Construction Law

This course 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.

Upon completing this course, you will:

• 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

This course is intended for people working in the construction industry who deal primarily in trade-to-trade and/or trade-to-customer situations.

This course has been accredited by the Canadian Construction Association (CCA) for two (2) credit toward Gold Seal Certification. This course is an awareness raising tool. A certificate is given upon completion.