Construction Claims Distance Learning Course | Graduate Feedback
Our Claims Class Construction Claims Distance Learning Course was created to help people gain practical, ‘hands on’ knowledge of claims and is intended to teach information that will enable students to immediately put the topics learned into practice.Read more
Construction Claims Distance Learning Course | A Graduate's Perspective
When I enrolled on the Claims Class Distance Learning Course, I was approaching 10 years of experience. During that time I had dealt with claims on both sides of the fence, with a reasonable degree of success, so I was by no means a novice.Read more
7 Things to Consider When Choosing a Training Provider
Registering for a training course may seem like a relatively easy decision. You receive information about a course, it peaks your interest and you do a bit of digging…Read more
3 Tips for Exercising Due Diligence when Examining Claims
If you are tasked with examining claims and producing an assessment or determination, the importance of undertaking a complete and comprehensive examination of the matter cannot be overstressed. This was emphasised to me recently when I was producing an assessment of a contractor’s claim for an extension of time. Towards the end of my information gathering I found a document, which turned the whole claim on its head and resulted in a rejection of the claim.Read more
Goodbye 2014: Reflections on the year gone by
And there goes another year in the blink of an eye! It seems like I was only sitting down to write reflections on 2013 five minutes ago and here we are in 2015 reflecting on 2014.Read more
FIDIC and Claims Course Leads to a Better Understanding
Feedback from our 2-Day Construction Claims Intensive Training Course consistently told us that you would like Claims Class to launch a course on FIDIC. We have been working on this and launched our new 2-day course - Understanding Claims Under the FIDIC Contracts - in Dubai on 10th January 2015.Read more
Nina's Dubai Desert Warrior Challenge
Nina is not just highly efficient at managing, administering and marketing Claims Class, she is also a pretty determined athlete.Read more
Claims Class Quarterly | Issue 5
The 5th edition of the Claims Class Quarterly has been released!Read more
London Claims Class Course Delegates 'Highly Satisfied'
Our 2-Day Construction Claims Intensive Training Course was held in London towards the end of September and we are delighted to report that the feedback completed by the delegates showed that we achieved 90% ‘highly satisfied’ and ‘satisfied’ votes across all categories.Read more
Claims Class Helps Student to Get New Job
I am always delighted to hear about the success of our students, especially when Claims Class has helped them achieve that success. Helping people improve themselves and climb the career ladder was one of my motivations when I decided to develop the training and education side of our business.
One of our Distance Learning students is an Italian contracts manager currently working for a contractor in Central America. Part of their duty is to prepare, submit, and manage the claims for the contractor. During the course, they were promoted to the manager of the department. They mentioned at the time that, as a result of what they had learned on the course, they had completely revised the way claims were submitted and had even revised and resubmitted some earlier claims that had not been awarded, to ensure they contained all the essentials. I believe some issues were referred to the dispute adjudication board, and our student used what they had learned to help prepare the dispute for review.
Our student decided they wanted to move from Central America and began applying for positions with claims consultants. We spoke a few weeks ago, and they were happy to tell me that they had been offered a position with a large, international claims consultancy, with a choice of working in a variety of locations in the Middle East and a separate offer from a contractor for a regional position in the United Arab Emirates.
They advised me that the knowledge gained from the course had given them a lot of confidence during the interviews, and also that the claims consultancy was familiar with and placed great value on the Claims Class courses. Part of the selection process with the consultancy was to complete an assignment based on a case study. The assessors' remarks were, “... our review panel was impressed and thought you submitted a very good piece of work.” Case studies from real life feature highly in our Distance Learning course, and our student commented that without Claims Class, they would have struggled to complete the assignment.
I am absolutely delighted with this news and thrilled that Claims Class has played a part in our student’s success.
Has Claims Class helped you in any way? If you have come across job opportunities, gained a promotion, or learned how to carry out your job better, please share your experiences with us.