Course description
If you have clients who are architects, it is vital that you understand their authority and the limits of their authority under building contracts so that you can accurately assess the risks posed by a contract and their potential liability.
Philip Harris presents this webinar that examines limiting duties and risks to architects.
It will cover how to get the appointment right; how to distinguish permanent works from temporary works and the effect they have on the architect’s responsibilities; the delegation of design responsibility; the administration of contracts; reasonable skill and care; professional indemnity insurance; concurrent duties in contract and much more.
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Training Course Content
Introduction
This new webinar considers the risks and potential liability of the architect both under appointments and under building contracts.
It will also examine limiting duties and risks and understanding those duties and risks.
What You Will Learn
This webinar will cover the following:
- Getting the appointment right - limiting duties, specifying duties, and narrowly limiting liability and claims for damages
- Understanding the architect’s authority and the limits of the authority under building contracts, to bind the employer
- Distinguishing permanent works and temporary works and the architect’s responsibilities
- Delegation of design responsibility
- Administration of contracts
- Reasonable skill and care and professional indemnity insurance - any higher duty of care?
- Concurrent duties in contract and negligence
- Advising/warning of risks of new techniques
- Specific duties - including examination of site, delivery of drawings on time, instructions as to methods of working, knowledge of legislation and building regulations
- Cost control; recommending builders; the certification process
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