A Practical Workshop in Building and Construction Dispute Resolution

SSG funding available. See the 'Fees and Subsidies' table below for more details.

Date & Time: 15-16 May 2025 (15 May: 9.30pm - 5.30pm)
(16 May: 9.30pm - 6.30pm)

Venue: SAL, Stamford 1 & 2, The Adelphi #08-08, 1 Coleman Street (S179803)

The course covers contentious issues that regularly occur in building construction projects and disputes: payments and variations; time and delays and termination. It also covers other practical aspects of the built industry such as construction programmes. Each session covers the legal principles and developments pertaining to these issues with a tutorial thereafter. Participants can also expect to be guided on the practical aspects of the construction dispute process: cause papers, witness selection and conferencing, use of experts, Scotts Schedule, written submissions and preparing document bundles.

The workshop takes place over two days:

DAY 1

Module 1: Construction Lawyer’s Toolkit
This session deals with the matters commonly encountered in construction arbitration, adjudication and litigation: the preparation required and expected of construction lawyers, selection of arbitrators, use and selection of expert witnesses, preparation of Scott Schedules, documents available for discovery, witness conferencing and the preparation of bundles of documents. Participants can also look forward to hearing from Mr Adrian Kong, Managing Director of Ankura, on delay analysis and delay experts.

Module 2: Payments and Variations
The session covers both the theoretical and practical aspects of claim preparation for payment and variation claims. These would include pointers on preparation of claims in accordance with the requirements of the contract, providing the necessary substantiation for valuation and how factual and expert evidence on such claims can be led or produced in adjudication and other hearings.

DAY 2

Module 3: Time and Delays and Construction Programmes
Everyone construction project will specify a date for construction of the works i.e. the contract completion date. However, delays on construction projects are inevitable. All standard form construction contracts contain provisions to address this scenario and allocate the risk between the owner and the contractor. This session covers legal concepts unique to construction projects, namely, concepts such as extensions of time, acts of prevention and time at large. It also discusses the consequences of the contractor being late in completing the works and the remedies available to the employer, namely, the right to impose liquidated damages for each day of delay.

This session will also cover construction programmes, the information that goes into one and how they might be designed and incorporated into a contract document.

Module 4: Post-Completion and Termination
This session examines the requirements to achieve completion of the construction works and the consequential obligations imposed on the Contractor post-completion.

It will cover termination under building contracts: the rights available to both the Employer and the Contractor to terminate the contract, the concept of the termination of the employment of the contractor, the usual disputes which arise following termination, the procedure to be complied with to effect a valid termination under the Contract and general law and the effect of both a valid and invalid termination on the rights and obligations of the Parties. There will also be a discussion on the provisions relating to termination under the various forms of building contract in use in Singapore.

Written Assessment
Participants (self- or company-sponsored) who apply for Singapore SkillsFuture (SSG) Funding are required to complete an open-book assessment at the end of the course. Those who do not pass the assessment will be liable to pay SAL the amount of SSG Funding received.

Early Bird rates for sign-ups by 15 April 2025:

Prices before GST	Early bird rate (until 15 April 2025)	Usual rate (16 April 2025 onwards)
Members	$1,075	$1,345
Non-members	$1,345	$1,680

SkillsFuture Funding (for self/company funded)
As an Approved Training Organisation (ATO), this training programme is subsidised by SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG). Course Fee Funding and Training Allowance / Absentee Payroll are available to self /company funded individuals. Please click here and complete the form if you are interested in using SkillsFuture Funding or using both SkilsFuture Funding and SkillsFuture Credit. Visit this course on the MySkillsFuture website.

