Design-Build Contracts: Understanding the Challenges, Risks, and Keys to Success

Program Description:

Public and private project owners and developers are increasingly using Design-Build Contracting as a faster and more cost-effective way to bring their projects to completion. In this seminar, participants will learn about the intellectual tools necessary to select, plan, develop, and negotiate contract provisions for a Design-Build project. Design-Build Contracts: Understanding the Challenges, Risks, and Keys to Success provides insight to key areas of risk and responsibility allocation that differ from traditional design-bid-build project delivery. Emphasis is placed on the negotiation strategies that help project owners, contractors, and designers establish contracts that will ensure the successful completion of projects on time, within budget, and in compliance with the owner’s quality and performance needs. Case studies relevant to your projects will allow participants to engage with these proven negotiation strategies, preparing them to effectively negotiate Design-Build contracts on future projects. The faculty instructor for this seminar is an expert in construction project management, contract negotiation, change order negotiations, and claim avoidance. He has 35 years of experience in the design and construction industry working for project owners, contractors, and design professionals. For more than 20 years, the instructor has provided general counsel, risk management, and other legal advisory services to engineering and scientific professional service firms, owners, and contractors. His practice emphasizes the importance of training and consulting to improve construction project performance by resolving issues and disputes effectively. He is also a claims manager underwritten by Lloyd’s of London who develops and implements industry-leading risk management programs. As an active claims consultant, mediator, and arbitrator, the instructor maintains constant exposure to the evolution of best-practice methodologies in the field and at the negotiating table. Upon the completion of this customized TNI program, participants will be able to immediately return to their workplaces with the tools, knowledge, and confidence to effectively select, plan, develop, and negotiate contract provisions for Design-Build projects.