Disputes on works contracts rarely appear without warning. They build slowly through undocumented instructions, late notices, unreconciled valuations and changing programmes. The information needed to see this coming usually exists in the project records, but it is held in formats that nobody can analyse quickly. Employers, engineers and contractors who can read their contract data well manage claims earlier, certify payments more accurately and negotiate from a position of evidence.

This programme combines contract administration knowledge with practical data skills. Participants review the way FIDIC conditions allocate duties, time limits, variation procedures, payment certification and dispute avoidance, then translate those provisions into data fields and tracking rules. They learn to clean and structure project records, calculate indicators for time, cost, quality and risk, and visualise results using Excel and Power BI. Analytical topics include delay analysis concepts, cash flow forecasting, claims exposure and contractor performance scorecards.

Teaching is hands-on, with a realistic dataset used throughout. Each person produces a working dashboard prototype and a reporting calendar that can be tailored to a live contract.

Participants will be able to:

• Translate key FIDIC contract provisions into trackable obligations, deadlines and data fields.
• Build registers for notices, instructions, variations, claims and payment certificates.
• Clean and structure contract records so they can be analysed reliably.
• Calculate time, cost and progress indicators for monthly contract reporting.
• Apply introductory delay and cost impact analysis to programme and valuation data.
• Design dashboards that give employers and contractors early warning of claims and disputes.
• Establish data governance and record-keeping routines for contract administration teams.

The course is relevant to professionals who administer or oversee works contracts, including:

• Contract administrators and contract managers
• Quantity surveyors and cost consultants
• Employer's representatives and resident engineers
• Contractors' commercial and claims managers
• Procurement and legal officers in public entities
• Project coordinators in donor-funded infrastructure programmes
• Project management office analysts
• Internal auditors reviewing construction contracts

Participants take back to work:

• A contract obligations and time-bar register template.
• A notice, variation and claims tracker with status and value fields.
• A payment certification summary with retention and advance recovery.
• A dashboard prototype showing time, cost and risk indicators.
• A monthly contract report outline suited to steering meetings.
• A record-keeping checklist that supports defensible decisions.

Participants learn by building, supported by:

• Short clinics on contract mechanisms and administration practice
• Computer labs in Excel and Power BI on an anonymised works contract dataset
• Template-building workshops for registers and trackers
• Scenario drills in which teams respond to notices and claims within deadlines
• Presentations of dashboard prototypes with feedback from the facilitator

The Vision Reach Global Consultancy CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion is presented to delegates who attend the sessions and finish the data exercises and dashboard prototype.