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Unit 5 Legal & Statutory Responsibilities in Construction

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2021-22

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Contracts and Law in Construction

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An audio Presentation (10-minutes) submitted by audio file, to accompany a PowerPoint.

A Research File, providing the supporting material to back up your presentation.

Word Limit 2500 words

Unit Learning Outcomes

LO1 Examine the process used to obtain planning permission for the construction and alteration of buildings

LO2 Discuss the processes and regulations used to control design and to ensure safe buildings

LO3 Assess the laws used to ensure that construction sites operate safely and consider adjoining land-users

LO4 Assess how the law of contract and land law are used to sell and lease land and buildings.

Assignment Brief and Guidance Unit 5 Legal & Statutory Responsibilities in Construction

You have recently been employed as an Assistant Project Manager for a contractor. The company has a long track record in the construction of commercial and residential projects for developer clients. A new Managing Director has been appointed and has a strategy to move the company into development. This will mean that the company will be involved in the process of procuring property, developing projects, construction and then sale of the finished asset.

You have been asked to undertake research and deliver a presentation on the statutory and legal processes involved in construction and development, in order to support other parts of the company to understand some of the responsibilities that will become a part of the project process. The Managing Director asks that your presentation cover the following areas:

● Planning – In this area, there is a need to explain the legislation and related agencies that are involved in the planning process. This should also explain how planning decisions are made; including the overall process, appeals and monitoring. Based on this, you will be able to analyse the role of planning and planning agencies in the development of land and buildings.

● Building Regulations – With regard to building regulations/building control, explain the legislation, agencies, and process of obtaining building regulation approval, appeals and monitoring of the process; with particular emphasis on the legislation related residential and commercial buildings. In addition, you should evaluate the impact of planning and building regulations on the development of land and buildings.

● Safety & Liability – Discuss how the law of trespass and nuisance relate to construction; as well as how the laws associated with liability (both occupier and various) apply in construction. Using an example project of your choice, you should design and present a detailed plan for how the company might manage the legal impacts of a large urban project.

● Contracts, Sales & Lease – As the company plans to move into development, which will involve the sale or lease of land/buildings, you should include an analysis of how land law has evolved and the role of contract law in terms of the purchase and sale of property. In addition, the team will need to understand how landlord and tenant law is used in the management of property. All of these legal matters need to be evaluated in relation to the control and disposal of property, this can be further assessed by using an example of a large-scale urban project.

Your presentation should be no more than 10-minutes. You will record an audio file of your presentation. You should also provide your audience with access to your slides by uploading them to Canvas, that they can use to take notes and review following the presentation. Each power point slide should include sufficient detail covering the evidence required in the notes section.

To support the presentation and allow the managing director to understand the issues in greater depth, you are asked to compile a research file that includes the data, references and your notes used in compiling the material included in the presentation. To facilitate ease of reading, the research file should follow the same structure as the presentation.

Please ensure that all references use WSC Harvard citation, so that it is clear where the source material derives. (See Library resources Citethemright )

Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria

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Distinction

LO1 Examine the process used to obtain planning permission for the construction and alteration of buildings

P1 Explain the key legislation and agencies in the planning process. 

P2 Explain how planning decisions are made and processes available to appeal and monitor them.

M1 Analyse the role of planning systems and agencies in managing the development of land and buildings.

LO1

D1 Evaluate the impact of planning systems and building regulations agencies in managing the development of land and buildings.

LO2 Discuss the processes and regulations used to control design and to ensure safe buildings

P3 Explain the key legislation and agencies in the building control process.

P4 Discuss how building decisions are determined and the processes available to appeal and monitor them.

M2 Analyse the application of building regulations in low and medium rise residential and commercial buildings.

LO2 (Same as above i.e.,

D1 Evaluate the impact of planning systems and building regulations agencies in managing the development of land and buildings.)

Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria

Pass

Merit

Distinction

LO3 Assess the laws used to ensure that construction sites operate safely and consider adjoining land-users.

P5 Explain how the law of trespass and nuisance relate to the construction industry.

P6 Discuss how the laws of occupiers’ liability and vicarious liability apply to the construction industry.

M3 Produce a plan for a contractor to manage the legal impacts of a large urban construction project.

D2 Design a detailed plan for a contractor to reduce the legal impacts of a large urban construction project. Present a strategy to address the legal and statutory issues associated with the sale of a large urban construction site.

LO4 Assess how the law of contract and land law are used to sell and lease land and buildings.

P7 Explain how land law has evolved to shape modern land ownership and the role of contract law in buying and selling property.

P8 Discuss how landlord and tenant law is used to manage property.

M4 Analyse how the application of land law and landlord and tenant law control the disposal and use of property.

D3 Evaluate the impact of land law and property law in the development and disposal of a large urban construction project.

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