This seminar will cover the following:

• Forms of procurement and role of the architect
• Forms of contract (JCT and NEC) – comparisons and when to use
• Design liability under the different contractual arrangements
• Contractor and sub-contractor design
• Administration of contracts, inspections, quality monitoring,  certification, practical completion collaboration, team working and  implications of BIM

Speaker: Sarah Lupton MA DipArch LLM FCIArb CArb RIBA is a Professor at Cardiff University and a partner in Lupton Stellakis. She lectures widely on subjects relating to construction law, and acts as adjudicator and expert witness in construction disputes. She is a member of many industry and professional committees, and is chair of the Construction Industry Council Liability Panel. Sarah is the author of many books, including a new edition of Cornes and Lupton's Design Liability in Construction (to be published 2013) and a series on standard form building contracts, and is the editor of Which Contract?