Shop Drawings: Risks & Obligations
in the Preparation and Review Process

Presented by:
Stephen A. Hess, Esq., Sherman & Howard, LLC

Shop drawings are an integral part of the construction process and present unique legal challenges. Design professionals are generally responsible for plans and specifications, while contractors are responsible for the means and methods they employ to construct a project.

Construction details are often produced by contractors and their subcontractors, however, and reviewed by the design professional before being utilized. In this manner, constructors and subcontractors may venture into the design process and subject themselves to its attendant risks and liabilities. The production and use of these "shop drawings" involves a carefully orchestrated flow of papers, and attention to each party’s proper role is important to minimizing risk.

In this informative 90-minute session, Stephen A. Hess of Sherman & Howard LLC will present an overview of the rights and responsibilities of the parties with respect to the use of shop drawings. Listen to this program to:

• Review the role of shop drawings in construction.
  
• Learn the traditional legal obligations of architects, engineers, contractors, and subcontractors for design and construction.
  
• Understand how standard form contracts allocate responsibility for shop drawings.
  
• Become conversant with design professionals’ responsibilities and liabilities associated with shop drawing review.
  
• Implement proper care and handling of shop drawings to limit unintended liabilities.
  
• Appreciate the relationship among specifications, shop drawings, and the Spearin doctrine.
  
• And much, much more!

Who Will Benefit?

This program is a must if you’re a public or private owner, construction manager, contractor, subcontractor, consultant, architect, engineer or attorney.

Meet Your Presenter:

Stephen A. Hess has been identified as a Best Lawyer in America in "Construction Law" and in "Litigation – Construction" through his practice with Sherman & Howard, LLC in Colorado. In addition to serving clients on matters around the country, Mr. Hess is an active author, scholar, and speaker. He edits the American Bar Association’s law review The Construction Lawyer and has served as Editor of Construction Briefings, a national construction law review. In addition, he has edited national construction law treatises.

Mr. Hess has written numerous law review articles on topics covering the breadth of construction law and litigation, has spoken nationally at construction law programs, has written several treatises on litigation-related issues, and is an Adjunct Professor at Sturm College of Law (University of Denver), where he created the school’s a Construction Law Seminar. He is a member of the American Arbitration Association’s National Roster of Construction Arbitrators.