About Completion, Claims and GST

Date: 29 February 2016 (Monday)

Time: 14:30 to 17:30 (Registration starts at 14:00)
Venue: Convention Hall, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru
Fee: RM120.00 RICS/RISM member, RM150.00 Non-member
Language: English
Capacity: 70 (first-come, first-served)
Deadline for registration: 27 February 2016
CPD Point To be applied for: BOVAE, BQSM & LJT

Speaker
Ms Eugenie Lip
BSc (First Class Hons) MSc (Construction Law and Arbitration) Kings College London
FRICS FSIArb FQSi MCIArb MSISV MCIOB MSProjM CQP MCQI

Event Overview

Synopsis
PART I : When Completed, What Next?
When a construction project reaches completion, it marks a milestone in terms of risk transfer,
payment issues and damages liability. What constitutes completion is significant and different
contracts describe it in a variety of ways with expressions such as practical completion, completion
and taking over to connote completion. The first part of the seminar discusses the key watchpoints
that the Employer and the Contract Administrator should be aware of when the works are said to be
completed under the PAM Contract Form, JKR Form and the FIDIC Conditions of Contract.
PART II : Claims Key Issues for the Practitioner
Claims a word which means different things to different people and can cause strained relations,
endless exchanges of correspondence and considerable resources. Claims are simple to originate
but not always easy to substantiate. What are the records a Contractor should be expected to keep
for satisfactory demonstration of his entitlement? What are the potential heads of claim to be
considered? The second part examines these key issues within the contractual environment, the
supporting documents necessary for evidential purposes and how claims should be ascertained to
ensure the Employer pays no more in time and cost, and the Contractor recovers no less.
PART III : GST Essentials Revisited
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) came into effect on 1 April 2015. For the construction industry,
its unusual payment system and development process attract a unique set of requirements for GST
reporting and accounting. There are also transitional matters to be considered especially for projects
straddling the GST implementation date.
This final part discusses the basic concepts of GST from the practice perspective and the attendant
effects on issues such as progress payments, retention fund, final accounts, tender deposits and
liquidated damages. It will also include an overview of the practice guidelines and approach for
segregation of construction costs in respect of mixed developments where only the input tax for the
taxable supply (or non-residential) component can be fully recoverable.

Speaker Profile
Speaker Profile
Eugenie Lip is an Executive Director with Davis Langdon KPK and
heads the Contracts Support Group. She is a Chartered Quantity
Surveyor and holds a Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours) and
also a Masters degree in Construction Law and Arbitration (with
Distinction in Dissertation) from Kings College, London.
Eugenie is a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, the
Singapore Institute of Arbitrators and the Quantity Surveyors
International, and a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators,
Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers, Chartered Institute of
Building, Society of Project Managers and the Chartered Quality
Institute. She is also a member of the Panel of Arbitrators with the
Singapore International Arbitration Centre, the Singapore Institute of
Arbitrators, the Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration and the
Singapore Institute of Architects.
Eugenies unique expertise is in the specialised fields of construction
law, contract advisory work, construction contracts, procurement and
project delivery strategies, standard contract forms, dispute resolution
and management and in all aspects of contract administration and
professional practice matters.
A regular speaker at local and international conferences and seminars,
Eugenie also holds senior adjunct lectureship and specialist
appointments in construction law and contract administration with
universities and as a thought leader, writes frequently for construction
related publications like the RICS Asia Modus journal and Davis
Langdon KPKs Research Digest Client Practice Note.
Eugenie is the author of the Contract Administration Handbook for use
with FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Construction and other
companion contract administration practice handbooks for use with
various standard contract forms. She is also the co-author of the
Contract Administration Guide to the Singapore Institute of Architects
Conditions of Building Contract and also the Contract Administration
Guide to the Real Estate Developers Association of Singapore Design
and Build Conditions of Contract.

About Completion, Claims and GST

Date: 29 February 2016 (Monday)
Time: 14:30 to 17:30 (Registration starts at 14:00)
Venue: Convention Hall, UTM, Johor Bahru
Deadline for registration: 27 February 2016

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RM 120 RICS/RISM member
RM 150 Non-RICS member
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