CCDC launches series of seminars with IPD focus

OTTAWA — The Canadian Construction Documents Committee (CCDC) is launching cross-country seminars this month to introduce new and updated documents.

The seminars will focus on project delivery methods and introduce the new CCDC 30 — Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Contract and procurement and contracting requirements. The seminars are conducted by CCDC members who have worked on the documents’ development and will provide important background on key provisions, significant changes to previous documents and deliver takeaways for those in attendance, states a release.

The morning session, entitled Project Delivery — Choosing the Best Method, will focus on the project delivery selection process. The session will introduce the new CCDC 10 — A Guide to Construction Project Delivery Methods, as well as the new Integrated Project Delivery Contract.

According to the release, the afternoon session will introduce the new CCDC 23 — A Guide to Calling Bids and Awarding Construction Contracts.

The session will also introduce the new CCDC Master Specification for Division 00 — Procurement and Contracting Requirements. This new master specification is a first for CCDC and is part of a longer-term effort to introduce more specification documents, adds the release.

In addition to the morning and afternoon session, attendees will also receive a presentation on the following updated documents: CCDC 9A and 9B Statutory Declarations, CCDC 11 Contractors Qualification Statement and CCDC 40 Mediation and Arbitration Rules. Attendees will also receive electronic versions of the new CCDC 23, CCDC Master Specification for Division 00, CCDC 9A/9B, CCDC 11 and CCDC 40.