Aims & Learning Objectives: Aims:- To provide students with an understanding of contract management and to define the processes involved in preparing and operating workable contracts between contractors and clients.
Objectives:- After completing this module, students should be able to: describe the structure of commercial contracts, understand the different types of contract, design a pre-qualification process, describe the process for the selection of contractors, understand the duties involved in a modern contract engineering department and appreciate the processes involved in executing contracts.
Content: An introduction to industrial contracts; types of contract; the contract cycle; pre-qualification, tendering and evaluation, contract conditions; winning work; the operation of contracts and an understanding of the role of contracting.
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