
Master CLAWD AI for contracts and commercial managers with 50 live demonstrations across the contract lifecycle and RACE framework, including EOT claims and NEC-IV compensation events.
Master the RACE prompting framework to craft structured, contract-ready AI outputs for FIDIC and NEC4 projects, focusing on role, ask, context, and examples to produce formal notices and compliant claims.
Explore a hands-on operational playbook with 50 live contract scenarios, production-ready race prompts, and a 10-section architecture to safely integrate AI into daily contract operations.
Generate formal commencement notices and pre-commencement checklists for FIDIC and NEC4 contracts using AI-powered contract administration, ensuring time-based rights, insurance, and performance security are precisely tracked.
Learn how to prepare a formal commencement notice under FIDIC 8.1 and a comprehensive pre-commencement checklist for a Riyadh hospital project, including responsibilities and timing.
Harness AI to automate the interim payment certificate assessment narrative under FIDIC 14.6 and NEC4 50, and map deductions, variations, and net certified amounts into a defensible payment record.
Learn how to manage retention money releases under FIDIC 14.9, splitting funds into two moieties tied to milestones, defects clearance, and an automated audit trail with Claude.
Prepare a Fidic clause 11 defects notification letter during the dnp period. Include a defects schedule table documenting the three defects: mep noise, basement waterproofing, and tile delamination.
Master the taking-over certificate under FIDIC clause 10.1 by applying the fit-for-purpose test to determine substantial completion, automate TOC generation, and manage post-closeout liabilities.
Deliver taking over documents under FIDIC clause 10, confirming substantial completion and fit for purpose, with four categories (MEP, external works, snagging, as-built drawings) and DNP commencing 12-month period.
Learn to safely terminate under FIDIC clauses 15.2 and 16.2 using a six-step failsafe pipeline, AI drafting, and strict human review to prevent wrongful termination and ensure procedural compliance.
Master the extension of time notice under FIDIC 8.4: navigate the 28-day condition precedent, separate initial notice and 42-day particulars, and align with NEC4 compensation events to protect margins.
draft a formal extension of time notice under fidic clauses 8.4 and 20.1, guided by prompt 3.1, detailing a ground conditions delay with 28-day compliance and rights to further particulars.
Master a Fidic 1999 cost claim narrative under 20.1 by establishing entitlement, causation, and quantum before submission, and linking every head of claim to contemporaneous records.
Prepare a formal cost claim under FIDIC clause 20.1, detailing entitlement, factual background, and a five-section structure for a 2.4 million claim across design, rock breaking, and extended preliminaries.
Learn to craft a disruption claim for loss of productivity under FIDIC 20.1 using the measured mile, establishing baseline and disrupted periods, and calculating quantum with AI-driven prompts.
Lead disruption claim preparation with the measured mile methodology, compare disrupted versus undisrupted productivity, compute quantum from lost hours, and defend against engineer challenges using project-consistent data.
learn to produce a concurrent delay analysis under fidic, applying the dominant cause principle to apportion eot for employer-caused delay and exclude additional cost during true concurrency.
Learn to craft a structured quantum narrative for delay claims by linking direct costs, head office overhead formulas (Hudson, Emden, Eichle), and contemporaneous project evidence using ai prompts.
Master the full clause 20.1 claim with an eight-section architectural stack, ai-driven race prompts, and a formal executive summary to deliver a verifiable FIDIC Yellow Book submission.
Create a clause 20.1 claim document (prompt 3.6) with executive summary, background, chronology, entitlement, program impact, delay analysis, quantum heads, relief, EOT, and supporting documents for adjudicator-ready submission.
Explore how contract managers respond to FIDIC yellow book 1999 subcl 20.1 claims using an algorithmic defense framework. Master 42-day deadlines and diagnostic grounds for notice, entitlement, causation, and quantum.
learn how an engineer, on the employer side, responds to a contractor claim with partial EOT, four reasons (geotechnical, program impact, rock breaking, extended preliminaries) under FIDIC.
Explore without prejudice settlement letters for international engineering contracts under the FIDIC Yellow Book 1999, using the race framework and CLAWD to craft privileged, contractually sound offers.
Learn to draft a without prejudice settlement letter for a live FIDIC Yellow Book claim, offering 1.95 million with a 14-day acceptance deadline and a full and final release.
Master the DAB submission process under FIDIC Clause 20.4, including the 84-day decision window, 56-day amicable period, nine-section referrals, and race framework for AI-assisted, evidence-driven claims.
Prepare a formal dispute adjudication board referral under FIDIC clause 20.4, detailing nine sections from introduction to documents submitted, including dispute description, history, entitlement, and relief sought.
Master building precise claim chronologies for contracts with Claude AI, using an eight-column timeline, four filtering principles: causation, mitigation, failure, and procedure, and a live, evolving day-one narrative.
Learn to generate a formally structured early warning notice under NEC 4 clause 15, detailing risk, cost, program, quality impacts, mitigation options, and a warning meeting request.
Learn to prepare a compensation event assessment quotation under nec4 clauses 62 and 63, detailing costs by category, applying fees, and documenting substantiation across seven output sections.
Prepare two nec4 documents under clause 31: a submission cover letter and a non-acceptance response, referencing 31.3, detailing 31.2 deficiencies, time risk allowances, and critical-path floats within two weeks.
Produce a defined cost assessment using the NEC-4 shorter SCC, detailing costs by five categories: people, equipment, plant and materials, subcontracts, and charges, and presenting the required output format.
Learn to draft legally bulletproof NEC 4 ECC compensation event rejections using CLAWD AI, anchoring grounds to clause 61.4, the four pillars, eight-week time bars, and W1/W2 dispute rights.
Explain how project manager rejects a compensation event under NEC 4, citing CE notification number and date, applying 60.1(13) rainfall threshold and data analysis methodology, and advising rights under W2.
Learn how to automate NEC4 monthly commercial reporting using AI, consolidating the CE and EW registers, live program status, and forecast final price into a board-ready executive report.
Enforce pre-award conditions and mobilization control by issuing both the award letter and pre-award schedule, powered by CLAWD AI and the RACE architecture.
Learn to manage subcontractor performance with a four-stage, contractually compliant escalation framework—first and final warnings, default notices, and termination, powered by Claude AI for rapid, auditable notices.
Issue a formal subcontractor default notice under clause 14.2 after final warnings, detailing grounds, a 14-day remedy, and termination rights under clause 14.3; insolvency triggers immediate termination and site security.
Issue a formal subcontract termination letter to end a commercial relationship and preserve cost recovery rights; reference the default notice and cover the effective date, site position, and handover.
Learn to close final subcontract accounts efficiently using ai-driven narratives and the race framework, enforcing a strict three-month closure while balancing commercial, payment, and settlement positions.
Explore audit-ready tender evaluation narratives using Claude AI, with structured scoring, risk assessment, and formal compliance to support defendable capital-project decisions.
Develop a tender evaluation report for four tenderers, a $310 million hospital design-build, guiding board approval through integrated technical, commercial scoring, compliance, and risk assessment to justify the preferred tenderer.
Explore drafting special conditions of contract and a conflict audit against FIDIC general conditions for a Riyadh hospital project, covering advance payment, local content, and key personnel.
Generate a contract award letter and a conditions precedent table for the NTP under the FIDIC Yellow Book, awarding 308 million USD and detailing bonds, insurance, program, personnel, and HSE.
Learn to use CLAWD to build a rigorous pre-award meeting framework with ten pillars across governance, commercial, and execution. Produce audit-ready agendas and minutes that lock a binding commercial baseline.
Produce a pre-award meeting agenda and minutes template for a senior contracts manager, with a 10-point agenda and a decisions and actions table to set the commercial relationship before execution.
Deliver a contract review summary for a $308 million FIDIC Yellow Book hospital project, detailing contract type, obligations, risk allocation, milestones, notice periods, and top five risks for project roles.
Develop a cash flow forecast narrative for the monthly commercial report, detailing current performance, a two-month IPC catch-up forecast, and a position assessment with overdue notifications and financing charges.
Leverage AI-powered Scott schedules to convert complex dispute data into a structured, tribunal-ready matrix that speeds arbitration, clarifies contractor claims and employer positions, and cuts costs.
Harness AI to master variation accounts within a digital variation ecosystem, converting unpriced changes into a live register and monthly summaries under FITIC Clause 13 governance to prevent disputes.
Produce a variation account summary detailing approved, pending, and disputed variations and their impact on the contract sum, with tables, adjusted sum, and recommendations to chase pending items.
Deliver a final account narrative for employer and board submission, detailing 6.2% variance from 308 million to 327 million, 47 approved variations, three agreed claims, contingency performance, and commercial lessons.
Harness AI-driven contingency reporting to actively manage reserves via the contingency funnel, translating drawdowns into boardroom-ready risk forecasts and actionable recommendations.
Learn how to produce a contingency status report that analyzes usage, known future requirements, and P50/P80 risk-adjusted forecasts to assess adequacy and guide CFO decisions.
Deliver a lender's technical advisor report that governs the 11.5 million US dollars drawdown, assesses contract compliance, flags NCRs, quantifies DAB risks, and presents an eight-section drawdown recommendation.
Master the notice of dissatisfaction under FIDIC clause 20.4, including the 28-day and 56-day timelines, to transition a DAB decision to arbitration.
Leverage independent expert witnesses in international construction disputes, using Claude to generate tribunal-ready summaries of technical reports across program, quantum, design, geotechnical, and industry expertise.
Learn to draft a legally sound without prejudice settlement offer using AI, leveraging the without prejudice shield, six pillars, itemized breakdowns, mutual releases, confidentiality, and a hard acceptance period.
Draft a formal, without prejudice settlement offer letter, subject to contract, to resolve a construction dispute before arbitration with a 2.175 million proposal, 48-day eot.
Build a legally bulletproof dispute chronology that transforms scattered logs into a time-sequenced, cross-referenced factual framework for arbitration, dispute adjudication boards, and executive settlement negotiations.
