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Choosing Between AIA Contracts & ConcensusDocs: Clearing up the Confusion
Audio Conference Recording Price: 199.00 (U.S. Dollars) -
SUMMARY
AIA forms and ConsensusDocs have key differences and legal implications associated with each. With the pros and cons of these forms, what areas do you need to focus your efforts in order to get the best terms and protect your client's interests? Join us for a 60-minute audio conference where Construction and Real Estate experts will reveal:
- Key differences between the ConsensusDocs and the AIA forms
- How indemnity and risk allocation issues are uniquely addressed
- General Contractors: What issues uniquely affect them?
- Where to get the most concessions when negotiating these forms
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PROGRAM BENEFITS
In this practical, 60-minute audio conference, you and your colleagues will gain a functional overview of the key differences and strengths of the ConsensusDocs and the AIA contracts and how best to negotiate and draft them so it works for your construction clients.
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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
- The AIA Revised Forms: The Pros and Cons
- The Architect and Owner Bias: Are these forms fair to the other trades?
- Key provisions in the AIA forms over the ConsensusDocs
- Most negotiated provisions in the new AIA forms and why
- The ConsensusDocs: Key Provisions and Pitfalls
- Allocation of risk: Why these document work better
- Access to Owner financial information: When might this be important?
- Consequential and Liquidated Damages: How the key provisions apply
- Most Misunderstood and Negotiated Clauses in Both Documents
- Indemnification: Key differences in clauses with each document
- Lost profits, attorney's fees and ADR: What you need to know now
- Change Orders: When and how to process changes so you are protected
- Live question and answer session - Have your ConsensusDoc and AIA Contract questions answered!
- The AIA Revised Forms: The Pros and Cons
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SPEAKER
Clark Thiel is a Partner is Howrey's San Francisco's office. His practice is concentrated primarily on construction project and contract dispute resolution, including mediation, arbitration, and litigation.
- Mr. Thiel's work includes prosecuting and defending multimillion-dollar complex construction disputes in the areas of delay and acceleration claims, breach of contract, professional liability, design and construction defects, economic loss, and liens and encumbrances. Mr. Thiel also assists clients in drafting and negotiating design and construction contracts. Additionally, he serves as an arbitrator of construction disputes, has authored a number of articles on the subject of construction claims and damages, and is a frequent speaker on the topic.
- Mr. Thiel is also a licensed contractor and registered architect, is accredited by the National Council of Architect Registration Boards, and is licensed to practice architecture in California, Hawaii, and Wisconsin. Scott Douglass is a Partner at Farella, Braun, Martell, LLP and focuses on construction and surety law. Prior to pursuing his legal career, Mr. Douglass practiced geotechnical engineering at a major international engineering and construction consulting firm.
Mr. Douglass has been involved in a variety of projects including the Carquinez Suspension Bridge, a first-of-its-kind suspension bridge in the U.S., airports, power facilities, hospital facilities, prisons, manufacturing plants, golf courses, high-rise hotels, and various residential projects.
- Mr. Douglass' representations on these types of projects primarily involve contract negotiation and drafting, contract administration and performance, risk avoidance, and the resolution (through litigation, arbitration, dispute review boards, mediation or negotiation) of breach of contract claims, mechanics' lien claims, stop notice claims, and claims for extra work, delay, disruption and loss of productivity oftentimes involving various damage-calculation methodologies and complex legal, scheduling and technical issues.
- Mr. Shapiro's construction experience includes representing owners, contractors and design professionals in connection with a wide range of construction projects throughout the U.S. and abroad, with extensive experience in public and private design-build arrangements for publicly owned facilities including office buildings, courthouses and rapid transit facilities.
- His transactional real estate experience involves a wide range of property types. His financing representation includes representation of lenders and borrowers in connection with construction and permanent financing, including participation arrangements for many property types, as well as loan restructuring.
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CLE CREDITS
Continuing Legal Education CLE credit is available for an additional $65 per person in states where teleconferences are accredited
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PROGRAM MATERIALS
The speaker's PowerPoint presentation slides are included with your audio recording purchase. All materials are accessible through the Internet and can be downloaded as a PDF file.
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PRICING
$199.00 for audio conference recording (CD or DVD) and program materials.
This is an outstanding program and therefore we offer purchasers a Money Back Guarantee. We are so confident that you will find the conference valuable that we offer a 100% money back guarantee from now until 30 days after the audio recording is shipped, making this a risk-free investment. If you should have any concerns, comments, or refund requests with this conference, please contact our customer service representatives at 800-964-6033. Audio recordings will be received approximately three weeks after the live conference.
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