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The Contract Game

The Mackintosh School University of Strathclyde University of Dundee Part 3 Update Course 2011. The Contract Game. Gordon Gibb. The History. The Contract Game is nearly 20 years old, created by ASSA as a learning tool: It helps build understanding of how to deal with challenging situations

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The Contract Game

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  1. The Mackintosh SchoolUniversity of StrathclydeUniversity of DundeePart 3 Update Course 2011 The Contract Game Gordon Gibb

  2. The History The Contract Game is nearly 20 years old, created by ASSA as a learning tool: • It helps build understanding of how to deal with challenging situations • Probably influenced by the Honeywood File • Originally in a paper format (with carbon paper) • JCT 98 version was converted to an internet platform • It helps clarify relationships

  3. The JCT/SBCC 05 Game The new Game has now been played, vetted and argued over : • Probably influenced by knowledge of litigation • converted to an internet platform • All parties are unpleasant • ”Trust no-one” • It is full of dirty tricks

  4. The Process Each team of four players follows a route created by a series of scenarios: • Each question must be answered fully • Answers are in the form of contract correspondence or the use of forms • There should be no dubiety about the answer - it’s all very black and white

  5. The Scenarios All of the scenarios appear as letters, faxes, memos, emails, texts: • In some cases there are multiple documents to be cross-referenced • It is based on an apparently live project • It runs from tender acceptance to post final certificate • There is never any break from the “game reality”

  6. The Controllers Controllers are guest lecturers, former students or part-time staff: • They know the industry • Being a controller is excellent CPD • They can be quite cantankerous • Be clear in your answers • Don’t try to be smart, they will always have the upper hand

  7. The Controller’s Role Controllers reply to messages sent by the candidates in answer to the scenarios: • They play a role, as QS, contractor or client • They can be pedantic or helpful • They decide whether the team’s response is right

  8. The Documents The essential source document is the JCT 2005 Standard Building Contract

  9. The Bills

  10. The Bills

  11. The Bills

  12. The Tender

  13. The Tender

  14. The Rules

  15. The Situation

  16. A Scenario

  17. Another Scenario

  18. The Web Documents

  19. The Forms and Reference Material

  20. The Screens the Players See

  21. The Communication Method

  22. The Controller’s Standard Answers Screen

  23. What the Controller Sees

  24. The Additional Challenge It is a race against time, and the other teams: • First to finish gets the prize • The teams’ times are on view to all • It keeps the slower teams driving forward to keep up • The time clock creates great excitement towards the end

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