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AI Tools for Documentation, Management and Resolution of Construction Claims

Unlock the Power of AI for Your Construction Business

Listein in to this exclusive online workshop with construction consultant and AI expert, Travis Olson, P.E., PSP. In this hands-on tutorial, you'll learn how to harness the power of cutting-edge language models, such as ChatGPT and Claude3, to streamline your construction documentation and claims processes.

COVID-19 Impact on Public Construction Contracts

While we hope the pandemic dies down quickly, the industry is drifting into the choppy seas of Force Majeure situations. There are multiple questions on everyone's mind, both for contracts underway as well as contracts not yet awarded or signed. In any force majeure situation, there are numerous possible effects on a project, as well as resulting time and cost impacts.

COVID-19 Impact on Private Construction Contracts - AIA, ConsensusDocs and DBIA

While we hope the pandemic dies down quickly, the industry is drifting into the choppy seas of Force Majeure situations. There are multiple questions on everyone's mind, both for contracts underway as well as contracts not yet awarded or signed. In any force majeure situation, there are numerous possible effects on a project, as well as resulting time and cost impacts.

Construction Insurance in the COVID-19 Era: What Losses are Covered? Workman's Comp Issues and Future Coverage Challenges

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a generational upheaval in virtually all aspects of business, including the construction business. That upheaval includes confusion and uncertainty in the construction insurance arena. Do insurance policies cover losses from shutdown orders and delays in projects? Does moving to a work-at-home environment impact workers’ compensation exposures? And will the pandemic impact the ability to obtain the same scope of coverage to which the construction industry has been accustomed to in the past?

Pricing COVID-19 Lost Productivity Claims

This webinar will focus on the impact costs primarily related to increased job costs due to labor and lost productivity issues. Using a workshop approach, this webinar will provide a practical tutorial where attendees are provided specific steps and tasks needed to assemble a comprehensive and reasonable cost proposal, including sample tables and calculations. An Excel spreadsheet will be provided for attendee use in developing their own cost models. Owners and construction managers will learn more about the COVID-19 implications and will be in a better position to understand and negotiate any claims for lost productivity costs.

Potential Impacts of COVID-19 on Construction Performance, Labor Productivity and Project Schedules

This program will touch on such key issues like partial project shutdowns, social distancing, employee absenteeism, employee turnover, personal protection equipment and safety measures,, and include discussions of the latest COVID-19 advisories issued by the US Government that may require action on the part of construction managers and contractors in order to preserve rights and obtain relief as to project schedules.  In most cases, contract terms and conditions will continue to be enforced, and as such, contractors need to be aware of notice deadlines, the content of notices and ways to measure schedule and labor productivity impacts.

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

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

Hot v. Cold Suspension: The Test for Compensable Time Extension; Plus Allowable Costs and Coronavirus Considerations - with Worksheets

This on-demand webinar examines why owners must have a suspension of work clause in their contracts and how these clauses work. It identifies what damages are typically owed when an owner stops all or part of the work and outlines some typical limitations of suspension damages found in many contracts. 

Best of BIM Roadmaps 2017-2018: A 6-Part Exclusive Training Program ($1,200 if ordered separately @$199 each. Save 60%)

Since the first BIM Roadmap program in 2008 we have had plenty of positive feedback from those who employed BIM or started on a new BIM project. BIM brought about multiple benefits, including positive ROI, enhanced project collaboration, reduced (and sometimes eliminated) change orders and a project handover that provides the owner with facility documentation that makes sense.

How to Leverage ConsensusDocs Standard Contracts to Your Benefit and Keep Ahead of the Curve

This recorded webinar addresses how the recent ConsensusDocs updates reflect industry changes impacting payment, insurance, terminations, indemnification, mediation and arbitration and avoiding fiduciary duty. Industry experts highlight the most significant changes and strategize how you can leverage contract negotiations on specific provisions or in using the 2017 editions of ConsensusDocs standard documents.