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Managing Subcontractors

An Interactive 5-Day Training Course

Managing Subcontractors

Creating the Framework for Contracting Effectiveness

NASBA
Classroom Schedule
Date Venue Fees
27 Apr - 01 May 2026 Dubai $ 5,950
21 - 25 Sep 2026 London $ 5,950
02 - 06 Nov 2026 Dubai $ 5,950

Course Summary

This GLOMACS Managing Subcontractors training course fills the knowledge gap on a key topic in construction – how to manage contractually the specialist trades that carry out much of the work in a ‘works’ project.

If you represent an Employer and are principally concerned with the main Contractor, you may not have much knowledge about or influence over the (often) small companies that are doing the construction work. You may think that these organizations, who make up your contractor’s supply chain, don’t matter to you – until something goes wrong.

 If you represent a main Contractor, your focus switches – looking ‘upstream’ to your client and ‘downstream’ to your own contractors and suppliers. The effectiveness of this complex supply chain is vital to you if you are going to meet your client commitments. If you don’t get the right subcontractors in place, with the most appropriate legal agreements established, you may fail to meet the time, cost or quality requirements that are set out in your main contract with the Employer.

This training course addresses both audiences – Employers and Contractors – in the best contract management approaches for subcontractors.

This training course will highlight:

  • The relevance of subcontracting when initiating a procurement
  • The rights, obligations and liabilities that arise from the contractor’s supply chain.
  • Methods to control subcontractor risk.
  • Drafting approaches to link main contract obligations through to subcontractors.
  • Common construction industry approaches to financial management of subcontractors
Course Outline
Day 1

Choosing the right sub-contractor for the job

  • What is a sub-contractor?
  • Why use sub-contractors?
  • Typical roles for construction sub-contractors
  • Domestic, Named and Nominated sub-contractors
  • Employers’ desire to control sub-contracting: prohibition and approval methods.
  • Best procurement practices when selecting or influencing the selection of a sub-contractor.
Day 2

Managing Sub-contractor Risks

  • Contract Risk Management introduction
  • Risk Allocation principles
  • What are the key risks in working with sub-contractors?
    • To the Contractor
    • To the Sub-contractor
    • To the Employer
  • Key timing concerns for the main Contractor
    • Examples: Notice periods/ Exercising rights /Information provision
  • Sub-contractor liabilities to the Employer
    • Collateral warranties
    • Negligence
Day 3

Developing the optimal sub-contracting agreement

  • The main contractor’s rights, obligations, and liabilities in relation to sub-contractors
  • The sub-contractor’s rights, obligations, and liabilities in relation to the main contractor
  • What if any are the rights and obligations between the Employer and a Subcontractor?
  • Interface agreements between sub-contractors
  • Planning for contract changes throughout the supply chain
Day 4

Drafting Effective Sub-contracts

  • Contract Drafting principles.
  • Aims and Objectives when drafting the subcontract.
  • “Back-to-Back” - Stepping down the terms from the main contract
  • Standard form or Bespoke sub-contract – which is better?
  • Model sub-contract terms and conditions
    • FIDIC contracts
    • NEC3/NEC4 contracts
Day 5

Subcontractors Claims and Payment

  • The importance of cash-flow for successful construction
  • Timing of payments to sub-contractors
  • Building in time buffers
  • Conditions precedent and Conditional Payment clauses:
    • “Pay when Paid.”
    • “Pay if Paid.”
  • Rights to direct payment by the Employer to Sub-contractors
  • Managing Sub-contractor EOT and Financial claims
Certificates
  • On successful completion of this training course, GLOMACS Certificate will be awarded to the delegates.
  • Continuing Professional Education credits (CPE): In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, one CPE credit is granted per 50 minutes of attendance.
Providers

Endorsed Education Provider

NASBA
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