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Berkeley Global
Whether you are an engineer, architect, project manager, developer or contractor, familiarize yourself with the variety of legal issues affecting the construction industry. California construction law is emphasized in the context of the foundational rights, statutes, case law and legal obligations relating to the industry. Upon completion of this course, you should understand, in a broad sense, the legal aspects of a construction project and be able to identify issues and legal problems as they arise.
Prerequisites:
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Learner Outcomes
After successfully completing this course, you will be able to:
- Restate basic axioms of construction contract law.
- Explain the form and substance of written construction contracts.
- Describe typical contractual payment, pricing and performance processes.
- Express the rules associated with concealed or unknown conditions.
- Describe contractual change processes.
- Cite examples of liabilities arising from time as a performance obligation.
- Interpret contract documents.
- Describe suspension and termination processes.
- Explain assurance principles such as warranty, inspection and testing.
- Describe claims and dispute resolution processes.
- Describe public bid processes and bid irregularities.
- Restate key subcontracting issues.
- Cite examples of ethical issues.
- Differentiate between the common insurance products by their uses.
- Differentiate between surety bond types by their uses.
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Spring 2025 enrollment opens on October 21!