This is the first in our fourteen-part webinar series The Advanced Webinar Series on Construction Contracts, Claims and Risk Management. This program presents a thorough review of the changes process on construction projects using the federal government and private contract clauses, analyzing and discussing express, constructive and cardinal changes. Coverage includes a thorough review of the mechanics of the clauses and a practical review of how express and construction changes arise, recognizing changes, documenting the claim, and consideration of the risk management practices from the Owner, General Contractor and Subcontractor's perspectives. The discussion includes the analysis of potential revisions to the private form clauses and subcontract forms to consider in managing the risk of changes during construction. Learning Objectives: After completing this course, you will be able to:  Understand the language and parts of the Changes clause under the FAR government contract clause and the private construction AIA contract clause.  Determine how the government and private clauses differ particularly as regards notice requirements and constructive changes, and how claims are preserved and presented.  Recognize the difference between express and constructive changes and the Owner's obligations, the Contractor's rights, and the obligation to perform.  Recognize changes claims and preserve the right to an REA or Claim.  Identify the basic risk assignment issues among the Owner, the General Contractor and the Subcontractor(s).  Identify potential language to amend and adjust the clauses according to your risk assessment.

This is the fourteenth and final webinar in our fourteen-part webinar series The Advanced Webinar Series on Construction Contracts, Claims and Risk Management. The final installment in the construction contract webinar series, this program provides a thorough analysis of changes in the scope of the work. Coverage includes both the substantive aspects such as entitlement to a claim for additional cost or time of performance, and administrative aspects such as notice, documentation, pass-through and payment bond issues. The focus of the webinar is recognition of change events and how to mitigate the risk of delays and payment claims from the sometimes disparate perspective of the owner, general contractor and subcontractor. Learning Objectives: After this webinar you will have:  A thorough understanding of changes in the scope of work.  Knowledge of the substantive aspects such as entitlement to a claim for additional cost or time of performance, and administrative aspects such as notice, documentation, pass-through and payment bond issues.  Ability to mitigate the risk of delays and payment claims for the sometimes disparate perspective of the owner, general contractor and subcontractor.

This is the tenth in our fourteen-part webinar series The Advanced Webinar Series on Construction Contracts, Claims and Risk Management. Time is money and that phrase has particular relevance to the construction project and contract claims. Whether delays are unexcused, excusable or compensable depends on an analysis of the causes of delay and the terms of the contract. This webinar discusses the causes and classifications of delay, key contract clauses allocating the risk of delays and extended performance claims as well as topics such as acceleration and inefficiency claims, concurrency, notice requirements, documentation of delay claims and presentation of the claims in dispute resolution processes. Learning Objectives: After completing this course, you will be able to:  Understand the concept of the critical path and how delays interact with the overall completion date or a Subcontractor's critical path.  Identify when delays arise under the Changes clause or the Suspension of Work clause and the ramifications on cost recovery.  Recognize and understand the different techniques of schedule analysis and delay presentation.  Understand concurrent delay and the rights and obligations arising when concurrent delay occurs.  Recognize the difference between excusable and unexcused delay and the subcategories of compensable and noncompensable delay.  Understand the No Damages for Delay Clause, the impact thereof on claims, and whether the Severin doctrine affects a pass-through delay claim.

This is the eleventh in our fourteen-part webinar series The Advanced Webinar Series on Construction Contracts, Claims and Risk Management. Claims management is a vital aspect of private construction projects. This webinar analyzes the types of claims arising on construction projects and the methods of proof and presentation of the claims in mediation, arbitration or litigation. Issues of entitlement and quantum are covered along with the categories of cost and the records used in the factual presentation and calculation of delays and damages, the use of expert witnesses, and consideration of the contract clauses as they affect the interests of the Owner, General Contractor and Subcontractor. The course concludes with a discussion of the substantive and procedural aspects of the claims and modifications to contract clauses to address the assignment of risk. Learning Objectives: After completing this course, you will be able to:  Understand the burden of proof as it relates to the concepts of entitlement to recover and the quantum or the amount of the claim.  Understand the types of records used to present the claim.  Recognize the differences between the methods of presenting the quantum or amount of the claim.  Understand the text of the contract clauses as they affect the Contractor's right to have a claim and the Owner's rights in response.  Identify the flow-through aspects of claims presentation and apportionment of recovery between the General Contractor and the Subcontractor(s).  Identify potential language to amend and adjust the clauses according to your risk assessment.