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Overview

After attending this webinar, you will:

• Learn about a large number of early warning signs of claims and disputes.
• Learn what types of claims and disputes can arise from each warning sign.
• Understand what must be done to prevent such follow on claims and avoid disputes.

Description
It is axiomatic that claims and disputes on a project do not simply appear out of nowhere.  Experience indicates that when a dispute occurs, there is normally a back story or history of events, decisions, lack of decisions, etc. that can be traced back from a few weeks to several years that gave rise to the dispute.  It is typically these past events or decisions that are identified as the early warning signs of claims and disputes.

Typically, it is only when claims are filed at the end of a project that attorneys and claims consultants review project documentation and interview the project team that these early warning signs are identified.  And, in retrospect, many project team members comment If only I had recognized that then! Research reveals there is little literature setting forth a detailed list of early warning signs of pending construction claims and disputes. 

Based on the collective observations of numerous construction claims consultants the Ankura Construction Forum collated these early warning signs into the typical phases of a project including:

• Bid or Proposal Phase
• Initial Contract Phase
• Construction Phase

This webinar also identifies which party should watch for which early warning sign and what sort of claim or dispute may arise. 

Who should attend?

• Owners and owner representatives managing capital improvement projects.
• Contractor executives, project managers, project sponsors and project control personnel.
• Construction managers and design professionals performing services during construction.

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Syllabus

Course outline

Introduction

Early Warning Signs - Bid & Proposal Stage

• Early warning signs for owners
• Early warning signs for contractors

Early Warning Signs - Early Construction Phase

• Early warning signs for owners
• Early warning signs for contractors

Early Warning Signs - Construction Phase

• Early warning signs for owners
  • Scheduling
  • Change issues
  • Project management issues
  • Field issues
• Early warning signs for contractors
  • Scheduling
  • Change issues
  • Project management issues
  • Field issues

Conclusion

Instructor

Jim is the Principal, James Zack Consulting, LLC and 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 53 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).