CONSTRUCTION LAW SEMINARS Benesch’s Construction Law Practice Group 1. Construction Law: Beyond the Letter of Your overcome. Specific topics include: Contract — Effectively Playing the Claims (1) notice clauses; (2) no-damage-for-delay offers a variety of seminars to members Game Through the Use of State and Federal clauses; (3) pay-if-paid and pay-when-paid of the construction industry. Presentations Statutes and Judicial Precedent clauses; (4) liquidated damages clauses; (5) indemnification provisions; (6) unforeseen The construction claims process is a are typically made at industry conferences conditions clauses; (7) Federal and State complicated exercise where superior internal and chapter meetings as well as annual False Claims Acts; (8) Miller Act claim legal knowledge often rules the day and waivers; (9) waiver of attorneys’ fees, interest can help you to avoid protracted litigation. corporate meetings, project management or and penalties under state Prompt Payment This seminar will allow you to use case law safety meetings, or via web conferencing. Acts; (10) contract termination; and (11) to counter contractual provisions that may venue/forum selection clauses. This seminar Customized programs can also be otherwise bar your claim such as notice provides an effective management tool to clauses, no-damage-for-delay clauses, pay-if- developed to meet your particular needs and train your company to perform its work with paid clauses and pay-when-paid clauses. specifications. minimum risk and allow you to identify, 2. Managing Today’s Risk Through Active prepare, negotiate and/or avoid critical Contract Administration contract provisions that can serve Many times an opportunity to make a profit to eliminate your ability to make a profit or on a construction project is unknowingly bring claims. squandered prior to any work being 3. Properly Documenting a Construction Project performed. Errors committed during the often and Controlling Internal Documentation overlooked contract proposal, negotiation, This seminar shares valuable information and execution portions of a construction concerning best practices for project document project can prove to be quite costly. In order creation and maintenance with an eye toward to avoid these problems, it is essential for possible litigation. This seminar will help your parties to understand when and how a company develop internal policies concerning contract is formed, recognize the risks of the use of emails. Important ideas will be proposed contract provisions, and learn how provided to help you maintain your project such provisions can be accommodated and (continued on next page) www.beneschlaw.com
CONSTRUCTION LAW SEMINARS records in a way that will not only help you 7. P3: The Present and Future of 11. 50 States Mechanics’ Lien Law Primer Large Infrastructure Projects to defend your position at trial but will also The ability to file a mechanics’ lien is a allow you to save considerable money on Public Private Partnerships (P3) are statutory creation. This seminar provides document review by your legal counsel. already delivering a significant portion of an overview of what is required to strictly Means to allow your standard forms to be large infrastructure projects. This seminar comply with the notice and filing provisions functional, uniform and effective, ranging demystifies the P3 process by analyzing of the applicable state statute in order to from correspondence, daily logs, notices relevant statutes and how they have been perfect your mechanics’ lien rights. and schedules to correlating field reports to utilized and interpreted to date, the complex 12. Insurance Coverage for Construction payment applications, all while controlling structure of P3 construction contracts, and Projects — You Don’t Always Get What today’s technology, will be discussed. This financing and payment issues. You Pay For seminar is designed to help your company 8. Legal Developments in 2016 that Will This program addresses the use of the formulate the ultimate recordkeeping system Make You More Profitable in 2017 commercial general liability policy for that can be utilized for real purposes. Construction law is constantly evolving. construction projects, including such key 4. Ten Steps to Success in 2017 In order to protect and assert your provisions as the definition of occurrence, As experienced construction lawyers, we rights you need to be aware of certain property damage and events that may regularly observe construction participants developments. Learn about new judicial trigger coverage. This program will also make critical but avoidable mistakes that decisions throughout the United States, or address state and federal judicial decisions significantly impact project success and in a particular region or state, and how it on insurance coverage, and the ways profitability. This seminar will practically might impact your ability to maximize your in which such decisions have arguably educate attendees on how to avoid some of recovery for damages incurred on a project. eliminated any coverage for construction the more common legal and business errors An update on legislative developments defects under the traditional CGL policy. that have been made on projects in recent where appropriate is also provided in this 13. Federal Construction Law years while improving their daily operations. seminar. This intensive seminar provides valuable 5. Recovering for Unforeseen Conditions 9. Key Legal Considerations when information on the requirements imposed Performing Work under a Design-Build Especially valuable for those working below by federal statutes such as the Federal ground, this seminar thoroughly discusses Construction Contract Acquisition Regulations, the Miller Act, the the Spearin Doctrine and the ability to This seminar discusses the keys to gaining Contract Disputes Act, the False Claims recover for unforeseen conditions in various strength of position in the negotiation of Act, the Davis-Bacon Act and the Buy regions of the country. This seminar a design-build contract and the types of American Act. Other topics such as federal addresses all work that you may be required claims for unforeseen conditions that can bid protests and claims for unforeseen to perform that goes behind the letter of the and cannot be made under a design-build conditions and home office overhead are project’s contract documents. contract. also covered. 6. Enforcing Your Right to Payment in a 10. Withdrawal Liability: An Introduction 14. Drug Abuse and Alcohol Misuse Tough Economy — Everything You Need to to Withdrawal Liability Concepts and in the Workplace Know About Liens, Surety Bond Claims and Best Practices to Minimize and Mitigate Many employers are grappling with the Prompt Payment Act Liability restricted state laws regarding the legal Courts have recognized since the 1800s Withdrawal liability is one of the biggest use of drugs for medicinal and recreational that getting paid is half the battle in the threats to any employer with a significant purposes. This seminar addresses these construction industry. This seminar will help union workforce. This seminar will new laws along with what constitutes you win the payment battle through the proper introduce you to withdrawal liability inappropriate, unacceptable, and illegal use use of liens, payment bond claims, state concepts, and dispel many of the myths of drugs and alcohol in the workplace. prompt payment acts, contract terms and that exist. The goal of the seminar is to lay conditions, key judicial decisions and other the framework for a short, mid, and long legal remedies available to secure payment. term plan to manage the risk of withdrawal liability. (continued on next page) www.beneschlaw.com
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