Download the report:
- Report symposium International Contracting, Contract Forms and System Management

Download the syllabus System Architecture and System Management in Internationak Contracting:
- Syllabus System Architecture and System Management in International Contracting

Download the presentations:
- Presentation Contract Forms and System Engineering
- Presentation Introduction Project E181 - The road from Arion to Gye

Download cases:
- Case 1: BTH - FRALUX Ensemble
- Case 2: The Walloon Government
- Case 3: Potain Flat Top Tower Crane
- Case 4: The Rubber Feel Mobile Phone

Keynote speakers


Prof. dr. ir. John Stoop, KIVI-RBT
John Stoop is a board member of the RBT Section of KIVI. He specialises in transport safety, particularly in aerospace.


Mr. ing. John van der Puil, KIVI-RBT
John van der Puil is a board member of the RBT Division of KIVI, a member of the Programme Committee, a researcher at ARGR, the Association for Risk Governance Research and a member of the Association for Procurement and Risk Management.

Points of interest:
- Which contract form to choose when tendering a complex international project? Contract forms determine where risks will lie, with client or contractor
- D&C or DCFM - 25-year maintenance. Who could have foreseen that?
- Complex technical projects as systems provide insight into risk allocations
- Fatal system errors in wrong system architecture
- It's not about profit maximisation. It's about strengthening resilience. You achieve that by investing in risk management.

A Must for every engineer with responsibilities.

Timetable

Walk-in: 14:00 - 14:30
Work symposium: 15:00 - 20:00

14:30 - 15:00
Mr. ing. John van der Puil
Introduction Contract forms for complex technical projects
Via fatal contracts to Parliamentary Enquiries

15:00 - 15:05 hrs
Discussion

15:05 - 15:35 hrs
Prof. dr. ir. John Stoop
The core of systems theory
Systems theory and the practice of risk management
Fatal flaws in wrong system architecture
Examples from practice

15:35 - 15:40
Discussion

15:40 - 15:50
John van der Puil
Introduction to the European Commission's E181 project
Case 1. The Wallonian Government
Case 2. BTH - Fralux Ensemble

15:50 - 16:00
Break and refreshments

16:00 - 17:00
Discussions - working out the cases and developing solutions in smaller groups of 5-6 people

17:00 - 17:20:00
Presentation of some discussion results

17:20 - 17:30
John van der Puil
Introduction of 2 cases, a complex organisation on behalf of a special product and a maintenance contract with obstacles
Case 3. The rubber feeling, the binder
Alternative
Case 4. Potain Flat Top Crane Unwilling Service provider
Participants can choose which case they want to develop at the symposium

17:30 - 18:00
Discussions - working out the cases and developing solutions in smaller groups of 5-6 people
Summary and conclusions

18:00 - 18:20
Presentation of some discussion results

18:20 - 18:30
Closing of the working symposium, conclusions

18:30
Networking - refreshments - after-dinner discussion


Forms of contract

DBFM
What about it? Is Prorail bound for twenty-five years to a contract it did not select and conclude itself? The construction of the HSL was one of the first major complex contracts to be commissioned with a DBFM contract. It was a very wise invention at the time to make PPP financing attractive to all?
How do we look at it now?
Has it succeeded as a system in all respects?

With the Zuidas project, things are not running as smoothly as desired. One has learned. Not a DBFM contract, but just old-fashioned D&C, or in Dutch terminology an integrated contact. So how is it possible that before it even gets underway there is a €100 million budget overrun?
Is it down to the form of contract?


Boeing knew about problems with 737MAX a year before the crash in Indonesia. Boeing admitted the error with a specific alarm system in a statement on Sunday 6 May. However, the manufacturer maintains that the aircraft were safe to fly. Yet two aircraft crashed with, on first impression, the same fault as the cause. Was there or was there not a risk in the form of uncertainty about the effects of the admitted "mistake"?



What is the exact situation?
How are the relationships between supervisor and manufacturer arranged?
Which system elements can be distinguished in the administrative organisation of aviation in the USA? How do they relate to each other? Can liability be distinguished from this?

More information at RBT: johnvanderpuil@gmail.com and at johnstoop@kindunos.nl

Syllabi and cases
The various contract forms are described in the syllabus Special Risks of International Contracting, which was used for the previous symposium. Participants will receive the supplementary syllabus System Architecture and System Management in advance for study. This will include some practical cases. Participants are requested to study and work these out in advance. They will be debated during the symposium.

RBT's Programme Committee is taking stock of members' knowledge. It wants to share knowledge, establish relationships with other bodies and experts in order to know and exchange knowledge, opinions and insights.
The work of the Programme Committee is not only interesting for KIVI members, but also for the 270,000 Dutch engineers who are not yet members of KIVI.

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