Delivering the Project: Contracts, Delivery Methods and Design for Organisations is a five-day programme that equips facility, quality, and engineering professionals across GCC organisations with the knowledge and frameworks to select project delivery methods and manage contracts from design through closeout. Delivered through an integrated blend of a globally recognised self-paced edX delivery-me
•Primary project delivery method arrangements and their advantages and disadvantages
•The three major types of construction contracts and how they allocate risk
•Aligning delivery method and contract choice with organisational culture and objectives
•Analysing major categories of project risk before selecting a delivery method
•Matching delivery method and contract type to project goals, budget, and quality targets
Activity: Delivery-method selection, participants choose and justify a delivery method and contract type for a live or recent project
•Value engineering and the construction manager's role during the design phase
•Tasks that fall outside design activities, including site, labour, and market investigations
•Coordinating construction manager, architect, engineer, and owner input during design
•Applying value-engineering techniques to balance cost, quality, and design intent
•Summarising the activities needed to properly organise a project for construction
Activity: Value-engineering exercise, participants identify value-engineering opportunities on a design in progress
•Knowing when to bid a project and weighing the costs of preparing a bid
•How the construction phase proceeds regardless of contract form or delivery method chosen
•Applying quality-management criteria to bid and contractor selection decisions
•Structuring a procurement process that protects project goals and budget
•Engaging stakeholders and contractors transparently through the bidding process
Activity: Bid or no-bid case study, participants evaluate a bid opportunity and justify a go or no-go decision
•The collaborative process between construction manager, architect, engineers, and owner through delivery
•Managing the construction phase through to project closeout
•Applying engineering and quality checks through construction to closeout
•Building a closeout checklist covering documentation, handover, and lessons learned
•Capturing lessons learned to strengthen future project delivery
Activity: Closeout planning, participants draft a closeout checklist for a live or recent project
•Translating delivery-method and contract insight into a project leadership agenda
•Aligning delivery method, design collaboration, and procurement into one approach
•Consolidating delivery, design, and procurement priorities into one portfolio plan
•Defining the first 90 days of action; peer review and facilitator feedback
Activity: Produce a one-page delivery and contracts roadmap for your portfolio and complete edX assessments for the certificate
Facility Managers
Quality Managers
Engineering Managers/Leads
Procurement Managers
Contracts Managers