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RICS Southeast Asia training Contract administration and claims management training

Online

From $130 + VAT

Overview

Delivered online over two half-day sessions, this intensive training program offers practical insights into contract administration and claims management for construction and infrastructure projects. Designed to address critical business challenges, the course equips property developers with essential strategies to mitigate potential losses and disputes through robust administrative procedures.

Participants will explore up-to-date practices in contractual requirements, information management, and post-contract administration. The program provides comprehensive guidance on assessing and resolving claims under contracts, focusing on minimising expenses and project delays.

Topics covered

  • Contract claim resolution principles.
  • Claim management strategies.
  • Practical claim resolution.
  • Contract risk management.

Learning outcome

Understand key commercial processes relevant to contract administration.

Understand the role of Contract Administrator in determining claims.

Take early action to maintain control over contractual and project processes.

Recognise bad practices and demonstrate good practices in contract administration.

Dive into key areas of contract administration like:

  • Timely notices and time-bar issues;
  • Importance of proper and accurate record-keeping in claims substantiations and dispute avoidance, and the proper data collection and use in claims.
  • Variation claims, Suspension and Termination
  • Brief overview of dispute resolution, including escalation to the Dispute Adjudication Board, amicable settlement, Adjudication and Arbitration.

Knowledge partner

Mr Chung Sheuan Seen headshot

Mr Chung Sheuan Seen

Mr Chung has more than 20 years’ experience working on mega infrastructure engineering, iconic high-rise, as well as building projects, in the likes of LTA MRT projects, MBS, TPC, Jewel, KL118, DUO, various data centres etc, with sound appreciation of such projects in the areas of (i) project health check assessment and turnaround strategy and execution (ii) claims management (iii) acted as Tribunal/Court appointed testifying expert in delay and cost assessment in arbitration, adjudication and litigation matters. With an extensive regional construction industry experience in claims management as well as performing the duty of testifying delay/quantum expert in formal dispute settings, coupled with Mr Chung being a civil engineer by training as well as coming from a project person background, Mr Chung is able to provide in depth and precise advisory/assessment insights and support to the parties in construction contract claims and formal disputes. And more importantly guiding the parties towards positive outcomes. In his early career, he too was involved in head office planning function and senior management support, claim defence, performing cash-flows projections studies, logistics planning studies, project-wide manpower projection studies as well as Master Programme development. Mr Chung’s project experience includes iconic high-rise, hospitality / commercial (integrated resorts, hotels, malls and service apartments), residential, hospitals, airports, marine works, monorail, LRT, MRT, offshore and power plants.

Price summary

RICS Member

SGD $130 + VAT

Non-RICS Member

SGD $170 + VAT

Group Booking 3 pax (10% off)

SGD $351 + VAT

Group Booking 5 pax (15% off)

SGD $553 + VAT

From $130

+ VAT