Contracts

20 video lessons on contracts, in English, French, Chinese, Bulgarian, Spanish and Croatian, set in the United States, Ontario (Canada), Québec (Canada), China, Bulgaria, Spain, Croatia and the United Kingdom. Each one is shown step by step in OpenConstructionERP, with chapters and a full transcript. In other languages: Bauverträge · Contrats · Ugovori.

1. 3:13 EN · United States Manage Your Subs: Pay, Hold Back Follow the framing subcontract on the example duplex through its agreement, a change order, payment and retainage in OpenConstructionERP. Retainage terms and release requirements depend on the applicable contract and law.
2. 4:57 EN · Canada · Ontario CCDC 2 Monthly Progress Draw Once a month on a CCDC 2 job you bill the owner for the work in place, and Ontario law makes the owner hold back 10%. Set up the contract, bill a $184,300 draw, and see what stays on your own calendar.
3. 4:45 EN · Canada · Ontario Manage Construction Change Orders Your crew hits rock the soils report never showed, and the work, the price and the finish date all change. See how CCDC 2 handles it, then record the change order, price it against your estimate and get it approved.
4. 4:37 FR · Canada · Québec Facturation, retenue et hypothèque légale How do I prepare a payment application with contract retention in Québec and keep my legal hypothec?
5. 5:25 ZH · CN 预付款基数怎么核对：签约一周的三笔钱与三张保函 How do I calculate the advance payment, the safety fee and the retention correctly in the week the contract is signed?
6. 5:20 ZH · CN 暂估价招标：比价、清标、定标，最低价未必最省 How do I compare three bids for a provisional-sum package when the lowest one leaves out a room?
7. 5:05 ZH · CN 变更与签证：口头指示变书面，按合同期限报价 How do I turn a verbal instruction from the client's representative into a priced change within the contract deadlines?
8. 5:17 ZH · CN 材料调差与费用索赔：钢筋涨价和停工7天怎么算 How much of a rebar price rise and a 7-day stoppage can I really claim from the employer?
9. 2:18 BG · BG Договор и линеен график: срок, аванс и етапи на строителството How do I put the contract term and advance into the platform and show on a linear schedule when each act and payment falls due?
10. 2:03 BG · BG Заменителна таблица и анекс: как се отчитат промените в СМР What is the difference between a substitution table and an annex, and how do I record each one?
11. 3:21 ES · ES Certificación de obra: del avance mensual al cobro How do I turn this month's measured progress into a certificación de obra and know how much I will be paid?
12. 2:09 ES · ES Precio contradictorio: valorar y aprobar un cambio de obra A client asks for a unit of work that is not in the project: how do I build its precio contradictorio and get it approved?
13. 2:00 ES · ES Recepción y liquidación de obra: repasos, certificación y garantía When is a public works contract really closed: what happens at the recepción, the snag list, the final certification and the guarantee until the liquidación?
14. 4:10 HR · Croatia Ugovoreni troškovnik: uvoz iz Excela How do I bring the signed Excel troškovnik into the app so that the total matches the contract, and save it as the contracted version?
15. 4:50 HR · Croatia Podizvođači: ugovor, situacija i plaćanje How do I contract earthworks to a subcontractor, check its first situacija against the site and pay it with a 5% retention?
16. 6:01 EN · GB How to Compare Subcontractor Bids We compare subcontractor bids for the same work package in OpenConstructionERP. Before looking at the totals, we check exclusions, missing scope and the assumptions behind each quotation.
17. 6:25 EN · GB JCT Interim Payments and Retention This example follows an interim payment on a JCT-style building contract in OpenConstructionERP. We enter the contract terms, value the work completed and calculate retention before reviewing the amount due.
18. 6:27 EN · GB Payment Notice vs Pay Less Notice We follow a construction payment timeline in OpenConstructionERP, from the due date to the final date for payment. The example looks at payment notices, pay less notices and the record of when each notice was served.
19. 6:34 EN · GB CIS Deductions and VAT Reverse Charge We work through a subcontract payment in OpenConstructionERP with CIS deductions and the domestic VAT reverse charge. The example separates labour and materials, follows the invoice and shows how the payment is recorded.
20. 5:54 EN · GB How to Value a JCT Variation We record an architect's instruction and work through the valuation of a variation in OpenConstructionERP. The example connects the changed scope, quantities, rates and supporting records with the review and agreement of the order.

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