Protecting industrial projects by limiting claims
Protect the schedules, costs and interests of your industrial projects. Identify contractual deviations, document events and prepare your arguments before disagreements become established. Strengthen your ability to prevent claims, defend your position and negotiate while preserving relationships with partners.
- Duration
- 2 days 14 hours
- Code
- IND019FR Code
Presentation
Every industrial or construction project relies on a contractual framework that sets the rules. If poorly managed, this framework can quickly expose the project to schedule delays, cost overruns or scope changes. These deviations can escalate into costly disputes and claims.
This 2-day course teaches you to structure, manage and protect your projects to limit disputes and ensure delivery in line with contractual objectives. Discover how to prevent and detect deviations early, understand claim mechanisms and produce robust project documentation to defend your interests.
By the end of the course, you will know how to defend your interests while maintaining constructive working relationships. You will be able to negotiate and resolve disputes without jeopardising the project's continuation.
Objectives
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- understand a project's contractual framework and its operational implications;
- identify sources of deviation in schedules, costs and scope, and their contractual consequences;
- establish measures to prevent and detect deviations early, including a change register and an event log;
- understand claim mechanisms: grounds, triggering events such as client actions, force majeure and changes, claim preparation and notification;
- negotiate and resolve disputes while preserving partner relationships;
- produce robust project documentation, including evidence, cost assessments and supporting arguments, to defend your interests in a dispute.
Program
Module 1: understanding the project's contractual framework
- Contract structure: scope, schedules, price and responsibilities.
- High-risk clauses: penalties, warranties and limitation of liability.
- Each party's obligations throughout the project lifecycle.
- Contractual interfaces with subcontractors and suppliers.
Module 2: preventing and detecting deviations
- Sources of deviation and establishing early-warning indicators.
- Structured contract monitoring: a change register and an event log.
- Sound documentation practices from the start of the project.
Module 3: identifying claim mechanisms
- The concept of a claim and its role in project contract management.
- Events giving rise to claims, including client actions, force majeure and changes.
- Building a robust claim: evidence, cost assessments and supporting arguments.
Module 4: negotiating, resolving disputes and continuing the project
- Preparing for and conducting negotiations under pressure.
- Managing relationships during disputes without jeopardising the project.
- Learning from disputes to improve future practices.
Audience
This course is intended for professionals seeking to safeguard project delivery, including:
- project managers and project directors in industrial or construction settings responsible for their projects' contractual management;
- contract managers involved in contract delivery and monitoring each party's obligations;
- any professional seeking to safeguard project delivery and prevent claims, without prior legal knowledge.
Prerequisites
The following prerequisites apply:
- Basic knowledge: familiarity with project management fundamentals.
- Good to know: no prior legal knowledge is required; the course is designed to be accessible to any professional responsible for projects.
Teaching and assessment methods
- Initial skills assessment
- Training materials provided to participants
- Continuous assessment throughout the course
- End-of-course feedback questionnaire
- Combination of theory and practical application
- Attendance records
- Post-course follow-up evaluation
- Practical exercises
- Case study
Course highlights
- Trainer experienced in contract management: practical training delivered by an expert who has managed major contracts on industrial projects.
- Accessible without legal knowledge: designed for project professionals, with no prerequisite knowledge of contract law.
- Practical approach: theoretical input combined with case studies to ground claim mechanisms in concrete situations.
- Complete methodology: from preventing deviations to resolving disputes, safeguard the entire project lifecycle.
Dates and sessions
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