2025: MTO Contract Administration (CA) Course (Non-Members)

Registration is now closed. If you’d like to join the waitlist, please fill out the form below. We’ll contact you if any spots become available or when registration opens next year.

Format: In-person

Dates: January 20-24, 2025

Duration: 5 days

Course Hours: Monday -Thursday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM and Friday 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Location:  DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Toronto Airport West (5444 Dixie Road, Mississauga, ON, L4W 2L2) (Please note we have changed the venue from last year)

Hotel Accommodation: Rooms are available at discounted price at the hotel if you would like to stay. Please email Priyanka Anand at panand@acecontario.ca to get the booking link.
Cut-Off Date: Friday, December 20, 2024.

Member- Firm Pricing: $2124+HST

Non-member Firm Pricing: $2418+HST

Please note:
There are two separate events per MTO course as Member Pricing and Non-Member pricing.
This course counts towards OACETT’s CPD credits. It may also count towards PEO’s PEAK Program CPD credits.

If you are an ACEC- Ontario Member:

• If you are staff of a member company, please login to our website and open the member pricing. Click here.
• If you are a member of ACEC-Ontario and cannot log on to the website, or contact us at communications@acecontario.ca to set up your account.
• If you are unsure if your consulting engineering firm is a member you can search the directory here.
• Independent Contractors : you will need an ACEC-Ontario member firm to register on your behalf to receive this pricing. ACEC-Ontario member firms must log-in to the website in order to receive member pricing. Refunds/adjustments will not be given for the pricing difference after registration, to receive member firm pricing you will need to provide this information ahead of time.
• Please note, If a member purchases a non-member-ticket and requires a refund, only the difference minus the fees associated from payment processing will be refunded, a fee up-to $100 CAD.

About the course:
This course will prepare consulting engineering personnel for the role of Contract Administrator and is also intended for MTO personnel with responsibilities for consultant assignments. With appropriate field experience, this course is approved to meet part of the criteria of the MTO/OACETT Road Construction Contract Administrator (RCCA) designation. Participants are eligible for 10 OACETT points upon successful completion of the course.

Topics:

• Roles and Responsibilities
• Payment Verification and Contract Changes
• Pre-Construction Activities
• Contractor QC – QVE
• The Constructor Issue
• Hot Mix Paving
• Construction Signing and Traffic Control
• Concrete and Structures
• Contract Types and Duration
• Substantial Performance and Completion
• Aggregates
• Post Construction Activities

Guest Speaker:

Andrea Bulanda works for the Ministry’s Environmental Policy Office (EPO)

Cheryl Davis works for the Ministry’s Environmental Policy Office (EPO)

Frank Lucente works at Ontario Ministry of Transportation

Vicki Zourntos works at Ontario Ministry of Transportation

Winston Chand, P.Eng. works as a Chemical/Corrosion Engineer for Engineering Materials Office at Ministry of Transportation

Pre-requisite:

If you intend to complete your OACETT Designation then the Highway Construction Inspection (HCI) course is a pre-requisite prior to taking this CA course. See more details about all MTO courses here.

Updated Exam Policy:

Upon successful completion of the final exam, participants will be issued a certificate. Final exam is open book and participants will need a 70% to pass. If participants do not obtain 70%, they will be eligible for one rewrite exam. The fee to rewrite an exam is $500 + HST*. Exam rewrite will be virtual, and the dates will be posted when registration opens for the course. 

“Mini quizzes” will be administered daily, these quizzes are a useful tool to help participants prepare for the final exam. These daily quizzes do not count toward the participants final exam or mark. The mini quizzes will also be handed to the instructors each day so they can determine if participants are grasping the content and are prepared for the exam.

*Rewrite fee covers the cost of the instructor to proctor and mark exam.

Cancellation Policy:

• Courses must be paid for in full. Failure to submit payment will result in the registration being cancelled, as waiting lists are maintained.
• Cancellations received in writing more than 10 business days prior to the start of the course will be assessed a $100.00 cancellation fee (per person, per course). Please notify communications@acecontario.ca of cancellations.
• Cancellations received less than 10 business days prior to the start of the course are non-refundable. Refunds will not be given if the registrant fails to attend any part of the course.
• Qualified substitutions are allowed within the same course and date without incurring a cancellation fee. Please notify communications@acecontario.ca of substitution notice prior to the start of the course.