Outline cotm4241
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This document provides an outline for a course on Construction Law at Madawalabu University in Ethiopia. The 3 credit, 4 ECTS course will cover topics like international and national construction laws, contracts and contracting, and the law of contracts as applied to civil works. It will also discuss contractual obligations and liabilities, causes of construction disputes, and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms like arbitration and mediation. Students will be evaluated based on assignments, quizzes, a semester project, and a final exam. Reading materials include conditions of contract from FIDIC and Ethiopian sources, as well as textbooks on construction law.
Outline cotm4241
- 1. MWU, Bale Robe, Ethiopia Madawalabu University School of Engineering and Technology Department of Construction Technology and Management Course Outline Course Title Construction Law: CoTM 4241 Credit hours: 3 ECTS: 4 Contact hours: 3hrs lecture, 5 hrs home study Semester: 1st , 2016/2017 Consulting time: “Open door policy” Pre-requisite: None Lecture Room No.: Computer Lab Bldg Instructor: Andualem Endris (M.Sc) Tell: +251-913116477 E-mail: andu0117@yahoo.com Course Description Basic construction law: international and National construction laws. Contracts and contracting in general. The law of contracts as applied to civil works construction. General and Special conditions of contracts and its relation to laws, codes and standards. Contractual obligations and liabilities. Construction disputes: causes and effects of disputes. Dispute resolutions: Arbitration. Arbitration act. Mediation: principles and procedures, Expert witness requirement. Opinion: principles and procedures. Course Contents 1. Introduction 1.1.Law in General 1.2.Contract Clauses and Conditions 2. Basic Construction law 2.1.International Construction Laws 2.2.National Construction Laws 3. Contracts and Contract Conditions 3.1.The law of contracts as applied to civil works construction 3.2.General and Special conditions of contracts 3.3.Contractual Obligations and Liabilities 4. Construction Disputes 4.1.Causes and Effects of Disputes. 4.2.Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanisms (ADR)
- 2. MWU, Bale Robe, Ethiopia Evaluation Criteria Assignments: 20% Quizzes: 20% Semester Project: 20% Final Exam: 40% Attendance: 90% during the lecture session is compulsory. Reading Materials 1. FIDIC (1987). Conditions of Contract for Works of Civil Engineering Construction, Geneva. 2. FIDIC (1996). Supplement to Fourth Edition 1987 of Conditions of Contract for Works of Civil Engineering Construction, Geneva. 3. FIDIC (2006). Conditions of Contract for Construction Designed by the Employer, Multilateral Development Bank,Geneva 4. PPA (2006). User’s Guide for Standard Bidding Document for the procurement of works. Public Procurement Agency, MoFED, Addis Ababa. 5. FIDIC (1999). Conditions of Contract for Construction. International Federation of Consulting Engineers. For Buildings and Engineering Works Designed by the Employer. 6. MUDC (1994). Standard Condition of Contract for Construction of Civil Works Project, Ministry of Urban Development and Construction, Addis Ababa. 7. Federal Negarit Gazeta (2009). Ethiopian Government Procurement and Property Administration Proclamation: Proclamation No. 649/2009, Addis Ababa. 8. Murdoch, J. & Hughes, W. (2002) Construction Contracts Law and Management, 3rd Ed., Spon Press. 9. Uff, J. (2002) Construction law: law and practice relating to the construction industry, 8th Ed. Sweet & Maxwell, UK. 10. Powell-Smith, V. (2000) Powell-Smith & Furmston’s Building Contract Casebook, Blackwell Science: Oxford. 11. Wallace, Ian Norman Duncan. (1995), “Hudson’s Building & Engineering Contracts: including the duties and liabilities of architects, engineers and surveyors”, 11th Ed, Sweet & Maxwell: London.