Impact & Control of RFIs
Fee: $149 / Online / Oct 29, 2027 / Course Code: 1008-WEB27
OVERVIEW
After participating in this course, you will be able to:
- Have a better understanding of the issues, risks, and challenges concerning the use of RFIs on construction projects.
- Understand how the RFI process can be abused and used as the basis of claims.
- Be exposed to ways to mitigate the adverse impact of RFIs through contractual mechanisms.
- Understand a method for controlling the risks posed by RFIs and a system for managing the RFI process.
- Learn about the value of an electronic RFI tracking and monitoring system.
- Gain information on the best management practices concerning RFIs and the RFI process.
Description
This webinar discusses the genesis of RFIs and the impact of RFIs on construction projects. It draws upon data provided by ACONEX and other studies to assess how RFIs and the RFI processes impact construction projects.
This webinar identifies the potential weaponization of the RFI process and examines how some contractors may misuse RFIs to increase profitability, a practice that has become somewhat institutionalized in recent times. The webinar uses a project case study to illustrate how the process can be abused and examines the legal arguments for cumulative impact as a result of a large quantity of RFIs. The webinar explains how owners inadvertently contribute to the abuse of RFIs by failing to adopt practices that may contractually safeguard against the potential negative impacts of the RFI process.
The webinar sets forth a framework for reducing the impact of RFIs that consists of three principal recommendations: the incorporation of critical definitions and an RFI control specification; electronic RFI tracking and monitoring RFIs; and best management practices concerning RFIs that owners and contractors can adopt and implement for managing the RFI process.
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for:
- Attorneys dealing with construction delays and cumulative impact claims.
- Owners and owner representatives managing capital improvement projects.
- Contractor executives, project managers, project sponsors and project control personnel.
- Construction managers and design professionals providing services during construction.
SYLLABUS
Course Outline
- Purpose of Research
- Generis of RFIs
- Impact of RFIs on Projects
- Cost & Time Impacts
- Abuse of the RFI Process
- RFIs In Action – A Case Study
- Legal Decisions Concerning RFIs
- Owners – Part of the Problem
- Incorporate an RFI Clause
- RFI Review System
- Electronic Tracking System
- Forward Thinking Index™
- RFI Best Management Practices
- Means of Preventing RFIs
INSTRUCTOR
Executive Director — James Zack Consulting, LLC
Johnstown, CO
Jim is the Principal, James Zack Consulting, LLC. Previously, he was Senior Advisor, Ankura Construction Forum™. The Forum strives to be the construction industry’s resource for thought leadership and best practices on avoidance and resolution of construction project disputes globally.
Formerly he was the Executive Director of the Navigant Construction Forum™ and earlier, the Executive Director, Corporate Claims Management Group, Fluor Corporation, one of the world’s largest EPCM contractors. Mr. Zack was previously Vice President of PinnacleOne and the Executive Director of the PinnacleOne Institute and a Senior Construction Claims Consultant for CH2M HILL, Inc.
Mr. Zack has, for more than 54 years, worked on both private and public projects throughout the U.S. and in 39 countries abroad. Mr. Zack is a Fellow of AACE, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Guild of Project Controls and Society of Construction Claims Specialists International.
In the construction claims field, he is a recognized and published expert in mitigation, analysis and resolution or defense of construction claims and disputes.
Mr. Zack is a Certified Construction Manager (CCM), a Certified Forensic Claims Consultant (CFCC), an Expert Certified Construction Claims Specialist (ECCCS), an Expert Certified Construction Delay Analyst (ECCDA) and a Project Management Professional (PMP).
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