"The Contract Documents" Video - Contract Consideration Series
(8m) In the first Contract Consideration video in our series, Brian Weeks answers the question: "What are the Contract Documents?" and touches on the components of a complete tender package, supplementaries, and the document hierarchy.
Intro to Contract Consideration Video Series
Meet Senior Course Instructor, Brian Weeks, and learn about MMCD's "Contract Consideration" series of short videos that dig into issues commonly encountered by MMCD users.
What is the Contract Consideration Video series?
Easy-to-follow video introduction to using the MMCD documents. They are free to view on the MMCD website.
"The Contemplated Change Order" video - Contract Consideration Series
Review the process to generate a Change Order under the MMCD, with a reminder about the implications of Changes vs. Extra Work
"MMCD Principles" video - Contract Consideration Series
This video reviews the philosophies, principles, and strategies that form the spirit and intent of the MMCD to help users make decisions when modifying clauses and language in MMCD contracts.
"Risk Allocation" video - Contract Consideration Series
This video discusses the tools the MMCD uses to allocate risk and the protocols for situations such as discrepancies in quantities or prices, or encountering Concealed or Unknown Conditions or Hazardous Materials.
"Using IT-4" video - Contract Consideration Series
This video discusses how tender authors can use IT4 To modify, delete or add conditions for tendering to meet the specific conditions of their projects.
"Deficiency Management and Holdbacks" video - Contract Consideration Series
This video discusses defects, deficiencies and holdbacks as they apply throughout an MMCD contract.
"Fair Standby Charges" video - Contract Consideration Series
This video defines Standby Charge, outlines the concepts of what makes up standby charges, and how they should be calculated or verified to meet the contract language of the MMCD.
"User Guide Error - Offsetting Quantity Variations" video - Contract Consideration Series
Addressing an error in the User Guide, this video clarifies the misinformation contained in Section 3 of the User Guide, reviewing the errors made during revisions to Volume II between the Gold and Platinum editions, and how to correct them.