AGC STP Program – Contract Documents – Albany

The Supervisory Training Program (STP) developed by AGC, is designed specifically to meet the needs of the construction industry. Developed, updated, and field-tested by and for contractors, the Program consists of 6 courses that focus on the knowledge and skills that every supervisor must have to be an effective manager of people, time, equipment and materials.

This course includes the following sessions:

– Introduction to Contract Documents: understanding the relationship of contract documents to the construction process and to the superintendent’s work; contract terms.
– Contractual Relationships: contract types and contractual relationships; legal roles and responsibilities; becoming familiar with project documents; what is Alternative Dispute Resolution.
– Contract Forms and Documents: overview of standardized forms; regulatory issues; liens, bonds and insurance.
– Managing General Conditions: Articles of the General Conditions; levels of decision-making authority; the supervisor as agent of the contractor; closing out a project.
– Construction Field Documentation: learning documentation principles; meetings; issue files.
– Scope Changes: cost overruns; the changes clause; legal requirements necessitated by changes; cost recovery, differing site conditions.
– Time Impacts: time-related activities; extensions; consequences of time impacts.
– Avoiding and Resolving Disputes: disputes, claims and resolutions; dispute resolution process; summary of the course.

Cost: $210/person for AGC, NESCA and ECA members
$260/non-members

Click here to download a registration form.