COURSES
Certificate in Construction Change Management/Variations
(Skill Upgrading)
Enrich with Construction Law
Courses
Certificate for Construction Change Management/Variations
(Skills Upgrading)
Enrich with Construction Law
Course Justification
From among studies conducted, variations were found as a significant cause of cost (and time) overruns, which may lead the Quantity Surveyor's core job, Cost Management, to fail. Changes/variations are also a root cause of conflict & disputes in many projects. Although changes are inevitable in construction projects, effective and efficient change management is a prerequisite for delivering a dispute-free project while achieving cost management success. Employers require CAs/QSs with the required knowledge, expertise, and abilities to manage project costs and variations.
Course Description
This course covers all theoretical and practical elements of change/variation management, from the early stage through project completion, and relevant key legal cases. It consists of 40 hours of lectures, and group discussions, group presentations, and collaborative activities. Module end examinations, project work and assignments are all part of the evaluations.
Aim: Enhanced attendee knowledge, experience, and skill to the point that they can handle change management process/variations independently.
Course Outcome:
- Independently manage variations in any complexity.
- Avoid, minimize and control variations.
- Advice parties on any complicated issues relates to variations.
- Be the advocate for variation in your organization.
Who Should Attend: Quantity Surveyors/Contract Administrators
Minimum Entry Qualification:
- A minimum of Certificate in Quantity Surveying; or
- A minimum of 2 years’ experience as a Quantity Surveyor or in a directly related disciplinary
Duration: 4 months
Lectures – 40 hours via LMS/MS Team
Language: English
Knowledge Manager/Lecturer:
Ch. QS. Dilan De Silva LLM (Const. Law.), BSc Hon’s (QS), Dip. In Arb., Cert. in Teaching, AIQS(SL), MRICS, AAIQS, CQS
Course Content/topics:
- Module 1. Construction Industry and Quantity Surveyor’s Role (AACTGM01) (Optional Module)
- Module 2. Understand Variations and associated concepts (QSC0101)
- Module 3. Change Management during the pre-contract stage (QSC0102)
- Module 4. Assessment of variations(QSC0103)
- Module 5. In-depth discussion of related FIDIC Clauses (QSC0104)
- Module 6. HOW- How to issue Variation Instruction (QSC0105)
- Module 7. WHEN – Limitations of Variations (QSC0106)
- Module 8. WHO –Who can vary(QSC0107)
- Module 9. WHAT –What can vary (QSC0108)
- Module 10. Other concepts associated with post-contract variation management(QSC0109)
- Module 11. Avoiding/Minimizing, Monitoring and Control of Variations (QSC0110)
- Module 12. Variation clause in various other forms of contracts(QSC0111)
- Module 13. Related Legal cases (QSC0108)
- Module 0. Vision for the life (AACTGM02) (Optional Module)
- Module R. Daily Reading (AACTGM03)
Special features: Discuss over 100 court cases and 10 Case Studies. Optional module to aid your career planning.
For more information: Contact us
Registration & Course Fees: LKR 25,000.00; Please fill out the below application form and submit. Once we receive the duly completed application form, we will review it and issue the offer letter.
Application Form- https://forms.gle/rYp1sFbih895pik46
Course commencement:
Batch 2- 30 March 2024 (6.00 PM-8.00/9.00 PM on every Saturday: GMT+5.30)
Discounts and Scholarships:
Standard Discount: AACT students/alumni members will receive a 10% discount on the course price.
Special Discount: N/A
“The course was really good and it helped me a lot in my career enhancement and I learned a lot under highly quality Tutor to whom I will be greatly thankful as Mr. Dillan's teaching skills are really amazing. He has enlightened us by the practical and theoretical knowledge as well and even after course completion he gave us proper guidance"
(Nizar Bachal: 2022 batch)

This is the first online class I participated in, but I was quite impressed with the entire process; the online facility was very professional. Our instructor is an expert in Variations and Quantity Surveying and was very clear in his method of teachings and explanations. There were also new learning techniques to teach complex concepts and those are very effective and learners can understand those complex concepts really easily. All my questions were answered and the class interaction was really good. This is the ultimate skill upgrading course for the Quantity Surveyors.
(Pandula Maddumage: 2022 Batch)

Out of many career enhancement programs i have attended, i will rank this program at the top without any doubt. Content and style of teaching was wonderful. Resource person was well organized. Modern day teaching techniques were well used and kept everyone engaged with various online activities, games which allowed to comprehend the content thoroughly. I would recommend this program for anyone interested in expanding their horizons in construction administration & management. All the best AACT team
(Dulitha Dharmaratne: 2022 Batch)

I would really recommend this course to all quantity surveyors who need to master their knowledge in Variation Management. I use many concepts learned from this course during my tenure as a project quantity surveyor and able to bring much value for client’s money
(Abdul Majeed Musthaq Hassan : 2022 Batch)
