Date: 01/11/2022 - 02/11/2022
Time: All Day
Location: NCVO Offices
Course costs: £745 + VAT
Overview
This course follows on from Understanding the Development Process, and looks in more detail at the construction procurement process, types of building contracts focusing on the JCT D&B 2016 form including important clauses and their application, an overview of the stages and elements of construction and then how to be an effective client during the construction, including managing the contractor and team and then managing handover and the defect management process.
This course is suitable for Development and Regeneration staff who are reasonably new to the discipline, and staff from other teams within Registered Providers who are drafted into Development project teams.
Course Plan
This course covers the following areas:
- Getting our schemes built
- Design stages recap
- Contract arrangements
- Payment structure
- Types of building contract
- The JCT Design and Build contract
- Contract terms
- Employers rights
- Payment mechanism and timing
- Contractor mobilisation
- Consultant and designer
- Collateral warranties
- Insolvency risk
- Construction
- Building systems
- Elements and sections of the build
- Managing the contractor on site
- The project/development managers/officers role
- The clerk of works
- Defects
- When it goes wrong – delays and damages
- Completion and handover
- Defects
Format
Duration: 2 days
Intensive interactive learning with exercises.
Suggested Preparation
No pre-course reading is necessary. Some of the documents we will discuss are listed below. it will be helpful if you are familiar with them. Please also bring along any examples you would like to discuss.
- A signed building contract for a scheme currently on-site or recently completed. The full Form of Contract, not just the Contract Particulars pages.
- Contractor’s programme for a scheme
- Contractors Monthly Site Meeting Report
- Clerk of works report
If you are unsure what documents will give you this information, ask your manager who should be able to help.
You will find it helpful to look over the relevant Topics in Developing Affordable Housing, published by the National Housing Federation. It is available here.
Entry Requirements
This course is designed to follow on from Understanding the Development Process. It is preferable, although not essential, that delegates should either have attended that course or have an equivalent level of knowledge.
Certification
On completion of this course you will be provided with an HATC certificate.
Related Courses
Understanding the Development Process
Acquisition, Feasibility and Project Planning for Development
Design and Planning for Development
Project Fundamentals Qualification
Trainers
Duration & Times
2 days
Day 1: 10.00am – 5.00pm
Day 2: 9.00am – 4.00pm
Booking Form
Bookings are closed for this event. However, we will run this course again shortly. Please visit the Open Courses webpage for more details.