Course Overview
This course is based on the Contracts Act of Malaysia 1950. The focus is on exposing participants to the Act so they can understand their role in drafting, reviewing, and apportioning risk response measures in contracts.

Participants will learn how to apply a logical, systematic, and comprehensive approach to reading, managing, and implementing contracts so that the team can effectively manage vendors and satisfy the legal obligations detailed in the contract.

Target Audience
This course is tailored for project managers, project leaders, project controllers, contract managers, construction managers, offshore managers, contract administrators, procurement personnel, and sub-contract department staff.

Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course, participants will comprehend:

• The consequences of non-compliance with the contract
• Methods of dispute resolution
• Obligations of the parties to the contract
• Defining and discerning breach of contract
• Application of the law to Liquidated Ascertained Damages (LAD) and Extension of Time (EOT)
• How contracts can come to an end (conditions for termination)
• Case studies of common claims and disputes in Malaysia

Course Outline

• Discharge of contracts
• What are Quantum Meruit claims?
• Financial remedies for breach of contract
• Legal application of Liquidated Ascertained Damages (LAD)
• Nature of construction disputes and claims
• Liability of the contract administrator
• Dispute resolution via:
  • Mediation
  • Arbitration
  • Adjudication
• Closing out the contract and procurement process