Course Catalogue.

After participating in this course, you will be able to:

• Examine what owners and contractors can do during the project kickoff phase to reduce claims and disputes going forward.
• Be exposed to how owners and contactors can establish project management and contract administration systems and procedures designed to mitigate claims and disputes.
• Explore how the cost, change, and time management systems can aid in reducing the potential for claims and disputes.
• Review how contract risk management procedures on the part of the owner and the contractor can mitigate claims and disputes.
• Consider ways contractors and owners can avoid turning claims into disputes during the claims phase of the project, thus increasing the likelihood of resolving claims on the project.

Description
Project owners, design professionals, construction managers and contractors frequently ask for recommendations on how to avoid disputes on future construction projects. Everyone in the industry acknowledges that there is no such thing as a “claim-free” project but are seeking ways to close out projects without resorting to arbitration or litigation at project completion. This webinar is based on interviews with experienced practitioners in the construction industry.

This webinar incorporates their experience, observations and thinking. The webinar will address claims mitigation and dispute avoidance during a project's construction and claim phases. These two phases typically overlap each other as claims start any time after the Notice to Proceed is issued and even before physical construction starts.

This webinar treats the claim phase of a project separately, not because it takes place at a different point in time, but because the activities involved in preparing, submitting, receiving, reviewing and resolving claims are entirely different from those activities concerning management, construction, and delivery of a project. While the activities in the claim phase overlap and are concurrent with the construction phase activities, they are not the same and, thus are treated separately.

Course Outline

• Introduction
• Claims Recognition, Mitigation and Dispute Avoidance
• The Construction Phase – Owners and Contractors
  • Project Kickoff
  • Project Management and Contract Administration
  • Cost Management
  • Change Management
  • Risk Management
  • Time Management and Scheduling
• The Claims Phase – Owners and Contractors
• Conclusion

Who Should Attend

• Owners
• Design professionals
• Construction managers
• Contractors
• Subcontractors
• Construction attorneys