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Sessions (31)

S01 Game Change! Why Prefabrication and Modular Construction Doesn’t Fit Your Traditional Legal Approaches and How to Tailor These Advancements! (Encore Ballroom 6)

10 Dec 18
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Speaker(s): Ron Peppe, II ; Ronald Ciotti ; Scott Gurney
Prefabricated and modular construction are growing rapidly in use, and offer serious advances. They also create serious potential legal gaps. You w... More...

S02 Risk Mitigation Through Proper Deal Structuring: A Proactive View of Owner/Contractor Relations (Encore Ballroom 4)

10 Dec 18
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Speaker(s): Lisa Glahn ; Lisa Mingoia ; Ted Fire
Risk mitigation on construction projects should never be an afterthought. Properly planned and proactively addressed risk can be diminished to a po... More...

S03 ABA - SCOTUS Swings the Pendulum Back in Favor of Arbitration: Ensure That Your Next Arbitration Clause Is Effective and Enforceable (Encore Ballroom 7)

10 Dec 18
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Speaker(s): Jeanne Barnum ; Karen P. Layng ; Marc A. Young ; Richard P. Flake
Recent decisions, statutes and regulations have prohibited the use of mandatory arbitration provisions in contracts beyond those for consumers and ... More...

S06 Talking Your Way to Project Success: Active Involvement of Dispute Boards to Manage Risk and Minimize Costs and Conflicts (Encore Ballroom 4)

10 Dec 18
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Speaker(s): Deborah Mastin ; Lida Rodriguez-Taseff ; William Franczek
Clear communications are key to successful project completion.  Learn how Dispute Boards can enhance and support your project team by facilita... More...

S07 AAA - How Arbitrators Evaluate the Testimony of Schedule and Damage Experts (Encore Ballroom 7)

10 Dec 18
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM
Speaker(s): Albert Bates, Jr. ; John E. Bulman ; Matthew Krafft ; Michael Powell ; Patricia Galloway
This session provides counsel with practical insights from seasoned arbitrators and experts on the ways arbitrators consider and evaluate expert te... More...

S08 The Use of Emerging Technology in Building Innovative Construction Dispute Resolution Strategies (Encore Ballroom 8)

11 Dec 18
9:45 AM - 11:00 AM
Speaker(s): Alvin Lindsay ; Carlos Hernandez ; Daniel Gonzalez ; Edwin de los Santos ; Mark Cheskin ; Michele Laine
Profound changes are already taking place in many aspects of the construction industry, which traditionally has been slow to adopt new technologies... More...

S09 Hot Topics for 2019 Construction Contracts: Design Scope, Schedule, Insurance, Indemnity, Dispute Resolution and Beyond (Encore Ballroom 7)

11 Dec 18
9:45 AM - 11:00 AM
Speaker(s): Brian Rice ; Henry Bangert ; Jonathan Hausner ; Michael Pepe ; Robert D'Onofrio
This session provides insight from a panel with construction professionals across the industry discussing a variety of risks construction stakehold... More...

S11 Where There is Smoke There is Fire: How to Prevent Your Mega-Construction Project From Flaming Out (Encore Ballroom 6)

11 Dec 18
9:45 AM - 11:00 AM
Speaker(s): Doreen Zankowski ; Joshua Balance ; Peter Tunnicliffe ; Roger Johnson
This program will delve deep into several, project-specific mega-projects, including airport, vertical construction, and heavy/highway projects tha... More...

S12 Crisis Management: Protecting the Company from Bet the Company Problem (Encore Ballroom 8)

11 Dec 18
11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
Speaker(s): Ben Subin ; Duane L. Bunce ; George Papaionaou ; Jennifer Shafer ; Joseph Portela ; Michael Di Paolo ; Stephen Shapiro
This panel of in-house legal counsel will discuss the big problems that threaten the continuing existence of even the largest contractors. In ... More...

S15 Spotting Landmines: Taking Care of Pre-Construction Errors Before Your Project Blows Up (Encore Ballroom 7)

11 Dec 18
11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
Speaker(s): Alan Sides ; Andy Howard ; John Wanalista ; Phil Roy ; Tuba Malinowski
Errors and missteps in the early stages of a job can have long lasting impacts on progress and completion. Learn to identify common problems, analy... More...

S16 Construction in Latin America: The Do's and Don'ts for U.S. Firms (Encore Ballroom 8)

11 Dec 18
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Speaker(s): Chad Chron ; Israel Almodovar ; Salvador Fonseca ; Todd Metz
In recent years, Latin America has become a hot-spot for the construction industry.  With this boom, the construction law market in that regio... More...

S17 ABA/CLC - Litigating the Ongoing Project: Risks and Strategies (Encore Ballroom 6)

11 Dec 18
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Speaker(s): Mark Keating ; Matthew Gerrish ; Michael Hourihan ; Scott Fitzsimmons ; Toshi Dezaki
Litigating or resolving disputes on an ongoing project comes with its own unique challenges. Managing relationships, delays resulting from litigati... More...

S18 Liquidated Damages: The Evolving Landscape (Encore Ballroom 4)

11 Dec 18
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM
Speaker(s): John Margie ; Joshua Strub ; Patrick Gaas
The common law world is currently in the midst of an evolution in the treatment of liquidated damages. After 100 years, the United Kingdom Supreme ... More...

