Anotace:

As every project manager in construction business has to be a contract manager at the same time, understanding the contract – respectively contracting in general – is a must. Course of Construction Contracting is oriented on current business practices and methods, management techniques and understanding general legal principles, codes and regulations. It is about doing business in construction using standard procurement systems and applying given types of contracts, respectively standard contracts (e.g. FIDIC). Lectures are based on the real practice experience of both course’s lecturers and various case studies are studied and solved in the course.

Časový program přednášek a cvičení:

1. Basics of Contract Law
2. The Parties to Construction-related Prime Contracts
3. Contract General Conditions: Provisions to Review Checklists
4. Typical Construction Contract Clauses
5. Understanding Construction Contract, Bonding, and Insurance
6. Procurement Systems
6. Why Contractors Fail
7. Contract Startup and Completion, Site and General Requirements, Subsurface Conditions
8. Contract´s Red flags, Inspection of Works, Rejected Works and Deficiencies, Changes
9. Standard Contracts
10-11. FIDIC standards – RED Book (D-B-B) and Yellow Book (D-B) case studies
12. Financing and Contract Payments
13. Arbitration and Claims; recap

Způsob a harmonogram průběžné kontroly studia během semestru:

Kontaktní forma výuky:

dle rozvrhu

Distanční forma výuky:

dle rozvrhu; v rámci MS Teams

Požadavky ke zkoušce, podmínky pro udělení zápočtu nebo klasifikovaného zápočtu:

povinná a aktivní účast na výuce, maximálně 3 omluvené absence

Podíl zkoušky na celkovém hodnocení předmětu:

90%

Seznam požadovaných návazností:

Seznam doporučené studijní literatury:

• R.Clough et al.: Construction Contracting: Practical Guide to Company Management, Wiley, 8th.ed, 2015, ISBN13: 978-1118693216
• L.Holm: 101 Case Studies in Construction Management, Routledge; 1st.ed., 2018, ISBN-13: 978-0815361985
• FIDIC: Construction Contract 2nd Ed (2017 Red Book), 2017, ISBN13: 978-2-88432-084-9