Patrick Waterhouse and Kai von Pahlen will be delivering 5 days of training in law and contracts in Bristol next March.  The course will prepare you for the Institution of Civil Engineers’ (ICE) law and contract examinations.  Held at the offices of leading law firm VWV in Bristol, the training will follow the ICE’s syllabus for its Certificate in Law & Contract Management. Full details and the link to the bookings site are here – https://www.vwv.co.uk/index.php?option=com_rseventspro&layout=show&id=975:ice-approved-course-in-law-and-contract-management

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Patrick Waterhouse will be speaking alongside Daniel Silberstein (Hawkswell Kilvington), Luke Wygas (4 Pump Court) and Tom Francis of host company Decipher Consulting at this event in Leeds. In 2017 the latest edition of the NEC suite of contracts was issued, with a minor update in January 2019. Described as ‘evolution not revolution’, it came with changes in terminology. There are also new approaches to risk registers and dispute resolution among the various updates. As we reach late 2019, many contracting authorities and employers are now procuring with NEC4. The law has also evolved. So what do you need to.

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Bowdon director Patrick Waterhouse will be speaking to the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) at Manchester University on 13 December. He will explain what’s new in the NEC4 suite of contracts and suggesting when they might need to be replaced. Full details are here and bookings can be made via the ICE website. https://www.ice.org.uk/events/nec4-whats-changed-and-when-will-we-need-nec5  

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Bowdon director Patrick Waterhouse will be addressing the Society of Construction Law in Manchester on 12 October, describing the dispute resolution provisions of the new NEC4 suite of contracts. Published in June this year the new suite contain revised provisions for dispute avoidance and dispute resolution.  Patrick will describe these and explain, based on his experience as an adjudicator and a mediator, how these are likely to work in practice. The meeting will be held at DLA Piper’s offices in Manchester. Further details and bookings are available here – https://www.scl.org.uk/participate/events/nec4-what-you-need-know-about-avoiding-resolving-disputes  

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Bowdon director Patrick Waterhouse will present a lecture to the Institution of Civil Engineers in Swindon on 6 September on the subject of consultants’ liability. A brief overview of the accountabilities of consultants and how professionals acting within these organisations should safeguard themselves against future liable action with respect to the work they produce. The event will be very useful for professionals who are new to construction contracts and contract law and for those who want to gain experience in contractual knowledge for their development objectives / member attributes. Based on his experience, Patrick Waterhouse will introduce the liabilities of.

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The new NEC4 contracts were published recently and have already created a phenomenal amount of interest in the industry.  Here at Bowdon we helped NEC with the development of the new documents and are now well placed to advise on the new suite of contracts.  Bowdon director Patrick Waterhouse will be delivering two seminars to the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy in London and Leeds next month where the new contracts will be explained.  The event has been developed to support practitioners understand the new complete NEC4 suite of standard construction and facilities management contracts in the public sector..

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Bowdon director Patrick Waterhouse will present a lecture to the Institution of Civil Engineers in Bristol on 9 May on the subject of consultants’ liability. A brief overview of the accountabilities of consultants and how professionals acting within these organisations should safeguard themselves against future liable action with respect to the work they produce. The event will be very useful for professionals who are new to construction contracts and contract law and for those who want to gain experience in contractual knowledge for their development objectives / member attributes. Based on his experience, Patrick Waterhouse will introduce the liabilities of.

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Bowdon director Patrick Waterhouse will present a webinar on the subject of adjudication with Barry Trebes of Mott MacDonald.  Hosted by NEC, the free session on 24 November will also be available as a recording after the event. Registration is free and is available through this link; https://www.neccontract.com/Products/Webinars/Lessons-learned-on-NEC-from-adjudication

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Patrick Waterhouse, director of Bowdon Consulting, will be delivering this event for Simply Seminars.  It will be held at the Holiday Inn Runcorn.  Full details, including how to book, are shown here. http://www.thecontractshop.co.uk/images/Download/20750NEC%203%20Flyer%2016%20March.pdf  

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Bowdon Consulting and its partner Quigg Golden will be presenting this new course to prepare candidates for the Institution of Civil Engineers’ (ICE) law & contract examination, paper 3.  The course will be held at the ICE’s Manchester office on 12 March 2015 and will be led by Bowdon’s Patrick Waterhouse and James Golden of Quigg Golden.  Both are leading experts in construction contracts and qualified adjudicators working regularly with NEC3 and ICC contracts. For those who have already been successful in modules 1 and 2, ICE North West is now offering a stand-alone, specific session to help prepare candidates for.

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