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2-day Course in DUBLIN on
OPERATING THE RIAI BUILDING
CONTRACT
19th & 20th May, 1986
This is an advanced, practical course on the R.I.A.I. Conditions of Building Contract and their interrelation
with the Employer/Nominated Sub-Contract Agreement.
This two-day course will discuss the difficulties met in operating the Conditions. Emphasis will be placed upon
what the clauses do not regulate, as well as what they actually say.
The course will be given against a background of Irish Law.
COVERAGE
First Day
Session 1
The Legal Bac kg r ound
The Employer's contracts with - The Architect - The
Contractor - The Sub-Contractor. The Contractor's
Tender - keeping the Tender open. Effect of the Letter
of Intent. Acceptance of the Tender. Signing or
Sealing the Agreement. Six or twelve year liability in
contract. Effect of the Final Certificate. Architect's
and Contractor's liability in tort.
Session 2.
Extension of T ime
Clause 30.
Events not justifying extensions of time. Extensions
under Clauses 28 and 34(a). Calculating the
extensions due - the Critical Path. The position if the
Contractor falls behind an accelerated programme.
What extensions carry entitlement to payment.
Overlapping causes of delay. Time being rendered at
large.
Session 3.
The Em p l o y e r / N o m i n a t ed
S u b - C o n t r a c t or
Ag r eement
Sub-Contractor's obligation in respect of design. Con-
tractor's obligation in respect of design. - Clause 25.
Direct payment to Sub-Contractor. Tripartite arbitrat-
ions. Necessary amendment to the Main Contract —
Clause 37. Adapting the Agreement to cover:
Nominated Suppliers: Domestic Sub-Contractors and
Suppliers.
Second Day
Session 1.
Add i t i ons t o the Con t r act Sum
(i) For Variations
Limits upon the Architect's power to issue variations.
Is a change of sequence of working a variation? etc.
Rules for valuation of variations.
(ii) For Lack of I n f o rma t i on
Clause 1 (i): Distinction between an Instruction and the
lack of an Instruction.
(iii) In respect of Nomi na t i ons
Nominations of Sub-Contractors who cannot
complete in accordance with Contractor's prog-
ramme. Clause 16(a): Nomination of Suppliers.
(iv) Quan t i f y i ng Claims
Golden Rules. Financing Costs.
(v) Resisting Cl a ims
Session 2.
Insurance
What the Contractor must insure. What is not insured.
The problem of defects caused by bad design. The
position if the Employer insures in lieu of the Con-
tractor. Making good damage insured.
Session 3.
Comp l e t i on and Possession
Contractor's consent to partial possession. Conse-
quent obligations upon the Architect. Practical
Completion Certificate. Meaning of "practically com-
pleted". Defects liability period. Relation to Con-
tractor's 6 or 12 year liability. Final Certificate and its
legal effect.
De t e rmi n i ng t he Con t r ac t o r 's Emp l oymen t.
Employer's grounds for determining Contractor's
employment. Obtaining possession of the site.
Employer's rights. Con t r ac t o r 's grounds for
de t e rmi n i ng the emp l oymen t.
Con t r ac t o r 's
entitlements.
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