2024 |
Lecturer |
*Chapter |
Topic |
Course Material |
September 5 |
1 |
Introduction and The Common Law & The Canadian Legal System |
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September 12 |
6 - 9 |
Contracts |
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September 19 | No class – Study Break | |||
September 26 |
12 & 13 |
Torts and Professional Liability & Expert Evidence, and Common Issues in Contract and Tort |
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October 3 |
9.7 |
Contract Administration and Field Services |
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October 10 |
10 |
Tendering |
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October 17 |
15 & 16 |
Risk, Responsibility and Dispute Avoidance, and Insurance |
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October 24 |
14 |
Dispute Resolution: Negotiation, Mediation, Arbitration and Litigation |
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October 31 |
18 |
Builders Liens |
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November 7 |
5 |
Business Organizations |
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November 14 |
17 - 19 |
Bonding and Delay Claims |
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November 21 |
20 & 21 |
Labour Law and Employment Law |
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November 28 |
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Case Studies in Engineering and Ethical Failures |
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December 5 |
No Class – Study Break |
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UBC Engineers
Our engagement with the next generation of engineers
UBC Engineers
Our lawyers are honoured to have served as adjunct professors of UBC’s civil engineering program (CIVL 402) for over 40 years, and our engagement with the next generation of engineers has become an important aspect of our firm’s tradition.
The involvement of our lawyers in teaching and publishing gives the firm credibility with a broad cross-section of the construction and commercial communities.
About the Course
Craig A. Wallace, P.Eng. is an adjunct professor at UBC, and has been teaching the fourth year class of Legal Aspects of Engineering Practice for many years. Other lawyers who share in teaching the course are: J. Marc MacEwing, Ola Stoklosa, Vanessa L. Reakes, Mark J. Braidwood and Matthew Wansink. The course CIVL 402 is now titled “Professionalism and Law in Civil Engineering,” and our reference to it relates to the legal aspects of the course (CIVL 402B).
This is a lectures-only course, which reviews the legal aspects of Civil Engineering practice. Please refer to the Course Material and Lecture Schedule for a breakdown of topics. We use the textbook, Practical Law of Architecture, Engineering, and Geoscience, 4th Canadian Edition, Samuels, Brian M. and Sanders, Doug R., Pearson Canada, 2022. The lectures are split among certain lawyers within our firm, based on their areas of expertise. The course culminates with an examination to which all of the lecturing lawyers contribute questions based on the content of their lectures.
Lecture Schedule & Course Material
2024 WINTER TERM LECTURE
UBC CIVL 402B – PROFESSIONALISM AND LAW IN CIVIL ENGINEERING LECTURE SCHEDULE FOR PART B (LAW)
SEPTEMBER 5 to DECEMBER 5, 2024 - THURSDAYS 11:00 am to 12:15 pm
CHEM-FLOOR B1-ROOM B150 2036 MAIN MALL, VANCOUVER, BC V6T 1Z1
* Practical Law of Architecture, Engineering, and Geoscience: 4th Canadian Edition, Samuels, Brian M. and Sanders, Doug R., Pearson Canada, 2022 (ISBN-13 no. 978-0-13-6931171). [This TEXT AND E-BOOK are available via the UBC Bookstore.]