Change Orders: The Bane of All Construction Projects
Presented by:
Mike Cathcart and Bryan C. Jackson
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLC
Be aware of how change orders affect owners, contractors, design professionals and others, and learn what you can do to protect your organization...
More disputes and lawsuits arise from actual or perceived changes in a construction project than for any other reason.
Contractors threaten work stoppages if they don’t get paid for additional work not in the original bid. Owners may insist that unknown conditions, extra features and an expanded project are covered by the original bid price. An unexpected condition on the site may create new work (and additional cost) that was not in the original bid. Many shop drawings, material specifications and other detailed plans are not known when the work is bid and can change the work involved in the project. These types of changes are the bane of the construction industry.
This program will provide valuable information on change orders, construction change directives, cardinal changes, abandonment, contract modification and managing change. You will gain a clear understanding of these concepts and how they apply to the owner, contractor, subcontractor, lender and surety.
This 90-minute DVD will teach you how to:
- Recognize the 3 axioms of construction change
- Identify typical change-order concepts and types of changes
- Describe the role of the owner, architect, contractor, subcontractor, lenders and surety
- Recognize causes of change
- Explain total cost method and modified total cost method
- Avoid or resolve change order claims and disputes
- AND MUCH, MUCH MORE!
Who Will Benefit?
This presentation is a must if you’re a public or private owner, construction manager, contractor, subcontractor, consultant, attorney, architect or engineer. Register now to gain a better understanding of how to avoid or resolve change order claims and disputes.
Meet your Presenters:
Robert "Mike" Cathcart, Partner
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
With more than 28 years of construction litigation experience, Cathcart’s practice has concentrated increasingly on construction and real-estate disputes over the past several years involving Pacific Rim developers, contractors and design professionals. He has developed a strong expertise in handling all forms of alternative dispute resolution proceedings.
Mike is active in the Association of Business Trial Lawyers, a member of the Forum on the Construction Industry of the American Bar Association, and has served on the Committee for the Administration of Justice of the State Bar of California. He has appeared as a panelist for the State of California’s Continuing Education of the Bar and was Coordinator of the Construction Law Panel for the 13th Annual Real Property Institute. He has also participated on panels for the Construction Managers’ Association, the Western Council of Building Consumers and local chapters of the American Institute of Architects.
Bryan C. Jackson, Partner
Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
He is a national expert in drafting and negotiating construction and design professional contracts for all project types including hospitals, sports facilities, universities, hotels, high-rise office buildings and more. Bryan is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Southern California. His courses have included “Construction Management and Technology” and “Construction Law” for the Master of Real Estate Development program.
Bryan is Chair of the firm’s Construction Transaction Group and editor of Green Building Update, a weekly publication on sustainable and green building issues. He is Past Chair of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Subsection on Construction Law, and past Chair of the Real Property Section. Bryan is also an international Board Member of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society of Brigham Young University, and serves on the Legal Advisory Committee of the Western Conference of Construction Consumers and on the Planning Committee for the USC Real Estate and Business Symposium.
