IPWEA NZ Fixed Term Services Contract Management using NZS 3917 - Palmerston North

When:  Feb 4, 2015 from 08:30 to 17:00 (NZST)
Associated with  New Zealand

Synopsis:

IPWEA NZ is commencing  a new workshop series later in 2014 to provide Principals, Engineers and Contractors, particularly those operating in the local government engineering sector, with background information and training on the use of the new and recently published New Zealand Standard contracts, NZS 3917 and NZS 3916.

Each workshop is a one day self contained event, so make sure you book the right one.

It is recommended that attendees should have had some previous training in construction contracts, such as the IPWEA NZ’s Engineer’s Representative and Contractor’s Representative workshop, or practical experience on site with contract management, but these are not compulsory pre-requisites. 

Workshop material and presentations are being designed by Andrew Brickell, Chief Engineer at MWH New Zealand Ltd, who for many years has taught contract management for NZS 3910, FIDIC and NEC3 contracts and who served on the Standards NZ committee which prepared the 2013 revisions of NZS 3910, 3917 and 3916.

Content:

The 3917 workshop covers:

  • What sort of services and why a fixed term?

  • Specifying the delivery of services

  • Preparing asset inventories and then improving them

  • Procuring a fixed term contract,

  • Payment mechanisms: time, volume, performance, …

  • Time clauses, expiry, renewals, defects

  • Risk and insurance

  • What about bonds and retentions?

  • Repair or replace decisions

  • DBO and BOOT

  • Workshop exercises

  • Case studies

The 3916 workshop covers:

  • What’s different about design and construct?

  • Why not just use 3910?

  • JCT81, FIDIC Yellow Book, 3916

  • Documenting the Principal’s Requirements

  • Procurement of design and construct contracts

  • Tender evaluation and award

  • Contractor’s documentation

  • Design review

  • Assignment and novation

  • Construction monitoring and testing

  • DBO and BOOT

  • Workshop exercises

  • Case studies

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of each workshop, participants will have a wide appreciation of the different issues needing to be addressed in fixed term services contracts and in design and construct contracts, how to initiate the procurement of each and appropriate issues to consider during the management of each contract type. The ways in which 3917 and 3916 address procurement and management issues will be explored. Guidance will be given on the other documentation  needing to be prepared to invite tenders, respond to invitations and administer contracts.

Dates and Venues:

 

3917

4th February Palmerston North

10th March Christchurch
​16th March Auckland

3916

5th February Palmerston North

11th March Christchurch
17th March Auckland

Registration and brochure
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