Most contract failures happen because the people responsible for delivery do not fully understand what the contract requires of them. COMAPS training is built from the contract outward — not from a generic curriculum inward. The project's own documents are the source material.
Generic EPC training tells people what a Hold Point is. COMAPS training shows them which Hold Points apply to their project, who owns them, and what happens if they are bypassed.
Every COMAPS training session is anchored to the actual contract — the Employer's Requirements, the FIDIC conditions, the specific obligations of the phase being trained. Participants leave with a working understanding of their own obligations, not a general awareness of industry concepts.
Training is delivered by practitioners who have administered COMAPS on major live EPC contracts. The scenarios are real. The consequences described are real. The methodology being taught is the one in use on the project.
Training is structured across four modules that mirror the COMAPS methodology chain. Each module can be delivered as a standalone session or as part of the full programme. All four modules use the project's own contract as the primary reference document.
Participants work through the Six-Lens Contract Compass — Purpose, Standard, Application, Timeline, Authority, Method — applied to real clauses from their own Employer's Requirements. By the end, every participant can extract the obligation from any clause and identify who carries it.
Participants learn to translate contract clauses into bilateral compliance actions, classify each as Action, Info, Hold Point, or Witness Point, and understand the sign-off discipline that governs the COMAPS checklist system. Team Leads practise taking ownership of their assigned ER volume.
Using live COMAPS checklist extracts, participants learn how performance is tracked through the PPVC lifecycle — how ITP Hold and Witness Points are administered, how NCRs are raised and processed, and how the evidence trail is built from Engineering through to Closeout.
Participants learn the COMAPS approach to risk management, notice administration, and change control — and why contemporaneous records determine the outcome of any dispute. Scenarios are drawn from real contract situations. The objective is a team that is prepared to protect the Employer's position before the exposure materialises.
COMAPS training is not a one-time event. Contract obligations evolve across the 10 project phases — and the team's understanding must keep pace. Training is available at commencement, ahead of major phase transitions, on onboarding of new personnel, and at any point where compliance performance signals a gap.
Delivered before site mobilisation. All four modules covered with project-specific material. The full CMT and Employer's Representative team attends. Outputs: obligation register draft, Team Lead assignments, Hold Point schedule.
Targeted sessions before each major phase change — Engineering to Construction, Construction to Commissioning, Commissioning to DLP. The obligations that arise in the next phase are briefed in advance, not discovered after commencement.
Every CMT member joining mid-project receives a compressed COMAPS induction covering the relevant methodology modules, current phase obligations, and the live status of their assigned checklist sections.
Where NCR frequency increases, submittals are consistently non-compliant, or Hold Points are being bypassed, COMAPS delivers a targeted refresher session. The cause is identified, the obligation restated, and the corrective discipline embedded.
COMAPS training applies the PPVC framework to the learning process itself. Participants don't just hear about the methodology — they work through it. Each session moves from Plan (what is required) through Perform (working with real contract material) to Validate (testing understanding against scenarios) to Complete (each participant signs off their module with documented outputs).
Session objectives set. Relevant ER clauses and FIDIC provisions distributed. Participants identify which obligations apply to their role before the session begins.
Facilitated working sessions. Participants extract obligations, classify actions, and draft checklist entries from real contract material. Scenarios tested against live NCR and Hold Point examples.
Outputs reviewed by COMAPS facilitator. Each participant's obligation register entries, classifications, and checklist drafts assessed against the COMAPS standard. Corrections made in session.
Each participant signs off their module with a completed obligation extract and classified Hold Point list for their area of responsibility. Training completion is recorded in the project EDMS.