Management of Legal Exposures
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Every project participant makes decisions that have potential legal ramifications and resultant additional costs. This course, with an attorney and claims consultant as instructors, will show participants how early knowledge of potential problems is the price of success.
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On-Demand Learning
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About This Course
Description
Every project participant makes decisions that have potential legal ramifications and resultant additional costs. This course, with an attorney and claims consultant as instructors, will show participants how early knowledge of potential problems is the price of success.
Learning Objectives
Project Management Certificate Requirement
This course is required for CI's Project Management Certificate program.
CEUs
Course attendees are eligible to receive 0.4 Continuing Education Units, 4 CCM Renewal Points or 4 AIA Continuing Education Learning Units.
Every project participant makes decisions that have potential legal ramifications and resultant additional costs. This course, with an attorney and claims consultant as instructors, will show participants how early knowledge of potential problems is the price of success.
Learning Objectives
- Review of potential legal issues which may result from missteps.
- Review case law examples, which will serve as foundation for explanation of a variety of construction related issues.
- Learn the importance of considering legal hurdles before making decisions, issuing RFI's, making promises or demanding compliance.
- Raise the level of knowledge of all attendees to enable their subsequent identification of legal problems before the damage is done.
Project Management Certificate Requirement
This course is required for CI's Project Management Certificate program.
CEUs
Course attendees are eligible to receive 0.4 Continuing Education Units, 4 CCM Renewal Points or 4 AIA Continuing Education Learning Units.
Speaker
Gregory Faulkner, Partner at Robinson & Cole LLP
Gregory Faulkner is a partner and Chair of the Construction Practice with the firm Robinson & Cole, and member of the firm's Managing Committee. He has served as local, national, and international counsel in all aspects of construction law for more than 25 years. In addition to serving the needs of all areas of the construction industry, he works closely with institutional owners and developers in the education, hospitality, and food and beverage industries with regard to their unique building and facilities program needs. He is also a long time member of the Commercial and Construction Panel of Neutrals for both the American Arbitration Association and the American Dispute Resolution Center.
Gregory Faulkner is a partner and Chair of the Construction Practice with the firm Robinson & Cole, and member of the firm's Managing Committee. He has served as local, national, and international counsel in all aspects of construction law for more than 25 years. In addition to serving the needs of all areas of the construction industry, he works closely with institutional owners and developers in the education, hospitality, and food and beverage industries with regard to their unique building and facilities program needs. He is also a long time member of the Commercial and Construction Panel of Neutrals for both the American Arbitration Association and the American Dispute Resolution Center.
Roy Cooper, P.E., Vice President at Arcadis
Roy Cooper is the Vice President and leader of Arcadis’ Contract Solutions group in North America. He has more than 27 years of construction experience, including the analysis and review of complex construction claims from the beginning stages through trial support and expert testimony. Cooper 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. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the states of Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, Maryland, New York and Rhode Island. Cooper has a Bachelor’s of Science in Civil Engineering from Michigan Technological University and a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Connecticut. Cooper combines a strong educational and technical background along with practical experience and knowledge of construction principles and management. His years of field and management experience have provided him with the ability to quickly identify and resolve complex technical and financial issues. Due to his background, he also often gets engaged when disputes arise during construction, to act as a real-time problem solver. Cooper is an accomplished public speaker and is often invited to speak at seminars on construction claims and managing projects more effectively.
Roy Cooper is the Vice President and leader of Arcadis’ Contract Solutions group in North America. He has more than 27 years of construction experience, including the analysis and review of complex construction claims from the beginning stages through trial support and expert testimony. Cooper 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. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in the states of Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, Maryland, New York and Rhode Island. Cooper has a Bachelor’s of Science in Civil Engineering from Michigan Technological University and a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Connecticut. Cooper combines a strong educational and technical background along with practical experience and knowledge of construction principles and management. His years of field and management experience have provided him with the ability to quickly identify and resolve complex technical and financial issues. Due to his background, he also often gets engaged when disputes arise during construction, to act as a real-time problem solver. Cooper is an accomplished public speaker and is often invited to speak at seminars on construction claims and managing projects more effectively.
Continuing Educational Credit
Construction Institute Project Management workshops are applicable towards prerequisite hours in PMI®'s Project Management Professionals (PMP®) program. Construction Institute is an AIA Registered Provider and a CCM Recertification Point Provider. Course attendees are eligible to receive 0.4 Continuing Education Units, 4 CCM Renewal Points, and/or 4 AIA Continuing Education Learning Units, verified through certificates of attendance, which are sent to participants after completion of workshop and assessment. Those wishing to receive AIA Continuing Education Learning Units and/or CCM Renewal Points should check in at the sign-in desk and fill out the appropriate attendance form(s) to receive credit.
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Registration and attendance at, or participation in, Construction Institute events and other activities constitutes an agreement by the registrant to the use and distribution (both now and in the future) of the registrant or attendee’s image or voice in photographs, videotapes, electronic reproductions, and audiotapes of such events and activities by the Construction Institute. No other recording is allowed.