Member's Price: SGD 1,171.75

Usual Price: Special Price SGD 1,466.05 Regular Price SGD 1,831.20

Member's Price: SGD 1,171.75

Usual Price: Special Price SGD 1,466.05 Regular Price SGD 1,831.20

CPD Points : TBC

Civil practice

Professional

Overview

Day 1: 15 May 2025

9.00am	Registration
Module 1
9.30am	Construction Lawyer’s Toolkit Commencement and Cause Papers Selection of Witnesses Witness Conferencing (Hot Tubbing) Use of Expert Witnesses Delay Experts and Delay Analysis (presentation by Mr Adrian Kong, MD, Ankura)
11.15am	Break
11.30am	Construction Lawyer’s Toolkit continued Cross-examination of Witnesses Preparing Bundles of Documents Scott Schedules Written Submissions Tutorial
01.00pm	Session 1 Ends
01.00pm - 2pm	Break
Module 2
2.00pm	Payments and Variations Scope of Works Payment Claims Payment Response Adjudication under SOPA Variation Claims Adjudication Determination (Review and Challenges)
3.30pm	Break
3.45pm	Payments and Variations continued Employer’s Rights and Powers to Vary Limits to the Power to Vary What Amounts to a Variation Expert Evidence Instances where Variations Get “Too Much and Too Many” Failure or Refusal to Comply with Variation Order Tutorial
5.30pm	Session 2 Ends

Day 2: 16 May 2025

9.00am	Registration
Module 3
9.30am	Time and Delays Contractual Completion Ascertaining Completion of the Works Construction of Payment Obligations Extensions of Time Nature of EOT Clauses Duties of Certifier Concurrent Delays Liquidated Damages Construction of LD Clauses Claims for LD after Contractual Termination Tutorial
11am	Break
11.15am	Construction Programmes Key Information in a Construction Programme Sample Design & Build Programme Incorporating the Programme as a Contract Document Programmes in Standard Form Contracts Designing a Programme Types of Programmes
12.45pm	Session 3 Ends
12.45pm - 2pm	Break
Module 4
2.00pm	Post-Completion Achieving Completion Effect of Maintenance Period Limitation Period Warranties Final Accounts
3.30pm	Break
3.45pm	Termination Common Law Termination Repudiatory Conduct Termination under Standard Form Contracts REDAS Design and Build Conditions of Contract 4th Edition PSSOCO 8th Edition Termination by the Employer Termination by the Contractor Wrongful Termination Tutorial
5.15pm	Workshop Ends
5.30pm - 6.30pm	Written assessment for those who apply for SSG Funding

