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MBA North has identified a need to assist members and the industry with Commercial Contract disputes and partnered with Borcon PTY Ltd led by Mr. Brad Boertje, a commercial specialist, adjudicator and arbitrator with 25 years’ experience in the Construction Industry.
There is therefore no need to rush to litigation before you have a full understanding of the cost implication and whether or not you have a legally sound claim.
Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Dealing with daily queries from members and their clients relating to complaints / queries and the like.
- Providing a quick assessment and preliminary advice without cost
- Use of phone and email communication mediums
- Dealing with daily queries from members and their clients relating to complaints/queries and the like.
- Providing a quick assessment and preliminary advice without cost
- Use of phone and email communication mediums
- This is a conflict resolution offering
- Any two parties can bring a dispute to MBA-North for quick resolution. Members or non-members.
- The parties jointly appoint BorCon as mediator to resolve and pay fees 50/50.
- Contact us for more information.
- Contact us for more information.
Contracting Support
- Review of proposed terms and conditions, amendments to standard-form contracts
- Preparation of tender risk assessments
- Drafting of proposed tender cover letters
- Recommendations on security options
- Review of pricing strategy
- Negotiate contractual terms and conditions with client
- Prepare contract risk register
- Present in-house training session to site-based staff
- Assist with procuring of guarantees and insurances
- Administer the risk register
- Attend to issuing of notices and all contract communication
- Attend to the preparation of extension of time loss and expense claims
- Meet monthly on site with project staff
- Assist with management of the programme
- Implement strategies to avoid disputes
- Review of disputes and claims to identify merits
- Drafting of all correspondence required by the contract
- Assistance with procuring the services of a claims administrator
- Assistance with procuring the services of an alternative dispute resolution practitioner
- Review of disputes and claims to identify merits
- Providing a quick assessment and preliminary advice
- Mediate a solution between the parties
- The parties jointly appoint BorCon as mediator to resolve and pay fees 50/50.
Contracting Sales
- Labour Only Subcontract Agreement February 2014: Members: R130 / Non-Members: R240
- House Building & Small Contracts Agreement March 2005 Edition: Members: R130 / Non-Members: R240
- Domestic Subcontract Agreement March 2014 Edition: Members: R130/ Non-Members: R240
- Agreement for Renovation and Refurbishment Work to existing Premises May 2010 Edition: Members: R130 / Non-Members: R240
- OHS Act 20th Edition: Members: 260.00 / Non-Members 340.00
- Cromodec Board: Members: 900.00 / Non-Members 1050.00
- IWH Working @ Heights Safely 2nd Edition: 190.00 / Non-Members 250.00
- Principal Building Agreement JBCC Edition 6.2 May 2018 (Including: Principal Building Agreement: Contract Data): Member: R990 / Non-Member: R1090
- N/S Subcontract Agreement JBCC Edition 6.2 May 2018 (Including: N/S Subcontract Agreement: Contract Data):
- Member: R790 / Non-Member: R890
- Minor Works Agreement JBCC Edition 5.2 May 2018 (Including: Minor Works Agreement: Contract Data): Member: R790 / Non-Member: R890
Training & Topical Workshops
- Review of proposed terms and conditions, amendments to standard-form contracts
- Preparation of tender risk assessments
- Drafting of proposed tender cover letters
- Recommendations on security options
- Review of pricing strategy
- Module 1: Basic concepts of the MBSA Domestic subcontract agreement.
- Module 2: Time, extension of time, default of time
- Module 3: All things payment
- Module 4: Dispute resolution
- Module 5: Dealing with common contracting problems in SA today
R300 per module / R1200 for all five modules
Topical workshops such as:
- Tender in a cut-throat environment: R500.00
- Avoiding Claims: R600.00