The Osgoode Certificate in Construction Law

Osgoode Professional Development is the lifelong learning arm of Osgoode Hall Law School, one of Canada’s leading law schools.

We provide a uniquely broad and flexible range of interdisciplinary graduate-level legal education to professionals with and without law degrees.

What You’ll Learn

1. Various project delivery models in Canada and when to use them, including the roles of key participants

2. Foundations in construction contracts and how to deal with complex issues including how to assess the limitations of standard forms and the differing alternatives available

3. Bidding and tendering core concepts and advanced principles – including the treatment of privilege and discretion clauses and the correction of tender errors

4. Crucial construction liens and builders’ liens and trusts concepts and terminology, including the preservation and perfection of liens and the holdback system

5. Tips for dealing with important trends, legal developments and technology impacting the construction and engineering industries

6. Recurrent issues in construction claims – including delay and impact claims, unanticipated site conditions, scope changes, extras, productivity, and limitations

7. Specialized insurance and surety/bonding issues that are relevant to the construction process

8. Key occupational health and safety principles and liabilities of the various parties in the construction process

9. Essential labour law principles and special issues based on the uniqueness of the construction industry

10. The role of mediation, arbitration, adjudication and litigation in resolving construction disputes and the advantages and disadvantages of each

Assessment Criteria

In order to obtain the Certificate, the learner must:

1. complete/attend all modules; and
2. successfully complete an online assessment, obtaining at least 80%.

Estimated learning effort

Approximately 35 hours of learning effort, spread over multiple weeks.

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