Speakers

	Mr Raymond Chan SAS (BC) Senior Partner, Chan Neo LLP   Raymond Chan has practiced in the specialised area of Building and Construction Law for over 30 years and is one of the most recognised names in the construction legal industry: he is identified in the 2002-2017 Editions of International Who’s Who of Construction Lawyers as one of the leading construction lawyers in Singapore and is one of 13 senior members of the Singapore Bar who has been recognised as Senior Accredited Specialist in Building and Construction Law by the Singapore Academy of Law. He is also a Senior Adjudicator of the Singapore Mediation Centre, Chairman of the REDAS Conciliation Panel, Honorary Legal Advisor to the Singapore Real Estate Developers Association (REDAS), the Singapore Institute of Architects (SIA) and the Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers (SISV).   Raymond has represented developers, contractors and design consultants in disputes in the High Court and in arbitration proceedings and was counsel for an international engineering consultancy firm in the Commission of Inquiry on the collapse of Nicoll Highway. He is also widely recognised in the field of arbitration: he is a Past President of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators and has been identified by Euromoney Legal Media Group as one of world’s leading experts in commercial arbitration. He drafted the SIA Arbitration Rules and the Arbitration Rules of the National Energy Market of Singapore. He was the Course Director of the Fellowship Assessment Course conducted by the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators from 2012-2015. He has been appointed by the ICC, SIAC, SIArB and the Law Society as both Sole Arbitrator and member of a Tribunal in numerous local and International Arbitrations.
	Mr Christopher Chuah SAS (BC) Managing Partner, Christopher Chuah Law Chambers LLC With over 30 years of experience advising on issues such as front-end drafting, and construction disputes in litigation, arbitration and statutory adjudication, Christopher is highly regarded for his ability to address complex issues and provide strategic and practical advice to his clients. The Singapore Contractors Association Limited and Singapore Institute of Architects are some of the organisations that regularly seek Christopher’s legal expertise with construction contracts and cases. A leading figure in his field of building and construction, Christopher is recognised by his peers for his contributions and insights on the industry. He is one of the select practitioners inaugurally appointed as a Senior Accredited Specialist in Building and Construction Law by the Singapore Academy of Law, and an accredited adjudicator under the Building & Construction Industry Security of Payment Act (Cap 30B). Christopher has been appointed to the Singapore International Arbitration Centre's Main Panel of Arbitrators and serves on the Panel of Arbitrators of the Asian International Arbitration Centre. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and the Chartered Institute of Building.
	Mr Chow Kok Fong Managing Director, Equitas Chambers   Chow Kok Fong is a Chartered Arbitrator and currently practises as a mediator, arbitrator and adjudicator. He was previously CEO of Changi Airports International and of the Construction Industry Development Board and has held many other senior appointments with several large real estate and construction companies. During his career in the real estate sector, his projects garnered 17 awards, including the FIABCI Prix d'Excellence. His tenure at Changi Airports International, also saw his team conferred the accolade Airport Investor of the Year 2008.   As an arbitrator and mediator he has presided in matters from the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, Singapore Mediation Centre, International Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, Asian International Arbitration Centre and UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. He is Founder President of the Society of Project Managers and past Chairman of the Society of Construction Law. Currently, he chairs the Construction Adjudicators Accreditation Committee of the Singapore Mediation Centre.   He has authored 18 books including the two-volume work Law and Practice of Construction Contracts (5th edition 2018) and Security of Payments and Construction Adjudication (1st and 2nd editions), Security of Payments and Construction Adjudication (2nd edition 2013), Construction Contracts Dictionary (2nd Edition 2014), Commentary on Singapore SIA Standard Form (2013); Commentary on the REDAS Standard Form (2014) and Commentary on the PSSCOC (2015). He is Founding General Editor of the Singapore Construction Adjudication Review and Singapore Journal of Construction Law.   On 1 November 2013, he was awarded the quinquennial Singapore Academy of Law Award 2013 for contributions in promoting and advancing the development of Singapore law. In 2018, he was conferred a National Day Award for services to the Singapore Academy of Law.
	Sathiaseelan Jagateesan SAS (BC), Partner, Allen & Gledhill LLP   Sathia is Co-Head of the Allen & Gledhill’s Construction & Engineering Practice. His area of practice encompasses a wide range of contentious and non-contentious work in building, construction, engineering and infrastructure projects. He regularly appears as counsel for public and private sector clients in complex and large-scale domestic and international arbitration, litigation, adjudication and mediation concerning the built environment. On the non-contentious side, he regularly advises on tender and project documentation under various procurement models in relation to domestic and regional building, construction, engineering and infrastructure projects. Sathia is recognised as a Leading Individual in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific and ranked in Band 1 in Chambers Asia-Pacific for Construction. He is recognised in Who’s Who Legal’s Global Leader and National Leader categories for Construction. He has been accredited by the Singapore Academy of Law as a Senior Accredited Specialist in Building and Construction Law and by the Singapore Mediation Centre as a Principal Mediator.
