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Minimizing Your Construction Risk Post COVID-19 Outbreak: Moving Beyond Force Majeure Clauses
In order to survive the new normal, your construction company will need to change your operating, contract negotiation, and contract administration procedures to survive. You can proactively minimize our risk by taking such steps as assessing the project finan ...
- Basic & Intermediate
- 60 Mins
- Brian Perlberg
- Jul 16, 2020
Early Completion Schedules – Benefits, Risks & Defenses
A contractor’s right to complete work early was acknowledged by U.S. Courts in the 1960’s.Delayed early completion claims arose shortly thereafter and became somewhat common in the industry.It was then, and remains now, a controversial issue in the constructio ...
- Advanced
- 90 Mins
- James G. Zack
- Jul 20, 2020
Managing Construction Claims & Disputes Proactively
Construction projects are a fertile breeding ground for claims – unless everything on the project proceeds exactly as planned.To avoid all claims there must be no changes, no delays, no shortage of qualified craft labor, no late delivery of equipment and mater ...
- Basic & Intermediate
- 90 Mins
- James G. Zack
- Jul 31, 2020
Partnering – A Way To Reduce Construction Claims & Disputes
Project partnering is one of the most effective tools in the construction management process employed to deliver successful projects -- projects that complete on time, in budget, safely, with the specified quality and have no outstanding disputes at the end of ...
- Basic & Intermediate
- 90 Mins
- James G. Zack
- Aug 13, 2020
Minimizing Risk in Construction Post COVID-19 Outbreak: Operation, Contract Administration, and Contract Negotiation Essentials
Learn tools in creating a COVID Rider or considering standard escalation or de-escalation clauses, and strategies to get owners to agree to more balanced contracts. Come up with plans to mange giving proper notice for potential claims include delays and ineff ...
- Basic & Intermediate
- 60 Mins
- Brian Perlberg
- Aug 27, 2020
Updating Your Standard Construction Contract in Light of COVID-19 Risk
Whether you are legally responsible will depend on steps you take now. Learn what COVID-19 riders smart owners, general contractors and subcontractors are seeking and what contract administration steps, like proactively asking for financial assurances, you sho ...
- Intermediate
- 60 Mins
- Brian Perlberg
Classifying Your Products for International Trade: Plain Talk and Understanding
Importers must know how to classify imported products using the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). By becoming knowledgeable of the Harmonized System (HS), importers will know how to use the HTSUS properly. Exporters knowledgeable about ...
- Intermediate
- 90 Mins
- Martin K. Behr
Fundamentals of Fraud
Fraud is a constant in our lives and must be recognized and eliminated wherever possible.In business, non profit, and business environments it is the responsibility of everyone within an organization to be able to identify fraud. If we do not perform due dilig ...
- Basic & Intermediate
- 90 Mins
- Candace Leuck
Contract Killer Clauses Considering COVID-19 is Here
Now that cornavirus is a foreseeable risk and therefore not a force majeure event for new contracts, you need to manage through risk allocation strategies, you need to learn what to look for, especially in construction contracts. Learn what killer contract cla ...
- Intermediate
- 60 Mins
- Brian Perlberg
Managing Construction Contracts under COVID-19 - A Force Majeure Event
Whether you are legally responsible for losses or receive an equitable remedy for the outbreak of Covid-19 will depend upon your contract, insurance coverage, and actions that you can take now.This presentation will equip you with the factors needed to demonst ...
- Intermediate
- 60 Mins
- Brian Perlberg