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Recorded webinar |
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1 CPD hour |
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Most of the work you do will be regulated in some way by Contract Law. Your contract with your client determines your obligations to the client. And, in the course of your work you may be managing or supervising contracts on behalf of a client. You might be assisting with tendering and contract negotiations, managing contracts, advising on contracts. Yet, few engineers have any formal training in contract law.
Learning outcomes
Delegates will gain practical understanding of how contracts are entered into, and how this impacts on their work, including:
- Tendering
- Convoluted negotiations
- Instructions to purchase long lead items before the contract is finalised
- Letters of intent.
- Clauses that might be illegal such as restraints of trade, liquidated damages provisions and time-bars
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.
