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Certified Contract Administrator Course

What's the Process to Become a Certified Contract Administrator?
Certified Contract Administrators undergo rigorous pre-qualification, training and examination. They earn credibility, add credentials to their resumes and enhance their professional status.
Pre-Qualification
- To ensure Certified Contract Administrators (C Admin) have practical experience, not just academic qualifications, the MMCDA has set the following standards for those wishing to write the Certified Contract Admininstrators examination.
  - P.Eng., EIT or AScT registration or a minimum of 5 years of relevant field construction experience
  - Documented field administrative experience and duties at least three projects using MMCD documents with a construction value of $500,000 or more
  - References (communicated directly to MMCDA) to verify responsibility and duties from:
    - An owner's representative supervising the candidate's duties on one or more MMCD projects;
    - A contractor's representative who worked with the candidate on one or more MMCD contracts;
    - Current employer’s verification of contract management duties and assignment.
- Candidate credentials will be verified prior to the examination and those who meet the criteria will be advised and placed on the eligible list.
Contract Administrator Course
- Background of the MMCDA; the basic MMCD philosophies, consequences, benefits, suitability, differences from past practices, risk transference limitations
- C Admin Integrity: avoiding Conflict of Interest
- Pre-Contract: Tender preparation, supplementaries, applying contract law, document classes, issuance procedure, closing procedure, review of tenders, award procedure
- Communication & Documentation: Importance of timeliness, completeness, disclosure, legal relationships
- Documents: Hierarchy, disclosure, supplementaries, specifications
- Role of the C Admin and Inspectors: (limitations on authority; independence: when (not) to step in; WCB responsibilities; record keeping; meeting management)
- Role of the Contractor: competency; responsibility; safety, environment; Owner assistance
- Schedules: types, limitations; enforcement; delays; liquidated damages
- Changes & Extras: Difference & implications; payment & force account; Hazardous Materials
- Payments: Quantity measurement; Monthly, Substantial, Final; holdback; offset; waivers; quantity variations; force account work; Builders Lien Act responsibilities
- Disputes: Role of C Admin throughout; implication of relationship with designer
- Post Contract Duties: Maintenance period; early use of work, releases, record drawings
The Examination
- Qualified candidates normally write the four hour open book examination within two weeks the course.
- The examination is open book with any non-electronic reference material permitted.
- During the examination, all candidates must be supervised by a Proctor who will verify that the candidates comply with the examination rules and who will collect and send the examinations back to the MMCDA.
- Examinations will be marked by the MMCDA. The passing grade is 75%. Candidates who pass the examination and who satisfy all the other criteria will receive a certificate from MMCDA.
- Candidates who do not attain 75% will be so advised, and given suggestions for areas of remedial study.
- These candidates are eligible to attend another Certified Contract Administrator course at no charge within two years and/or to rewrite the examination..
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