2020 Mar 17-Construction Contracts

Mar 17, 2020 01:00pm -
Mar 17, 2020 02:00pm
(GMT-5)

Event Description

March 17 - Construction Contracts

How Design Documents Can Cause or Prevent Claims

This session will discuss the types of design documents and stages of design development along with the common problems that can cause design claims. Participants will learn the legal considerations in assessing design liability, the allocation of design risk and the ways to minimize the risk and cost of resolving construction claims arising from design issues.

Speakers: Roy Cooper & Greg Holness


Roy Cooper is a Senior Vice President and leader of Arcadis’ Contract Solutions group in North America where he is responsible for all of Arcadis’ claims related service offerings including providing expert testimony, claims analysis, schedule review services, constructability reviews, cost estimating and quantitative risk assessment. Roy has a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Michigan Technological University along with a Master of Business Administration from the University of Connecticut. He is a Professional Engineer registered in the states of Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island. Roy has nearly 30 years of construction experience, including the analysis and review of complex construction claims from the beginning stages through trial support and expert testimony.

Roy has led large-scale claims evaluation assignments of almost every type, including the evaluation of schedule impacts, cost impact analysis, mediation, and claims negotiation, and has been qualified as an expert on both horizontal and vertical type projects.

Prior to joining Arcadis Roy spent his career as a project superintendent and engineer on high profile projects, several of which he was responsible for all aspects of construction. His years of field and management experience have provided him with the ability to quickly identify and solve complex construction issues. Due to his background, Roy also often gets engaged when disputes arise during construction, to act as a real-time problem solver and identify schedule and cost mitigation measures.

Roy is an accomplished public speaker and is often invited to speak at seminars on construction claims and managing projects more effectively.


Greg Holness has more than 25 years of experience in construction and construction disputes, having held the titles of Project Director, Transportation Engineer, Claims Analyst, Project Manager, and General Counsel. As a professional engineer and an attorney, Greg has created and managed schedules; maintained budgets; overseen the design, procurement and installation processes; interacted with insurance companies and sureties; handled construction litigations; and advised corporate officers on diverse topics such as bid disputes, how to attract better vendors, regulatory compliance, and the company’s strategic vision.

Greg has analyzed and resolved all sorts of claims on public and private projects, ranging from small but difficult to resolve matters, to enormous multi-party litigations requiring many days of dispute resolution to close out. Greg's previous work at a department of transportation, an international large design-build curtainwall subcontractor, and several law firms (where he represented owners, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, architects, engineers and sureties), has given him multiple perspectives which he uses to draw upon when developing a successful strategies for resolving disagreements. In addition, he has drafted and negotiated hundreds of construction and design contracts in his career, so he is intimately knowledgeable on the key terms that often are central to disputes.

Greg enjoys providing in-house training and giving lectures and seminars on a wide variety of construction topics, but particularly those aimed at teaching how to avoid problems in construction and what to do when they do arise.


Event Type:Distance Learning Event
Category:Distance Learning
Early registration ends on Jan 29, 2020.
Regular registration starts on Jan 30, 2020 and ends on Mar 16, 2020.
Late registration starts on Mar 17, 2020.
(GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

 

Registration Fees
Fee TypeEarlyRegularLate
 2020 DLE-Mar 17
Member Fee: $49.00$49.00$49.00
Non-Member Fee: $99.00$99.00$99.00