Fisher Maritime

Contract Management for Ship Construction, Repair, and Design

Course Outline

Some topics which you may expect to be covered during the Contract Management for Ship Construction, Repair and Design training course include the following:

DAY 1: Project Formation Utilizing Principles of Contract Management

Unique contracting characteristics of the marine industry	Identification of owner's rep's functional responsibilities throughout performance
Principles of contract management applied to the marine industry	Development of spreadsheets to track all contract communications
9 case studies on mismanagement of ship repair, construction and design	Shipyard's development of estimate and bid
Analysis of the causes of mismanagement	Identification of engineering, regulatory and classification-related responsibilities
Chronology of contracts from formation to close-out after the warranty ends	Pre-signing contract management, bid package formation, contract development
Meetings and other pre-contract communications which affect contract workscope	Contract signing, pricing review and schedule review
Defining all of the contract deliverables	Project kick-off meeting agenda items
Advance development of mechanisms to avoid prolonged disputes

DAY 2: Negotiating, Pricing and Scheduling

Examples of successful and other changes	Choosing a negotiator or negotiating team
How timing affects the cost of changes	Lead times and durations for change work
Identification of real change in workscope	Identifying schedule impacts of changes
Change work as a substitute for basic work	Determining delay entitlements for changes
Risk assessment and risk syndication	Competition for change work
Engineering and procurement for changes	The shipyard's view on indirect costs
Identification of all involved crafts	Identifying overlooked billable personnel
Support services for change work	Estimating change's non-productive effects
Obtaining advance pricing commitments	Reliance on OFE/GFE commitments
Limiting negotiation authority for changes	Dealing with mandatory changes
Hazardous waste removal change orders	Time and material changes
Identifying the non-obvious scope of work	Identifying/neutralizing negotiating tactics
Credits for canceled or replaced basic work	Twelve negotiating techniques
Shipyard's vs. ship owner's estimates	Use of THE CHECK LIST before making commitments

DAY 3: Project Control Through Application of Principles and Proven Techniques

Translating the contract into routine procedures and communications	Owner-furnished information, equipment
Identifying standards for inspection or rejection of workmanship	Management of owner's secondary contacts and shipyard's sub-contracts
Drawings and bills of material	Early identification of potential disputes and their quick resolution
Classification and Coast Guard approvals	Inspection deficiency reports-origination and follow-up
Schedule development, monitoring and updating-selecting CPN or Gantt	Distributed change-order authority
Delays-Excusable, compensable, non-excused and concurrent	Warranty and incomplete items
Responding to failures by the other party to fulfill its obligations	Vessel delivery and re-delivery procedures
Owner's review of contractor's drawings	Financial and insurance matters
Review of contractor equipment selections	Monitoring contract deliverables lists
	Closing out the contract