Cross-cutting • Flagship course • 3.5-7 CPD hours depending on format

Notice Writing Workshop

Half a day. Every attendee drafts a working notice. The single highest-ROI training on the menu.

About the course

Practical half-day workshop where every attendee writes, and gets feedback on, a working notice under FIDIC, NEC, or both. The most common reason contractors lose entitlement is poorly drafted notices. This workshop fixes that in one session.

Who it’s for

◆Junior to mid-level QS cohorts
◆New commercial joiners during onboarding
◆Project managers and engineers who issue notices but rarely draft them properly
◆Whole commercial teams as a refresher before a complex tender or project mobilisation

What attendees can do afterwards

Outcomes.

01 Draft a notice that actually meets the contractual requirements
02 Spot the time-bar moment and react before the clock runs out
03 Know the difference between a Notice, a Reservation, and a Fully Detailed Claim
04 Build a personal checklist for notice administration on live projects

Agenda

What the course covers.

Modules below cover the full content; shorter formats cover a subset agreed at scoping. Live drafting workshops and case-study sessions are included on the longer formats.

Module 1: Why notices fail

·The five most common failure patterns from real cases
·The compliance bar: FIDIC 20.2.1 and NEC 61.3 in practice
·When silence kills entitlement

Module 2: Anatomy of a winning notice

·The contractual basis statement
·The event description: facts, not arguments
·The reservation of rights
·Signposting the Fully Detailed Claim / quotation to follow

Module 3: Live drafting (the workshop)

·Each attendee receives a realistic fact pattern
·Draft the notice under coached conditions
·Round-table peer review
·Craig's redline against the drafted notice

Module 4: Administration that protects the file

·The Notice Register and the 28-day calendar
·Issuing under the right form (1.3 under FIDIC, the right channel under NEC)
·Following through: the Fully Detailed Claim, the CE quotation
·When to escalate to the Engineer / PM

Format

How it’s delivered.

Half-day workshop

approx 3.5 hours, hands-on
Full-day workshop with FIDIC + NEC streams

approx 7 hours

Take-aways

What attendees leave with.

◆ Attendee workbook (PDF). 12-25 pages covering every module, with exercises, model answers, key clause references, glossary, and a CPD record page.
◆The notice template pack (FIDIC 20.2.1, NEC EWN, NEC CE Notice)
◆Personal checklist and the Notice Register workbook
◆Each attendee's redlined notice for their own files
◆CPD certificate