CCDC Series: Foundational Guide to Navigating CCDC Contracts and Subcontracts
Dates: November 12, 18, & 26, 2025
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Duration: Three sessions (4 hours each)
Format: Virtual (Instructor-led live course)
This course is Gold Seal accredited (3 credits)
Pricing:
Member Price: $770.00 + HST (WIPSI discount $385.00 + HST for eligible members)
Non-Member Price: $1,000.00 + HST
Overview:
This introductory course series is designed for general contractors, subcontractors, owners, procurement staff, and consultants involved in competitively procured construction projects. While it focuses on the Design-Bid-Build method with stipulated or fixed pricing, the content is also useful for other project delivery and pricing models.
Module 1 - A Guide to Construction Contract: This session is a primer on “how- to-read-and-understand-construction-contracts”. It examines some key applicable contract law principles and fundamental construction contracting essentials as well as typical provisions found in construction contracts. It references CCDC 2 2020 along with other government and public sector contracts.
Module 2 - Contractor/Subcontractor Guide to Construction Subcontracts: This session is a primer on “how- to-read-and-understand-construction-subcontracts”. It examines some key applicable contract law principles and fundamental construction subcontracting essentials as well as typical provisions found in construction subcontracts using CCA 1 2021, the nationally recognized Standard Stipulated Price Subcontract form, as one example.
Module 3 - A Guide to CCDC 2 2020: This session looks closely at CCDC 2 2020, the Canadian Construction Document Committee’s current standard Stipulated Price Contract, which is the CCDC’s “flagship” standard contract form. Most construction contracts in use today in Canada are based upon CCDC 2. This course includes a description of the important changes made to CCDC 2 in 2020.
Facilitator: Michael Atkinson, LLB (Past CCA President)
Cancellation Policy
-Cancellations must be received no later than 10 business days prior to the course date to be eligible for a 75% refund of registration fees.
-No refunds will be issued after this date.
-If you register for the course and do not attend, you are liable for the full registration fee unless you cancel according to the terms stated above.
-If you are unable to attend after registering you may send a substitute up to and including the day of the course. Please provide a name and email address for name tag and records.
-CANS reserves the right to cancel any course and will, in such an event, provide a full refund of registrations fees. Every effort will be made to give registrants a reasonable notice of cancellation.
-No liability is assumed by the organization for changes in course dates, content, speakers, or venue.
