Mastering JCT 2024: A Complete Modular Update

Introduction

JCT 2024 is finally here, replacing the widely used JCT 2016, and it is packed with updates that reshape how contracts are managed and delivered.

With the whole contract family now published, including the new highly anticipated Target Cost Contract, JCT remains the contract form of choice for the private construction sector, with some public authorities also having it in their stable of contracts works. Its broad design makes for its appeal: it is used in all sizes and types of projects, and whether involving design, partial design or none at all, it remains popular. With the Publishers intending to stop publishing JCT 2016, preparing for this new edition is critical.

This 6-part modular webinar series includes the key changes made by the 2024 Design and Build (DB) version, with additional new references to the Intermediate Contract (IC), Minor Works (MW) and Home Owner Build (HOB) too.

This series of webinars will teach you all the key points about JCT 2024 so you can get familiar with it and contribute to projects using it and conversations considering using it. The webinar is designed for individuals involved in setting up, managing, and delivering construction projects, including procurement, contract management, project management, costs management, site management, risk management, and law.

By viewing this modular webinar series, you will gain practical knowledge of JCT 2024’s documents, processes, and modernisations, enabling you to manage projects confidently, contribute meaningfully to discussions about contract selection, and stay ahead in your role.

What You Will Learn

This modular webinar series will cover the following:

• Module 1 - Introducing JCT
• Backdrop: JCT’s philosophy and structure, and how JCT does time, cost and quality
• JCT 2024 headlines: what’s new
• The role of the Employer’s Agent and case law update
• Module 2 - Delivery and Risk
• Risk management and the Supplemental Provisions; 2024 Edition update
• Relevant Events and Relevant Matters: claims for time and money; 2024 Edition update
• Variations: Change and the Valuation Rules
• Module 3 - Cost Management
• Calculating Contract Sum, Bill of Quantities, provisional sums and fluctuations; 2024 Edition update
• Interim Payment and Final Account; 2024 Edition update
• Applying for money and certifying money due
• Module 4 - Quality Management
• Scoping the Works: Employer’s Requirements and the Contractor’s Proposals
• Design, no design or part design? CDM and BSA; 2024 Edition update
• Quality control, discrepancies and divergences, Practical Completion, Defects and beyond
• Module 5 - Time Management
• Project progress, the JCT way
• Impacts on time to complete: instructions and acceleration
• Late Completion and the remedy of LADs
• Module 6 - Dispute Avoidance and Resolution
• Warning signs in JCT and first-step activities
• Dispute avoidance in JCT; 2024 Edition update and impact of Mediation
• Dispute resolution in JCT: adjudication and the tribunal

This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Tuesday 25th November 2025

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