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Society of Construction Law
Annual Conference 2015
FRIDAY 14 AUGUST 2015
Best Practice Procurement and Contracting in NZ
Construction & Infrastructure
Plus optional Christchurch City Rebuild Tour, Thursday 13 August 2015
TOPICS AND SPEAKERS
Chair: Paul O'Brien (Leighs Construction)
Keynote Address: Evolution of New Zealand
construction and infrastructure procurement
Lindsay Crossen (Chair, National Infrastructure
Advisory Board)
The Tender Process - rights and wrongs
- Getting it right – Matt Allen (Director, RCP)
- Getting it wrong – Andrew Skelton (Barrister,
Capital Chambers)
Public Private Partnerships
David Holden (Partner, Anderson Lloyd)
- The Public Private Partnership Procurement
Model explained
- Learnings from the first few projects under
the NZIU Model
Panel Discussion – "Good old Lump Sum" vs
"ECI, the new kid on the block"
Representation from:
- Owner – Tony Sewell (Chief executive, Ngāi
Tahu Property)
- Project Manager – Keith Paterson (BECA
Business Director – Canterbury Rebuild)
- Lawyer – Karen Overend (Partner, Duncan
Cotterill)
- Contractor – Gary Walker (Executive General
Manager, Hawkins)
Government Procurement
MBIE Procurement Team
- Government procurement rules – myths
and realities
- All of Government Procurement model
Standard form construction contracts
Sherwyn Williams (Consultant, Kensington
Swan), Charlotte Fox (Senior Associate,
Simpson Grierson) and Andrew Brickell
(Director, MWH, NZ)
- An overview of the most commonly used
forms in NZ – e.g. NZS suite, NZIA, NEC3
and FIDIC
Christchurch Learnings
Mike Weatherall (Partner, Simpson Grierson)
- what is happening to construction contracts
in Christchurch?
- 75 Pages of Special Conditions – Clever, or
too clever by half?
International trends in construction and
infrastructure procurement
Hamish Bolland (Senior Associate,
Chapman Tripp)
OPTIONAL CHRISTCHURCH CITY REBUILD TOUR THURSDAY 13 AUGUST
The city tour will be from 2:00 – 5:00pm departing
from The Chateau-on-the-Park. We will be visiting key
central city sites, Isaac Theatre Royal, Justice Precinct,
other anchor projects and some residential red zone.
Our tour guides will be from CCDU and CERA.
The tour will conclude at either a central
bar/restaurant (for informal drinks and
dinner at attendees own cost) or you will
be dropped back to The Chateau-on-thePark.
DATES
LOCATION
Friday 14 August 2015
Full Day Seminar (including lunch) 8.30am
– 5.00pm
Networking Drinks 5:00pm – 6:30pm
Chateau-on-the-Park
189 Deans Avenue, Riccarton, Christchurch
Thursday 13 August 2015
Optional ½ day Christchurch City Rebuild Tour
2:00pm – 5:00pm
Informal drinks and dinner (at attendees cost)
5:00pm to later
Accommodation: please contact The Chateau
directly: res@chateau-park.co.nz or
Ph 0800 808 999
CPD POINTS
SCL Members: $350.00 incl GST
Non Members: $475.00 incl GST
CPD 6.5 hours
(½ day Christchurch City Rebuild Tour also
departs from the Chateau-on-the-Park)
COST
Optional ½ day Christchurch City Rebuild Tour
$30.00 incl GST
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Register Online here
Delegates will be kept advised of additional details via email notifications.
See www.constructionlaw.org.nz for all updated information