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Experts in Construction Litigation: Ethical Considerations | CLE Course | BARBRI
Your specifications are the number one tool you have to manage and mitigate claims on your projects. Often, we draft these specifications with the belief that they address particular issues in a way that will prevent claims from arising. However, time and time again, claims still rear their ugly heads, including ones based in the same specification sections we prepared to squash the claim from seeing the light of day. So, it begs the question, “do our claims specifications really say what we think they say?” This presentation will present three case studies, each focusing on a claims-related specification that was designed to prevent or mitigate claims. Instead, these same specifications were used as a means of recovery rather than a means of prevention.
This presentation will help attendees better understand DOT specifications related to construction claims and will assist them in understanding how those specifications are used to both generate and also rebut contract claims. This will put attendees in a better position to see claims coming, and to refine their contract documents to prevent loopholes from being exploited.
Ohio Transportation Engineering Conference | Ohio Department of Transportation
Mark Nagata will be presenting a 2.5-day course titled “Managing Highway Contract Claims: Analysis and Avoidance” from May 6 – 8, 2025. The course provides the basic tools to address the management and avoidance of highway construction claims. Mark will present the evaluation of a highway contract claim by focusing on three claim components: entitlement, impact, and cost. Participants will learn claims avoidance techniques, as well as, how to identify and review best practices associated with successful dispute resolution.
For more information, please view the course website.
Mike Ryan will be presenting a 2.5-day course titled “Managing Highway Contract Claims: Analysis and Avoidance” from April 15 – 17, 2025. The course provides the basic tools to address the management and avoidance of highway construction claims. Mike will present the evaluation of a highway contract claim by focusing on three claim components: entitlement, impact, and cost. Participants will learn claims avoidance techniques, as well as, how to identify and review best practices associated with successful dispute resolution.
For more information, please view the course website.
TRAUNER and QDR International are announcing a new partnership that will leverage the strengths of both of their construction claims practices. The partnership will combine TRAUNER’s four decades of experience and continuous commitment to excellence and QDR’s international consulting experience and Latin American DNA. With a dedicated staff committed to the values of truthfulness, objectivity, professionalism, and thoroughness, our combined team will consistently provide outstanding services on every assignment. We will work together to promote the use of best practices in objective claims analysis, based on established techniques for the identification and measurement of delay, disruption, and change impacts.
Leveraging one another’s teams allows both firms to expand their ability to bring the level of rigor and focused technical analysis necessary to resolve disputes on major projects, while providing an expanded level of expertise to each firm’s current clients.
For the full announcement, please view the press release.
Mike Ryan will be presenting a 2-day course titled “Managing Highway Contract Claims: Analysis and Avoidance” from February 12 – 13, 2025. The course provides the basic tools to address the management and avoidance of highway construction claims. Mike will present the evaluation of a highway contract claim by focusing on three claim components: entitlement, impact, and cost. Participants will learn claims avoidance techniques, as well as, how to identify and review best practices associated with successful dispute resolution.
For more information, please view the course website.
Mark Nagata will be presenting a 2.5-day NHI course titled “Managing Highway Contract Claims: Analysis and Avoidance” on January 7 – 9, 2025. The course provides the basic tools to address the management and avoidance of highway construction claims. Mark will present the evaluation of a highway contract claim by focusing on three claim components: entitlement, impact, and cost. Participants will learn claims avoidance techniques, as well as, how to identify and review best practices associated with successful dispute resolution.
For more information, please view the course website.