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Construction training at BLP

Our approach is to offer flexible training options which are presented in a format that works for our clients.  We aim to ensure that our training is as interactive as possible and many of our sessions are workshop based using case studies.

We can adapt the sessions to meet both lawyer and non-lawyer audiences.  Training is offered to lawyers at all levels and certain sessions are aimed at newly qualified or junior lawyers but all can be adjusted accordingly.

We are able to offer our key clients the following training:

Governing law and jurisdiction

Reviews the key principles of governing law and jurisdiction from a practical point of view when drafting these clauses, the impact of Rome II, whether to include litigation or arbitration and, if so, ad hoc or institutional?

Workshop on your most used forms of contract

Interactive session with worked examples and experience sharing on the standard form contracts most widely used by you, including an overview of the form of contract, analysis of pricing and payment mechanisms, price-control mechanisms, time and programming, compensation events and defects and disallowable costs.

Workshop on whether there is a place for privilege with health and safety

Interactive three hour session with case studies to examine the competing tension between protecting privilege and the need for transparency and information dissemination in health and safety.

Practical steps where you are at risk of contractor/sub-contractor insolvency

Consideration of the practical steps you can take to protect your position when contractors or sub-contractors are in severe financial difficulties on projects, and what to do if they go under.

Workshop on set-off and abatement

Reviews relevant legal principles relating to set off and abatement as well as the withholding notice provisions under the Construction Act, followed by a practical, interactive session using a case study based upon your preferred form of contract.

Workshop on letters of intent

Interactive session using case studies to examine the likely legal effect of different letters of intent. Identifying the potential legal pitfalls and offering practical guidance on drafting and use of LOI’s where circumstances require work to commence on this basis.

Recent case update

A review of recent case law relevant to your business.

Proving delay and disruption claims

Explains the key principles in relation to extensions of time, liquidated damages, global claims, float and disruption. Examines the position under English law and in relation to the standard forms of construction contract.

Climate change and sustainability

A tailored session on how climate change and sustainability issues impact on your business. This can be run as a seminar or interactive workshop depending on what you require.

Options and trends in construction procurement: an overview

An overview examining the options and trends which affect your procurement choices.

Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (LDEDC Act)

A review of the changes that Part 8 of the LDEDC Act makes to Part II of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 in respect of the mandatory payment and adjudication provisions to be included in all construction contracts. 

Types of insolvency and contractual remedies from a construction perspective

An overview of the different types of insolvency followed by a practical look at the remedies offered in insolvency situations under the various standard forms of construction contract used by you.

Introductory Sessions

In addition, we can provide a series of introductory sessions aimed at newly qualified/trainee level:

  • Introduction to building contracts, professional appointments and collateral warranties
  • Introduction to Part II of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 as amended by Part 8 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009
  • Introduction to adjudication and other dispute resolution techniques for construction  claims
  • Common construction dispute issues (covering liquidated damages, extensions of time, delay and disruption, loss and expense, variations/employer’s changes, damages including remoteness, bonds and guarantees).

 

Get in touch

Bob Maynard

Bob Maynard

BLP
Partner, Head of Construction Disputes

If you need help with a legal or business issue, please contact our team.