204 STP CONTRACT DOCUMENTS & CONSTRUCTION LAW, UNIT 4
Monday, January 18, 2027 12:00 AM - Sunday, March 28, 2027 12:00 AM (EST)
Description
This course focuses on understanding the relationship between contract documents and the construction process. In this class you'll explore contractual relationships, legal roles and responsibilities, and contract types.
Legal issues will be studied including regulatory issues, liens, bonds, insurance, and how standardized forms are used as well as general conditions clauses that affect levels of decision making authority, project close-out and the superintendent’s role as agent of the contractor.
In addition, you'll study legal issues that often result in construction disputes like differing site conditions, time and schedule impacts, change orders and changed conditions. After that, we cover contract dispute resolution including negotiations, alternative dispute resolutions, and litigation of disputes. Students will be able to take the knowledge they learn from this course and apply to a number of our national construction certification programs
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Understand the importance of contract documents and construction law as they pertain to on site construction supervisors
- Understand the differernt forms of formal dispute resolution including litigation, arbitration and mediaton
- Be able to differentiate between various contractual relationships by understanding the roles and responsibilities of contractual parties
- Understand the effects of changes as they are encountered and develop methods to react to potential conflicts resulting from changes
- Know how to handle schedule impacts, delays, accelerations, suspensions and disruption of time related work activities
- Be able to understand and use common legal terms
- Understand the roles of partnering in avoiding construction conflicts by communicating and building trust between contractual parties
- Understand the different types of construction contracts and how the construction supervisors role may be affected by them
- Know how to recognize differing site conditions and understand the importance of handling changed conditions effectively
- Be able to resolve conflicts and issues through negotiation
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Members=$450, Non-members=$650
TEXTBOOK PURCHASE REQUIRED: Hardcopy=$110, eBook=$50
Course modules will be made available to students on Sunday of each week (no live instruction is provided, classes are asynchronous giving students access 24/7). Class work must be completed before the following Monday. Students will not be able to work ahead of the class but the reading assignments will be made available in advance. Modules will become available on dates posted on the course calendar.