Construction Contracts: Managing Risk, Maximising Recovery
Managing risk under construction contracts is critical, but too often costly pitfalls only become clear when a dispute arises. Our upcoming free seminar is designed to help you anticipate and manage these risks from the outset, strengthening your position both during projects and in disputes, if they cannot be avoided.
Drawing on our extensive experience in resolving construction disputes, we will show how the lessons learned from dealing with claims and numerous adjudications can be applied proactively at contract stage and throughout project delivery to help attendees protect entitlements, strengthen recovery and improve outcomes on projects.
Whether you’re a subcontractor, main contractor, consultant or developer, the content is directly relevant to day-to-day contract and commercial management
What we’ll cover
This seminar will highlight key issues under both JCT and NEC contracts, focusing on the points that regularly give rise to disputes and significant financial exposure. Topics include:
- Getting the contract right at the outset – avoiding hidden risks
- Instructions, scope and variations
- Delay, extensions of time, loss and expense
- NEC compensation events
- Conditions precedent and their impact on entitlement
- Defects, contra-charges and allocation of liability
- Practical record keeping – ensuring your records stand up in a claim
- Risk allocation, in particular design responsibility and ground conditions
- Retention, payment terms and protecting cash flow
Key benefits
- Understand the contractual traps that cause disputes and claims
- Learn how to protect entitlements and maximise recovery
- Gain practical strategies that can be applied across JCT and NEC contracts
Who should attend?
Directors, Commercial managers, quantity surveyors, contract administrators and others involved in managing contracts and projects. The content is relevant to all parties in the contractual chain – from subcontractors to main contractors, developers and consultants.
Event details:
- Free half-day seminar
- Held in Bristol and Birmingham
Register your place
Spaces are limited, so early booking is recommended. Spaces are limited to two per company at each venue and are allocated on a first come, first-served basis. Please click the links below to book.
Bristol
8 October 2025, 13.00 – 16.30
Aztec Hotel & Spa
Aztec West, Almondsbury, BS32 4TS
M5, Jct 16
Birmingham
22 October 2025, 13.00 – 16.30
Arden Hotel & Leisure Club
Coventry Road Solihull B92 0EH
How CCC Can Help
At CCC, we advise contractors, subcontractors, developers, and consultants on all aspects of construction risk and dispute resolution. Whether you’re facing claims under the Building Safety Act or Defective Premises Act, navigating payment disputes, or reviewing contract documents, we provide:
- Strategic advice tailored to your commercial position
- Robust drafting support to reduce risk from the outset
- Practical representation in adjudication and pre-action negotiations
Get in touch to ensure your contracts, claims, and compliance strategies are up to date and effective.
