CMGT 445 - Heavy Civil Contract Law

• 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.