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CMGT 445 - Heavy Civil Contract Law


Description:
Construction contracts, liability, bonding, arbitration, and heavy civil highway specifications.

Prerequisites:
Prerequisites: BUS 241, ENG 102, and CMGT 346 or CMGT 347.

Credits: (4)

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

  • Apply critical thinking and express a contract position based on principles of construction contract law, both orally and in writing.
  • Distinguish between different types of contracting vehicles and payment types and understand the advantages and disadvantages of the various options.
  • Understand the importance of maintaining extensive documentation.
  • Understand, work with and apply some of the most important construction contract clauses of, “changes”, “differing site conditions”, matters of time, construction safety, and environment compliance.
  • Understand magnitude, duties, and responsibilities associated with the changes and differing site condition clauses. Able to apply safety and environmental clauses effectively.
  • Distinguish what constitutes a claim, how to quantify it in terms of time and money by applying tools of cost accounting and cost engineering.
  • Distinguish between ethical and non-ethical behavior as applied to construction situations.
  • Determine the need for Bid, Payment, and Performance bonds. Know the reasons behind and responsibilities for liens, the Miller act and use of sureties.
  • Obtain a basic working knowledge of how to use the WSDOT standard construction specifications.



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