Tales From the Claims Crypt – Lessons Learned for Owners & Contractors

February 22, 2023
90 Mins
James G. Zack, Jr.
$199.00
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$299.00
$199.00
$299.00
$199.00
$199.00
$299.00
$299.00
$199.00

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This unique webinar will present a number of “war stories” to highlight some pitfalls that owners and contractors all too often fall into. The webinar is based on 15 real life projects and will discuss the construction claims that arose – the how and the why. The webinar will describe the outcome of each claim and offer “lessons learned” from each claim situation – some for owners, others for contractors, and some for both.

Webinar Objectives

The objective of the webinar is to identify construction claims traps for both owners and contractors and provide advice on how to avoid such situations.

Webinar Agenda
  • Introduction
  • War Stories from the construction claims crypt
  • Lessons learned from each claim situation
  • Conclusion
  • Questions and discussion
Webinar Highlights
  • Claims arising from incomplete change order scope
  • Claims caused by overly complex scheduling specifications
  • Risks due to failure to perform operability reviews
  • Claims caused by the lack of project constraints
  • Impact damage claims due to late submittal reviews
  • Claims cause by low bids
  • Claims caused by “not to exceed” pricing on time and material changes
  • And many more!
Who Should Attend
  • Project owners and staff – both public & private
  • Construction contractors – project controls, project managers, schedulers, project executives
  • Design professionals performing services during construction – architects & engineers
  • Construction managers – both at risk & agency
  • Legal counsel representing owners, contractors & subcontractors
James G. Zack, Jr.

James G. Zack, Jr.

Jim is the Principal, James Zack Consulting, LLC and Senior Advisor, Ankura Construction Forum™. The Forum strives to be the construction industry’s resource for thought leadership and best practices on avoidance and resolution of construction project disputes globally. Formerly he was the Executive Director of the Navigant Construction Forum™ and earlier, the Executive Director, Corporate Claims Management Group, Fluor Corporation, one of the world’s largest EPCM contractors. Mr. Zack was previously Vice President of PinnacleOne and the Executive Director of the PinnacleOne Institute and a Senior Construction Claims Consultant for CH2M HILL, Inc. Mr. Zack has, for...
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