Course VA20 Procurement and the business process for water and wastewater projects.

The purpose of the course is to give the student knowledge of how the public sector's design work and construction contracts are procured under the legislation on public procurement and the act on procurement in the utilities sectors. The student is given knowledge of risk analyses and of how work environment legislation applies in the design stage (BAS-P), and of how this is incorporated into the industry's standard legal documents for design and construction (ABK09, AB04 and ABT06). The goal of the course is that the student has knowledge of the laws, regulations and standard contracts that govern the business process in design and construction. Key elements are how the EU directives affect public procurement and contract law and regulate the contract process between traders. The course goes through the industry's standard contracts ABK09 and AB04 and how work environment issues should be taken into account. After the course the student should know how the issues described above are incorporated into the administrative provisions of the contract documents. The approved student has knowledge of - laws and contracts that govern the business process and municipal operations in the design and construction of water and wastewater systems - work environment legislation and other key regulations The approved student has the skills to - use laws, regulations and standard contracts relevant to the consultant role The approved student has the competence to - analyse the different assignments of the consultant role and draw conclusions from this that are important for further learning - interpret applicable regulations and apply them in water and wastewater projects.