Training and mentoring is a key part of our service to the Construction Industry in South Africa where we play an active role in addressing the skills shortage as well as ensuring that young professionals receives the necessary mentoring in the challenges we face.
Van Zyl & Associates’ training department has developed a course for Managing Construction Contracts with General Conditions of Contract.
The principal engineer of VZA, Theunis van Zyl, is the author of the book Managing Construction Contracts with General Conditions of Contract, published in 2009. This book is valuable for the growing consulting and construction industry to ensure that our young professionals are equipped for the demands of the contractual environment.
Courses and Certificates we offer:
We can also provide the following courses and training to the industry on an as-and-when required basis:
- Construction Claims: A Practical Approach (Validated by CESA for 2 CPD points)
- Delay, Disruption and Extension of Time (Validated by CESA for 2 CPD points)
- How to successfully administer contracts implemented in terms of the JBCC Conditions of Contract 2007/2014 (Validated by CESA for 2 CPD points)
- How to successfully administer contracts implemented in terms of General Conditions of Contract of 2010 (Validated by CESA for 2 CPD points)
The last course cover the following topics:
- The CIDB procurement process and tendering requirements
- Introduction to contracts within the legal framework
- The way construction contracts come into existence
- Parties to the contract
- The law of agency and representation
- Engineer and engineer’s representative
- General (shared) duties of the parties to the contract
- Commencement of the contract and Commencement of the works
- Signing of the contract
- Contractual documentation and deliverables
- Handing over the site
- Execution of the works
- Monetary obligations
- Claims and Disputes