential that your staff are kept up-to-date with current construction contracts and working practices, to reduce your risk and increase your commercial competitiveness. Knowles construction contracts seminars are a highly effective and cost-efficient route to provide education and development for you and your colleagues. Our lecturers have extensive practical and theoretical experience within the industry, our training expertise spans 3 decades and we receive excellent delegate feedback.

We also offer a wide range of courses as in-house training sessions which can be tailored to your individual requirements. Please click here for further information. In addition, please check our Events page for details of events running in your local area.

Contact: seminars@jrknowles.com alternatively telephone the seminars team on 01928 756500

Brochures for the following construction contracts seminars in the South East and North West can be downloaded by clicking on the relevant document in the downloads section on the right of this screen.

Contractual Awareness - Full Day - South East
One of our most popular courses, a full day on Contractual Awareness provides an excellent grounding in the basics of construction contract law, enabling you to protect your firm from commercial risks and run projects successfully.

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Getting the Best Out fo the NEC - Half Day (AM) - South East
The NEC suite of contracts is an increasingly popular choice of contract for both construction and engineering projects. This seminar will provide an essential guide to how to get the best out of the NEC demonstrating the core clauses including the adequate but stringent programme requirements and the assessment of compensation events.

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Subcontracting for the Hard Pressed - Half Day (PM) - South East
Getting the terms right; contractual and legal obligations; time progress and programmes; payments and discount; final account agreement and consequences; collateral contracts and obligations to others; the right to make claims against other subcontractors; risks in non-standard forms.

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Risks in Design & Build - Half Day (AM) - South East
The latest developments in law; conflict between building regulations and employer’s requirements; fitness for purpose; co-ordination; drawing approval; conflicts between contractor’s offer and employer’s requirements; novation of designer’s responsibility.

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Contractual Dilemmas & Their Solutions - Half Day (PM) - South East


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FREE - Delay Analysis Made Simple - Breakfast / Twilight Briefing - South East
Delays can be a recurring nightmare. They need to be properly assessed if a meaningful claim is to be submitted or an extension of time granted.

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FREE - How to Succeed in Adjudication - Breakfast / Twilight Briefing - South East
Adjudication is now the predominant procedure by which disputes are resolved in the construction industry. This briefing will provide advice on how to succeed in adjudication.

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FREE - What's New in JCT 05? - Breakfast Briefing - South East
Significant changes to the JCT form of Contracts

Last year the JCT produced Revision 2 to its 2005 suite of Standard Form contracts. This includes several completely new forms, a shift in philosophy and numerous detailed adjustments. This briefing will, by reference to the Standard Building Contract With Quantities, provide an explanation of all the significant changes.

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Contractual Awareness - Full Day - North West
One of our most popular courses, a full day on Contractual Awareness provides an excellent grounding in the basics of construction contract law, enabling you to protect your firm from commercial risks and run projects successfully.

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NEC - Full Day - North West
The NEC 3 suite of contracts is an increasingly popular choice of contract for both construction and engineering projects. This seminar will provide an essential insight into the main options of the NEC 3, and will demonstrate the application of the core clauses, including stringent programme requirements and the assessment of Compensation Events. At the end of the course, those who attend will have a working
knowledge of the form.

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JCT Design & Build (Half Day - AM) - North West
The JCT05 Design and Build form has taken over in popularity from its 1998 predecessor. This seminar, covering recent revisions, reviews the basics of the form, including contract documents (in particular the importance of the Employer’s Requirements and Contractor’s Proposals documents), design liability, variations, time, payment, subcontracting as well as the more contentious areas of liquidated damages, extensions of time, money claims, termination, defects and dispute resolution. Ideal for Employers, Contractors and Subcontractors.

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25 Contractual Nighmares (Half Day - PM) - North West
Areas covered include Tender, Programme, Payment, Liquidated Damages and Completion and Defects.

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