Contract law - Contractual relationships

As a consultant, you will enter into a contract with your client. The client may then have a contract with a contractor, who will have sub-contractors, suppliers, sub-consultants. These are just some of the contracts that may be entered into on a standard construction project. In this webinar we consider how these contracts relate to each other, and how rights and obligations are created under these contracts.

Learning outcomes

Delegates will gain practical understanding of how the contractual relationships created for construction and engineering projects including:

• How the engineer to the contract fits into the contractual framework
• What you can expect to see in your contract with your client
• Dealing with subcontractors and subconsultants
• The transfer of rights and obligations
• Subcontractors and retention money
• Subcontractors and insolvency of the main contractor

Intended audience

This recorded webinar is designed to meet the needs of engineers at every stage of their career. You will find this useful if you are just starting out and have no experience with contracts; you are mid-career and considering expanding your role to serve as engineer to the contract; you have some experience as engineer to the contract, but don’t have formal training in the legal principles underlying your role.

Webinar format

This recorded webinar relies on case studies and practical examples, in addition to explanations of the legal principles. 

Presenter information

Dr. Gigi Fenster studied law in South Africa, where she was a founder member of the Construction Industry Development Board, a lecturer on the Association of Arbitrator’s Construction Law course, and a provider of training to the construction industry. For the past sixteen years she has lived in New Zealand, and has worked in government and in the polytechnic sector teaching law. Gigi has taught law for more than twenty years and has written training courses, manuals and seminar notes for the construction and other industries. She provides ongoing consulting services to private firms and government. Gigi has a particular interest in international engineering contracts and the FIDIC contracts in particular. She has provided training on FIDIC in various countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific.