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ACA Professional Subconsultants Agreement

6 June 2022

Watch expert speakers from MinterEllison and Planned Cover discuss the updated ACA Professional Services Subcontract. Learn more about the key issues and managing risk when engaging professional subconsultants.

This CPD webinar was held on 15 June 2022.

NOW AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE ON DEMAND

The ACA Professional Services Subcontract (updated October 2021) is available for members to use when a back-to-back agreement is required with the Lead Consultant, providing a guide for the straightforward engagement of subconsultants.

Content covered in the webinar will include:

  • An introduction to the ACA subconsultant contract template – how to use it and what’s new in version 2
  • The purpose and benefits of the contract, contractual/legal requirements for formal agreements and the residual risk
  • The risks and impacts of proceeding without a formal agreement
  • The potential impacts of accepting agreements with unreasonable risk allocation or carve outs of agreements to limit passthrough of the full head contract requirements
  • The insurer’s perspective on having a formal agreement or other bespoke arrangement in place
  • Insurer and architect war stories reflecting potential risks at play

Please note that the updated ACA Professional Services Subcontract is available free to ACA members through the contracts page in our ACA Business Toolbox.

Left to right: Grant Mitchell, Felicity Dixon and Cos Cirocco

Our Speakers

Grant Mitchell 
Partner, MinterEllison

With 30 years’ experience, Grant leads MinterEllison’s Insurance and Corporate Risk team in South Australia. He specialises in professional indemnity claims, construction litigation, directors and officers claims, and more complex public and product liability claims.

Felicity Dixon 
Risk Manager NSW – informed by Planned Cover

Felicity is a Risk Manager with informed by Planned Cover, advising on professional indemnity insurance risks and their implications found within contracts. She also presents seminars that educate professionals on these risks and how best to manage them. Before joining Planned Cover at the start of 2014, Felicity worked in Sydney, Perth and London as a construction litigation lawyer and front end lawyer drafting construction contracts for a number of large construction, architectural and engineering practices. During her years in private practice she also gained experience in insurance, insolvency and personal injury.

Cos Cirocco 
National Business Manager & State Manager SA/TAS, Planned Cover

Cos is an Economics graduate and a Qualified Practising Insurance Broker (QPIB). He is also a Member of the Australian Insurance Law Association and has over 30 years of insurance experience. He is currently the National Business Manager of Planned Cover and Manager of the company’s SA/TAS client base and has specialised in the provision of Professional Indemnity/Liability Insurance and Risk/Claims Management advice to construction professionals for over 25 years.

Cost

Members $25; Non-members $40
*One ticket per attendee.

CPD

Completion of this 1 hour webinar and submission of the self-checked assessment task will deliver 1 formal CPD point.

Learning outcomes

Participation in this webinar will give attendees a better understanding of the key elements for an effective professional subconsultants agreement, the management of risk and the impact on PI insurance and claims. The session will cover key issues to note when engaging professional subconsultants.

AACA NSCA:

Practice Management and Professional Conduct – PC5, PC11
Design Delivery and Construction Phase Services – PC49, PC52, PC57

APBSA Core Area – Practice Management.

Contact

For more information, contact Katherine Ygosse webinars@aca.org.au or (0413) 520 548.