Mastering Subcontracts: Maximizing Opportunities and Mitigating Risks | LIVE, ONLINE Training

Subcontracts are becoming more and more confusing and onerous. As a Trade Contractor, it is in your best interest to have a clear understanding of your contract before a problem threatens your business rather than after, when it is too late.

This is an interactive, hands-on course with actual subcontracts as examples. Throughout the course, a ‘Subcontract Handbook’ will be developed by the class so that the you can better understand contract requirements as a subcontractor. You’ll work with example subcontracts using a green, amber and red-light system, and learn which subcontract clauses to be on the look-out for when reviewing your own contracts.

This course also uses CCA 53: A Trade Contractor’s Guide and Checklist to Construction Contracts, to help you identify common clauses that can negatively impact your rights and obligations.

You’ll walk away with a resource manual packed with practical checklists, templates and how-tos that will help you set up the processes and procedures you need in the office or jobsite.

This course will cover the checklist of significant clauses identified in the CCA 53 document, including:

• Design responsibility
• Performance specifications
• Conduit or flow-down provisions
• Scope of subcontract work
• Payment
• Insurance
• Protection of work
• Warranties
• Temporary site facilities
• Course Format

Live, Online, Instructor-led training, with a maximum class size of 16 students.

• This course is facilitated by the instructor on the AdobeConnect platform. Access information from the instructor will be provided to you in advance of the training.
• You will be expected to have your webcam on during the whole class and participate in group discussions and other activities with your instructor and classmates during the course.

This course is delivered in partnership with local construction associations across western Canada and Ontario. You will be participating with a cohort of industry peers from throughout these regions.

This course requires full face-to-face interaction and participation from both the instructor and students. In order to attend, you’ll must make sure you have the following:

• Computer or laptop with webcam (webcams are mandatory): This course will involve 100% on-screen interaction with your instructor and classmates, reading/viewing on-screen content like slides or videos, and interacting via typing with questions or responses. For this reason, you must have a webcam and use a full computer/laptop, and we do not permit students to attend using a tablet or cell phone.
• A quiet space with minimal distractions: Please plan to be fully engaged in the class, and clear your work schedule just as you would for attendance in an in-class program.

We recommend that students have some experience working with construction contracts and/or have a familiarity with the language, format, and usage of common construction contracts.

Those with less experience are welcome to attend but may find it hard to absorb and appreciate the material without prior experience or context.

• Gold Seal Credits: 1 GSC Credits
• Licenced Residential Builders: 6 CPD Points, Informal*
  • *Disclaimer: CPD Points may be subject to change by BC Housing. Always verify CPD points for yourself.
  • BC Housing Education Portal: https://www.bccsa.ca/index.php?id=119
  • BC Housing Licensing & Consumer Services: https://www.bchousing.org/licensing-consumer-services/builder-licensing/