Purchase today to learn how to protect your organization contractually from the risks and legal challenges that come with BIM modeling.
The use of computer-generated modeling by design and construction teams continues to grow at a rapid clip. This technology, most commonly referred to as Building Information Modeling (or BIM), creates new opportunities for advanced collaboration and project coordination. There are challenges, however, including managing expectations with respect to the use of model elements, the lack of widely used standard contract language, and a host of legal issues. This program will focus on the opportunities and ways to manage contract and legal risk, real or imagined, that will help keep all parties out of court!
When assessing the risks of employing BIM and developing appropriate contract language for its use, a number of issues unique to modeling should be addressed, including:
- What are the purposes from which the model will be used?
- What is the schedule for deliverables from the model?
- How and to what extent will data from one model be transferred or incorporated into other models?
- How is the modeling process managed?
- What is the level of reliance that can be placed on modeled information?
- Will the model be used after construction is completed?
This training CD will address how answering the above questions early can pay off when using BIM models, and much more!
Who Will Benefit?
This training CD is a must if you're an owner, construction manager, contractor, subcontractor, architect, engineer, consultant or legal professional. Purchase to learn how to protect your organization contractually from the risks and legal challenges that come with BIM modeling. BIM modeling is undoubtedly a powerful tool. But with its benefits comes some new challenges.
Meet Your Presenter:
Patrick J. O'Connor, Jr.
Patrick J. O'Connor, Jr., is a Partner with Faegre & Benson, LLP in its Minneapolis, Minnesota office. He received his B.A. degree from Hamline University in 1975 and his J.D. degree from The American University in 1981. Mr. O'Connor's practice focuses on construction, suretyship and insurance. He was an adviser to the American Law Institute's Restatement of the Law Third, Suretyship and Guaranty. He also acts as a mediator, arbitrator and expert witness in construction disputes. Mr. O'Connor is co-author of Bruner & O'Connor on Construction Law (West Group 2002), a seven-volume construction law treatise. He works closely with a number of industry organizations on Building Information Modeling and Integrated Project Delivery initiatives. Mr. O'Connor is a Vice Chair of the ABA's Fidelity and Surety Law Committee and former co-chair of its Law Division. He is a former Chair of the Bonds, Liens and Insurance Division of the ABA's Forum on the Construction Industry and past editor of the Forum's newsletter, Under Construction. Mr. O'Connor is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, a member of the Governing Committee of the ABA`s Forum on the Construction Industry, and a member of the Board of Governors of the American College of Construction Lawyers. Pat is listed in The Best Lawyers in America. |