Create a structured dispute chronology for arbitration, detailing a full site-condition timeline from initial investigation to notice of dissatisfaction, including a ten-column table, three-paragraph narrative, and document index.
Explore role stacking with artificial intelligence to stress-test commercial claims, switching through contractor, employer's representative, and independent expert roles within one session, and implement architectural workflows for stronger settlements.
Learn how AI-augmented contract audits expose hidden liabilities, using four risk zones and a structured prompt 9.3 to transform hours into minutes and prevent costly disputes.
Protect contract data with a four-pillar risk framework, data sanitization, and tiered AI governance to safely use tools like Claude.
Learn to detect AI hallucinations in contract drafting and master a five-minute, eight-step verification workflow that aligns AI output with signed contract records.
Explore how AI-assisted drafting intersects with professional liability in contract management, emphasizing six pillars of professional accountability, rigorous verification, and governance to safeguard professional indemnity insurance.
Establish a proactive team AI policy with six pillars and an eight-step deployment roadmap to safeguard confidentiality, accountability, and governance across projects. Define tools, inputs, anonymization, verification, and breach reporting.
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Claude AI for Contracts and Commercial Managers: Mastering Prompt Engineering
This course is based on the uploaded structure covering FIDIC, NEC4, claims, disputes, and 50 practical Claude demonstrations across the contract lifecycle.
Course Description
AI is rapidly changing how contracts and commercial professionals work, but generic AI tools often fail when applied to real contract management tasks. Construction and infrastructure contracts require formal language, clause accuracy, structured reasoning, and professional judgement. A poorly drafted notice, incomplete claim, or incorrect contractual reference can create serious commercial consequences.
This course teaches you how to use Claude AI as a practical contract management assistant for real-world projects using FIDIC Yellow Book, FIDIC Red Book, NEC4 ECC, and internationally recognised commercial practices.
This is not an introductory AI course and it is not a theory-only course.
Instead of spending hours discussing AI concepts, this course takes you directly into real professional workflows, live demonstrations, and practical contract management scenarios that contracts managers, commercial managers, quantity surveyors, and engineers encounter every day.
You will work through 50 live Claude demonstrations, learning how to use AI to create, review, analyse, and improve contractual and commercial documents while maintaining professional responsibility and contractual accuracy.
Throughout the course you will learn how to structure prompts using the RACE Framework:
Role
Ask
Context
Examples
This framework allows you to consistently generate more accurate and professionally structured outputs for contractual work.
What You Will Learn
Contract Administration
Learn how to prepare and review:
Commencement notices
Interim payment certificates
Retention release letters
Performance bond calls
Defects notifications
Taking-Over Certificates
Suspension instructions
Termination notices
Claims Management
Master practical claims preparation techniques including:
Extension of Time (EOT) claims
Cost claims
Disruption and productivity loss claims
Concurrent delay analysis
Quantum narrative development
Complete Clause 20.1 claim structures
Employer responses to claims
Without prejudice settlement letters
Claim chronology development
NEC4 Deep Dive
Develop practical NEC4 skills including:
Early Warning Notices
Compensation Event notifications
Compensation Event assessments
Programme submissions
Defined Cost calculations
CE rejection responses
Commercial reporting
Subcontract Management
Learn to:
Identify back-to-back contractual gaps
Evaluate subcontract tenders
Prepare award letters
Draft performance notices
Manage default notices
Handle termination procedures
Prepare final subcontract accounts
Tender and Award Processes
Understand how to prepare:
Tender evaluation reports
Bid clarification documents
Special Conditions of Contract
Contract award letters
Pre-award meeting documentation
Contract risk summaries
Commercial Reporting and Final Accounts
Build professional commercial documentation including:
Monthly commercial reports
Cash-flow forecasts
Scott Schedules
Variation accounts
Final account submissions
Contingency reports
Lender commercial reports
Disputes and Settlement
Learn practical dispute documentation techniques:
DAB referral submissions
Notices of Dissatisfaction
Expert witness summaries
Settlement offers
Dispute chronology preparation
Advanced AI Techniques
Go beyond basic prompting and learn:
Chain prompting for complete claim preparation
Role stacking techniques
Document auditing methods
Building your own professional contracts prompt library
Ethics and Professional Responsibility
Understand the risks and responsibilities of AI use:
Confidentiality requirements
Clause verification procedures
Hallucination risks in contractual work
Team AI policies and governance
Why This Course Is Different
50 live Claude demonstrations using real contract scenarios
Covers the complete contracts and commercial lifecycle
Built around FIDIC and NEC4 international practices
Uses practical examples rather than theory-only explanations
Includes downloadable prompt libraries
Focuses on professional workflows used on actual projects
Designed specifically for contracts and commercial professionals
Intermediate-to-advanced content with immediate workplace application
Who This Course Is For
Contracts Managers
Commercial Managers
Quantity Surveyors
Cost Managers
Project Engineers
Contract Administrators
Construction and infrastructure professionals working with FIDIC or NEC4
By the end of this course, you will have a complete AI-assisted workflow for drafting notices, preparing claims, reviewing commercial documents, and improving productivity across the entire contract management lifecycle.