S20 Chasing the Infrastructure Initiative (Encore Ballroom 5)

11 Dec 18
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker(s): Bob Regola ; Bryan DiLucente ; Eric Kimbel ; James Ray
The hype surrounding the administration’s infrastructure program has been ongoing since the presidential campaigns. In preparation for the es... More...

S22 Building Resilience: Legal Issues Relating to Resilient Design and Construction with a Focus on Innovative Projects (Encore Ballroom 6)

11 Dec 18
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker(s): Carolyn Benton Aiman ; Jennifer Fletcher ; Larry Dany ; Tom Tether
Extreme weather events, cyber-attacks, political instability and inevitable obsolescence are but a few of the disrupting factors that increasingly ... More...

S23 ABA - Managing Dispute Resolution Through Pass-Through Agreements: Panacea or Pitfalls? (Encore Ballroom 4)

11 Dec 18
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM
Speaker(s): Joshua Leavitt ; Ken Levin ; Randolph Ruff ; Ray DeLuca
The right of a contractor to “pass-through” the claims of a subcontractor to an owner is recognized almost universally both in federal ... More...

S26 Experts in International Arbitration: We're Not in Kansas Anymore (Encore Ballroom 4)

12 Dec 18
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Speaker(s): Aaron Rofkahr ; Dakus Gunn ; Jose Astigarraga ; Tarek Abdalla
International arbitration is used to adjudicate large construction projects all over the world under different legal backgrounds and cultures. The ... More...

S27 AAA - Project Data and E-Discovery in the Arbitration Process: How to Pro-Actively Collect and Manage the Presentation of Evidence (Encore Ballroom 6)

12 Dec 18
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Speaker(s): Christopher Whitney ; L. Tyrone "Ty" Holt ; Michael Marra ; Todd Bressler ; Wendy Venoit
Construction projects and disputes are both fact intensive and document intensive.  Effective information management can be critical not only ... More...

S28 The Many Ways to Skin a Cat: In-House Counsel's Preferences to Dispute Resolution (Encore Ballroom 7)

12 Dec 18
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Speaker(s): Dale Spencer ; Ira Schulman ; Kate Ides ; Marion T. Hack ; Tomas Kuehn
Mediation, Arbitration (AAA, JAMS, ICC) Federal and State Courts -- so many venues to resolve disputes, but what are the preferences of in-house co... More...

S29 Managing Subcontractors on Federal Contract Delay Claims (Encore Ballroom 8)

12 Dec 18
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Speaker(s): Charles Mitchell ; Christian (Chris) Jahrling ; Douglas Patin ; Michael Branca
Federal contract delay claims present special challenges that prime contractors and subcontractors must address if they hope to succeed.  Pass... More...

S30 A Review of the Updated AIA A201 General Conditions and its Critical Dispute Resolution Provisions (Encore Ballroom 8)

12 Dec 18
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Speaker(s): Bill McConnell ; Daniel Rosenberg ; John Sebastian ; Ryan Phillips ; Shelly Burke
In 2017, the AIA updated its A201 general conditions form; the previous update was in 2007. This presentation will review the 2017 version of the A... More...

S31 New Technologies in Construction and its Forensic Application (Encore Ballroom 4)

12 Dec 18
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Speaker(s): Andres Alva ; Charles Conrad ; Daniel McMillan ; David Kiefer
Panelists will discuss major recurrent construction problems, such as lack of coordination, control, and loss of productivity; how they affect... More...

S32 Construction Corruption and Compliance: What the Regulators are Looking At and What You Can Do to Avoid Liability (Encore Ballroom 7)

12 Dec 18
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Speaker(s): Bob Ashcroft ; Brian Fields ; John Carney ; Patrick Campbell ; Shelly Mady
The panel will focus on techniques for identifying and managing a construction company's corruption risk, and remediation when potential issues... More...

S33 Constructing a Solid Foundation: Ethical Implications of Mitigating Global Corruption Risks (Encore Ballroom 6)

12 Dec 18
10:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Speaker(s): Garry Boehlert ; Justin Danilewitz ; Michael Kolloway ; Sunu Pillai ; Vonda Hall
The global construction industry involves huge and complex projects in far-flung locales. This complexity, coupled with varied cultural and busines... More...

S34 Be in the Know: The New Era of Contractor-Owner Claim Disputes (Encore Ballroom 8)

12 Dec 18
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker(s): James McMahon ; John DiBiasi ; Kyle Duke ; Luke Nolan ; Nicholas Zaita
This session will present a discussion of recent trends in Public Owner's tactics in defending valid claims made by contractors. More and m... More...

S35 ABA - Mind the Coverage Gap: Insurance Specifications and Policy Terms That Can Trip You Up (Encore Ballroom 4)

12 Dec 18
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker(s): Ellen Chapelle ; Joel Gregoire ; Karen P. Layng ; Michael Lubben ; Rich Reizen
Most insurance contracts require the downstream parties to name the upstream parties as additional insureds. How that requirement and others are st... More...

S37 The Deadly Sins of Contracting (Encore Ballroom 6)

12 Dec 18
1:45 PM - 3:00 PM
Speaker(s): Bennett Lee ; David Hecker ; Patrick Blake ; Paul Varela ; SheriAnn Murphy
Even the largest and most sophisticated contractors wrestle with recurring commercial problems that arise time and again, endangering the financial... More...