EUCI

PROGRAM AGENDA:

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Registration: 12:30 – 1:00 p.m.

Course Timing: 1:00 – 4:30 p.m.

Contract Planning and Documentation

• Introduction to Project Management
  
• Project Documentation
  
• Electronic Documentation
  
• Documents Checklist
  
  • Contract
    
    • No Damages for Delay Clause
      
    • No Damages for Delay Exceptions
      
    • Pay When Paid Clause
      
    • Liquidated Damages
      
    • Changes Clause
      
    • Indemnification Provisions
    
    
  • Purchase Orders
    
  • Lien Waivers
    
  • Records of Events and Requests for Payment
    
  • Change Orders/Amendments
  
  
• Management of Project Documentation
  
• Project Management – Litigation Arbitration Issue

Bidding Issues and Protests Involving Public Projects

• Basic Statutory Framework
  
• Changes Prior to Bid Opening
  
• Lowest Responsible and Responsive Bidder
  
• Refusal to Sign Contract
  
• Bid Protests

Payment, Liens, and Securitization

• Payment Bond Claims
  
• Public Payment Bond Claims

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Continental Breakfast 8:00 – 8:30 a.m.

Course Timing 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Group Luncheon: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

Managing Contract Changes

• Changes Clause
  
• Constructive Changes
  
• Cardinal Changes
  
• Claim Components
  
• Experts and Consultants
  
• Liability – Warranty of Plans and Specifications
  
• Defects During Construction
  
• Theory of Recovery

Claims Identification

• Current Trends
  
  • Arbitration Trends
    
  • Contractual Indemnification Claims
    
  • Claims against Sureties
  
  
• Preservation, Damages, Special Issues and Supporting Evidence
  
  • Proof of Construction Damages
    
  • Claim Under Contract v. Claim for Breach of Contract
    
  • Contractual Limits on Liability
    
  • Direct Costs and Overhead
    
  • Delay and Acceleration Claims
    
  • Liquidated Damages
    
  • Attorneys’ Fees and Claim Preparation Costs
  
  
• Problems with the Architect
  
  • Avoiding Problems
    
  • Claims Against Architect
    
  • Documenting Disputes
    
  • Defaults in Performance
    
  • Termination
    
  • Securing Lower Tier Performance
  
  
• Prompt Payment
  
  • Federal Project Bonds
    
  • Prompt Payment Statutes and Regulations
    
    • State
      
    • Federal

Construction Damages

• Construction Delay Claims
  
  • Scheduling – Standard CPM Delay Analysis Methods
    
  • Contract Clauses
  
  
• Loss of Productivity and Acceleration
  
  • Loss of Productivity Generally
    
  • Factors Affecting Labor Productivity
  
  
• Calculation Methods
  
• Special Issues
  
• Supporting Evidence

Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanics

• Dispute Resolution Process
  
• Dispute Review Board (DRB)

Project Documentation and Electronic Discovery

• What Every Company Should Know
  
  • Electronic Documents
    
  • Spoliation and Document Retention
    
  • Mandatory Preservation of E-Mail
  
  
• Electronic Discovery: Attorney and Company Checklist
  
  • Time and Expense
    
  • Safeguarding E-File Production
  
  
• Electronic Discovery: Internet Database Management and Document Control
  
  • Document Services

4:30 p.m. :: Course Adjourns