The Canadian Construction Documents Committee (CCDC) recently issued updates to four of its standard form contracts. This article focuses on changes to the following three contracts:
- CCDC 5A – Construction Management Contract – For Services;
- CCDC 5B – Construction Management Contract for Services and Construction; and
- CCDC 17 – Stipulated Price Contract Between Owner and Trade Contractor for Construction Management Projects (collectively, the “2025 CM Contracts”).
These updates (the first since 2010) reflect efforts to align the construction management suite with CCDC 2 – 2020, to integrate modern risk allocation principles, and to address prompt payment legislation (now adopted in many Canadian jurisdictions).
While most of the changes focus on structure or style, there are a number of substantive revisions.