TRAINING.

Overview

After attending this webinar, Owners will:

• Learn how to deal with RFIs properly to avoid claims;
• Become aware of the risk of giving verbal direction for contractors to proceed with changes without written change orders;
• Be exposed to the risks due to the failure to settle delays as they arise;
• Be able to identify problems when RFIs are used to correct design errors or change the as bid contract requirements;
• Understand the risk of waiver when they object to the submittal of written notices from contractors.

After attending this webinar, Contractors will:

• Discover the risk of not tracking the time and costs of changes separately;
• Understand the risk of proceeding with changes without written change orders;
• Be aware of the danger of not creating a well thought out baseline schedule and issuing accurate schedule updates.

After attending this webinar, Owners and Contractors will:

• Be provided with a series of lessons learned designed to help both sides avoid such mistakes.

Webinar description:
When asked about the most common causes of construction claims, owners and contractors will likely recite a lengthy list, including changes, delays, site conditions, lost labour productivity, etc. However, a recent global survey of the top five causes of claims found that contract administration issues are the most significant cause of claims. 

The Navigant Construction Forum™ has determined that contract administration issues are not caused solely by one party to the contract but rather are caused by both owners and contractors. This webinar identifies the top ten mistakes owners make that cause claims and the top ten contractor mistakes that give rise to disputes. With each, the expert presenters will share practical advice on how to avoid such mistakes.

Course outline:

• Introduction
• International Survey Concerning Construction Claims
• Most Common Cause of Disputes
• Owner Mistakes
• Lessons Learned - Owners
• Contractor Mistakes
• Lessons Learned - Contractors
• Conclusion
• Questions

Who should attend:

• General contractors and their project managers
• Project owners and their representatives
• Design professionals
• Construction managers
• Construction attorneys

Special features:
This webinar delves into a series of issues that cause claims on construction projects - some caused by owners and others caused by contractors. The webinar offers practical advice for both to avoid such mistakes.

Please note: You can check other time zones here.

Instructor

Jim is the Senior Advisor to the recently formed 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. Jim was the founder and Executive Director of the Navigant Construction Forum™. Formerly he was the Executive Director, Corporate Claims Management Group, Fluor Corporation, one of the world’s largest EPCM contractors. Prior to this Jim was Vice President of PinnacleOne and Executive Director of the PinnacleOne Institute and a Senior Construction Claims Consultant for CH2M HILL, Inc.

He has, for 46 years, worked on both private and public projects throughout the U.S. and in 28 countries abroad. Jim has worked for both contractors and owners on more than 5,000 claims in his career. He a Fellow of AACE International, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the International Guild of Project Controls. In the construction claims field, he is a recognized and published expert in mitigation, analysis and resolution or defense of construction claims and disputes. Jim is a Certified Construction Manager (CCM), a Certified Forensic Claims Consultant (CFCC), and a Project Management Professional (PMP).