Construction Law
Construction Law is designed to teach and familiarize owners, managers, supervisors and project managers with construction contracts and contract law; liabilities and responsibilities of all parties to a Contract, compiling and submitting proper extras and claims, and ways and means for leaders to avoid conflict with contracts, owners, trades, and labour.
Click here to download the fact sheet for this course.
Construction Law is designed to teach and familiarize owners, managers, supervisors and project managers with construction contracts and contract law; liabilities and responsibilities of all parties to a Contract, compiling and submitting proper extras and claims, and ways and means for leaders to avoid conflict with contracts, owners, trades, and labour.
Click here to download the fact sheet for this course.
Credits/Certificates
A final mark of 100% is required in order to receive a certificate of completion. This course has been accredited by the following programs:
- This course has been accredited by the Canadian Construction Association (CCA) to two (2) credits towards Gold Seal Certification upon successful completion of this course. A final mark of 100% is required in order to receive a certificate of completion.
Objectives
This course will provide managers with the tools to help them:
- Understand the origins of law.
- Understand what a contract is and what makes a contract valid or invalid.
- Understand the roles in the construction industry as they apply to contract law.
- Know the different types of construction contracts.
- Interpret contracts.
- Understand what a custom contract consists of.
- Understand the principles of surety and the different types of bonds that are used.
- Know what type of insurance is required in the construction industry.
- Understand claims, the reasons for claims and the process of making a claim.
- Know the acts and regulations that are relevant to the construction industry.
Structure and Workload
This course consists of 9 lessons for a total of about 4 hours of self-paced instruction.
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| 1 | Construction Law |