	Mr Edwin Lee SAS (BC) Senior Director, Allyed Gateway LLC   Edwin Lee is one of the founding partners of Eldan Law LLP. Practising for more than 25 years, Edwin is accredited by the Singapore Academy of Law as a Senior Accredited Specialist in Building and Construction Law.   He is also cited as a leading Singapore construction law practitioner in Euromoney’s Guide to the World's Leading Construction Lawyers (2017). The Chambers Asia-Pacific Guide 2017 has cited him as “an authority on domestic construction adjudications”.   Edwin sits on the SMC Construction Adjudicator Accreditation Committee, which oversees the selection and assessment of adjudicators. He has conducted hundreds of adjudication cases, variously as counsel, adjudicator and review adjudicator. Edwin is also an accredited adjudicator in Malaysia. Edwin has also argued many of the landmark construction law court cases. As an active advocate, he ranks as the construction law advocate with the highest number of reported court judgments.   Apart from his active legal practice, Edwin is also an Adjunct Associate Professor with the National University of Singapore, Adjunct Assistant Professor with the Singapore University of Technology and Design, and a trainer for the Building & Construction Authority on Construction Law. Edwin is the co-author of Confidentiality in Arbitration (2007), a general editor of the annual Singapore Construction Adjudication Review, and the Construction Law editor for the Singapore Academy of Law’s online journal SAL Practitioner. He is the author of the book Building Contract Law in Singapore (2016, 3rd Edition).
	Yong Boon On SAS (BC) Joint Managing Director, Allyed Gateway LLC   Boon On has over two decades of experience and is recognised by the Singapore Academy of Law as a Senior Accredited Specialist in Construction Law. He worked at a Big Four Singapore firm, a leading international law firm and a Tier 1 construction law firm prior to co-founding the Firm. Boon On also holds a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) from the National University of Singapore and practised engineering before reading law. His professional engineering expertise and experience has proven invaluable to clients when dealing with complex technical issues in engineering and construction matters. Significant matters include arbitration proceedings on claims arising out of tunnelling work, disputes over a large power plant project in Indonesia and claims in connection with a railway construction project.
	Mr Paul Sandosham SAS (BC) Managing Partner, Cavenagh Law LLP Paul Sandosham, Managing Partner of Cavenagh Law LLP, heads the Energy, Infrastructure and Resources (Disputes) practice for South East Asia. He focuses on dispute resolution (litigation, mediation & international arbitration) in the energy, power, oil & gas, infrastructure, construction, engineering, rail, transport, utilities, natural resources, international trade and commodities sectors. Paul acts as counsel in court and international arbitration proceedings (under ICC, SIAC, DIAC, ADCCAC, UNCITRAL, ICSID etc. Rules) for various parties in disputes arising out of complex cross-border disputes. Paul is a qualified Chartered Arbitrator. He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and Singapore Institute of Arbitrators. Paul is recognised as a leading dispute resolution practitioner in numerous independent legal directories.
	Mr Ian de Vaz SAS (BC) Partner, WongPartnership LLP   Ian de Vaz is the Head of the Infrastructure, Construction & Engineering Practice and Partner in the International Arbitration and Middle East practices in WongPartnership LLP. He has been recognised as a leading construction lawyer by all the leading legal directories such as Chambers Global; Chambers Asia-Pacific; The Legal 500: Asia Pacific; The Legal 500: Europe, Middle East & Africa; IFLR1000: Energy and Infrastructure; Asialaw Profiles and Best Lawyers.   In January 2018, Ian was amongst the inaugural batch of select practitioners to be appointed Senior Accredited Specialist in Building and Construction Law by the Singapore Academy of Law. Ian has a diverse practice in construction and civil engineering work, spanning the full spectrum from front-end drafting and dispute avoidance to dispute resolution. Ian also sits as arbitrator in international construction arbitrations administered by the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) and is a member of Dispute Adjudication Boards for mega construction projects in East Africa and Bangladesh.   In 2022, Ian was appointed by the Law Society of Singapore to its Building & Construction Law Committee - a new standing committee intended to facilitate knowledge-sharing in the subject area and to seek opportunities for professional growth, development and engagement, both within and outside Singapore.   Outside of practice, Ian serves as Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Law, NUS, where he has been teaching construction law since 2004. He has contributed widely to all the leading texts in Singapore: Singapore Precedents of Pleadings (2006, 2015 editions), Law and Practice of Construction Contracts (4th ed, 2012, 5th ed, 2018), Security of Payments and Construction Adjudications (2nd ed, 2013) and Halsbury’s Laws of Singapore– Building and Construction (Vol 2), (2019 Reissue). He is currently Contributing Editor of the Singapore of Construction Law (SingJCL).

Other Information

SILE Accredited CPD Activity
Number of Public CPD points: (TBC)
Practice Area: Building and Construction
Training Level: General

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