CONSTRUCTION LAW

The Construction Law is basically a construction industry related law matters, for example the payment issue like non payment from Employer to the Contractor. The subject's group assignment is to prepare a Loss and Expense claim submitted by the Contractor. In this assignment we need to identify which one contract clauses are applicable to the Contractor's Loss and Expense claim.

When seeking for the applicable clauses, we have looked at both PAM Contract 2006 and Contract Act 1950. For example, the Contract Act 1950 Section 74 is applicable for Contractor's Loss of Profit claim.

Not only we have looked at the applicable clauses, we also need to justify how such clause is applicable for the Contractor's claim and make the adjustment on the payment based on our opinions. From this assignment, I learned that we have to be fair and reasonable to both Employer and Contractor when carry similar works like preparing an interim certificate. 

 

The following are learning outcomes from this subject:

1. Identify, explain and distinguish the various law related to the construction industry including land law and construction statutes by demonstrating knowledge and understanding of the principle in law, conditions of contract and the applicable statutes.
2. Analyze, interpret and apply this knowledge on the principles of law in administration of contracts and contractual claims including providing evidence of reasoned advice in relation oto contractual claims and interpretation of any discrepancies of various contract documents.
3. take appropriate methods of dispute resolution for different situations arising from construction contract.