COMMERCIAL
TRAINING SERVICES
For Managers, Engineers, Quantity Surveyors
and Supervisors
VISITING IN-HOUSE COURSES – full or half day.
We offer a comprehensive range of commercial/ contractual training on
a “visiting” basis – full or half days, geared to the client company’s
requirements. All courses come with detailed handout notes, and encourage
interaction and discussion. All one-day courses include practical exercises,
delegate workbooks and “workshop” discussions.
SOME TRAINING OPTIONS :
Revised and updated –
1 January 2007
Commercial Awareness
for Site Supervisors and Engineers
– Click here for details.
This course is set
at a basic level, is very practical and is based on “The Streetwise
Subbie”, emphasising commercial awareness, record keeping, site
diaries, giving of delay notices, reasons why needed, protection from
commercial disaster etc
– for Site Supervisors,
Foremen and Charge hands. A half day or full day course
Commercial awareness
for Managers and Engineers *** Click
here for details.
***Our most
popular course and strongly recommended.
A more “senior
level” course, emphasising the actual job, concentrating on “real life”
problems, protection and getting paid, programme pitfalls, securing extensions
of time, loss and expense entitlements, recording and maximising of variations,
good and bad correspondence etc.
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for Contracts Managers and Engineers, Planners, and Senior
Supervisors. A full day course.
Protecting the
Sub-contractor’s entitlements to time and money!* Click here for details.
A new half day
course which concentrates on protecting the subbie’s entitlements by
maintaining a regime of good notices and site records. Explains the main risks
from main contractor’s damages, set off and contra charges, and how to protect
against those risks! Will strengthen the subcontractor’s position when seeking
extension of time, and payment for variations and claims.
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for Engineers and Supervisors. A half day course.
Commercial awareness
– Advanced level – Click here for details.
This course
covers the formation of a contract,
enquiry, tender, letter of intent, checking of the order, onerous terms and
conditions, an overview of bonds and warranties, some typical “design problems”
including “fitness for purpose”, payment problems, and an introduction to the
Construction Act and the associated problems and benefits
–
for Contracts Managers, Estimators and Quantity Surveyors. A
full day course.
Commercial awareness
for Sub-contractors – Click here for details.
Set at a basic
level, a practical course which emphasises early identification of all
problems, proactive flagging up of delays, keeping good site records and
notices, minimising of risk and protection of the subcontractor’s entitlements
to time and money.
– for
Contracts Managers, Engineers and Supervisors. A half day or full day course
NEC (ECC) Contract)
Introduction/Workshop – Click here for details.
A practical and “down to earth”
introduction to this increasingly used form of contract, with its complex and
onerous requirements for “early warning” and resolution of all problems – as a
half day overview to Directors and senior managerial staff and/or
as a full day pre-commencement “workshop” for project teams who have to
administer these demanding rules. Includes a summary of the key changes in the
July 2005 edition of NEC3.
- for all Directors and staff who may be
involved in an NEC contract. A half or full day course.
Contract Law for
Trade and Sub-contractors – “Practical guidance for the “real world” –
Click here for
details.
This course
concentrates on the pre-contract and contractual aspects, identifying risks,
onerous clauses, formation of a contract, enquiry, tender, letters of intent,
checking of the order, onerous clauses, “battle of the forms”. Also looks at
damages, extension of time, variations and claims for loss and expense.
–
for Contracts Managers, Estimators, Quantity Surveyors,
Engineers, Planning Engineers etc. A
full day course.
Basic Contract Law
for Specialist Contractors – Click here for details.
This course
assumes no previous contractual knowledge and seeks to explain in very simple
terms the origin and reasons for contracts, formation of a simple contract,
enquiry, tender, letters of intent, checking of the order, onerous clauses, “battle
of the forms”. Also looks briefly at the key headlines of the Construction Act
and its relevance in getting paid.
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for all grades of staff involved in any way in contract
administration. A half day or full day course.
Contractual workshop
– securing entitlements to extension of time, variations and loss and expense – Click here for details.
This “senior
level” course concentrates on securing of entitlements to time and money by reference to DOM/1, including detailed
discussion and interactive exercises for identification, notification,
preparation, reimbursement and
negotiation of “claims” for loss and expense, acceleration quotations, extension of time and variations.
– for Contracts Managers, Quantity Surveyors,
Engineers. A full day course.
Construction Act 1996
and the “tricks and dodges” to look out for – Click here for details.
This course
covers the basics of the Act with a very practical emphasis, including
administration and payment of sub-subcontractors. Also highlights some of the
“dirty tricks” contained in the other
party’s terms and conditions
–
for all Directors and staff. A half day course.
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Course
Summaries – Click on this
hyperlink to see/download detailed summaries of each course contents.
All these courses have been given to specific clients and/or to
various Branches of the ECA. We can modify all/any of the above to the individual company’s requirements (albeit that the copyright remains with the practice). Numerous
clients have had us in on a repeat basis, and/or working through a range
of seminars for differing grades of staff.
We should be very pleased to have the opportunity of discussing the
company’s requirements and helping to provide cost effective training.
You do not need large numbers for these
seminars. We feel sure that we can assist you in the provision of cost
effective training for your company, regardless of the number of staff to be
trained.
YOUR NEXT STEP ?
To get more information, without obligation, as to how we can help provide your firm’s
training needs, there are three simple options :
Route 1
Ring John Russell 07770 986444
Route 2
Email John Russell by clicking on this link:
mailto:swsubbie@globalnet.co.uk
FAX BACK ENQUIRY FORM
For
further details and costs, without obligation, please complete and post/fax
this enquiry form to :
John Russell
Cheshire CW4 7DP
Tel: 07770
986444
Email:
swsubbie@globalnet.co.uk
Web
site: www.jrconsultant.co.uk
John (“Jack”) Russell
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the presentation of the following seminar/s on an In Company basis, as
indicated below. Please contact the undersigned to discuss needs, cost and
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Commercial Awareness for Site Supervisors and Engineers |
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Commercial Awareness for Managers and Engineers |
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NEC New Engineering Contract (ECC) |
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Contract Law for Electrical Contractors. |
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Basic Contract Law for Specialist Contractors |
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Contractual Workshop – extensions of time, variations, loss and
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Construction Act 1996, tricks and dodges |
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John Russell
Contracts & Training Consultant
Cheshire CW4 7DP
Tel:
07770 986444
Email: swsubbie@globalnet.co.uk
Website: jrc0nsultant.co.uk
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