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Built Environment Procurement and Contract Administration

The choice of standard form contract changes how risk sits between employer and contractor, and how payment, variations and disputes are handled once work starts. The content follows a building project from procurement strategy and tender adjudication through to certification, payment and final account.

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What you will be able to do

  • Select a procurement route that suits the scope, funding and risk profile of a project.
  • Compile tender documents that price the work fairly and reduce later argument.
  • Evaluate and adjudicate tenders using stated criteria including preference point scoring.
  • Compare the risk allocation and administrative machinery of the common standard form agreements.
  • Administer variations, compensation events, payment certificates and completion milestones.
  • Close out a contract through defects liability, retention release and the final account.

Course outline

  1. 01Procurement strategy and delivery model choice
  2. 02Tender documentation and pricing structures
  3. 03Evaluation, adjudication and award governance
  4. 04Standard form agreements and their administration
  5. 05Early warning and compensation event practice
  6. 06Variations, instructions and site records
  7. 07Certification, payment and security instruments
  8. 08Completion, defects and contract close out

Who should attend

Contracts administrators, procurement and supply chain practitioners in municipalities and state entities, project managers, quantity surveyors and contractor commercial staff working on building and infrastructure projects.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendarRegister
28 Sep to 2 Oct 2026Johannesburg5R18,000Closed
5 to 9 Oct 2026Cape Town5R18,000Register
12 to 16 Oct 2026Durban5R18,000Register
19 to 23 Oct 2026Pretoria5R18,000Register
26 to 30 Oct 2026Nairobi5US$1,800Register
2 to 6 Nov 2026Dar es Salaam5US$1,800Register
9 to 13 Nov 2026Lusaka5US$1,800Register
16 to 20 Nov 2026Harare5US$1,800Register
23 to 27 Nov 2026Accra5US$1,800Register
30 Nov to 4 Dec 2026Lagos5US$1,800Register
7 to 11 Dec 2026Dubai5US$1,800Register

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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