OGCA and OAA Release Recommended Supplementary Conditions for New CCDC 2-2020

The OAA and the Ontario General Contractors Association (OGCA) have published Recommended Supplementary Conditions for the Stipulated Price Contract–CCDC 2-2020, for use with the latest edition of the Canadian Construction Documents Committee’s standard construction contract.

The new document is now available on the OGCA Website.

Recommended Supplementary Conditions for CCDC 2-2020 is the result of continuing close collaborative efforts and negotiations between the OAA and OGCA. Previously, the two associations collaborated on Recommended Supplementary Conditions for CCDC 2-2008. Some of these provisions were incorporated into the new CCDC 2-2020, which was in development for several years. OAA and OGCA agreed the existing 2008 version of the Supplementary Conditions should be reviewed and new ones developed for this 2020 version.

Discussion between the OAA’s Practice Advisory Services (PAS) and OGCA began in late 2019 after seeing a final draft of CCDC 2-2020. PAS then drafted the new document in early 2020 based on the previously written OAA/OGCA Recommended Supplementary Conditions for the Stipulated Price Contract–CCDC 2, 2008. This draft was circulated to the OGCA Board of Directors, the OAA Practice Resource Committee (PRC) and respective legal counsel. After several rounds of negotiation, a final draft was presented to the OGCA Board of Directors, receiving its endorsement in September.

It is also important to remember the suggested wording in the OAA/OGCA Recommended Supplementary Conditions for the Stipulated Price Contract is not a substitute for the involvement of legal counsel. General contractors should discuss the specific wording and requirements of all supplementary conditions with legal counsel.