Lessons Learned: Benefiting Your Project from Others' Experiences - Good and Bad (Video DVD-ROM)

• Lessons Learned: The Evolution of the AIA Document A201 from 1963 to 2007 - After 40 Years, Is It Perfect Yet?
  No single document used by the construction industry better describes or defines the typical relationship between the Owner and the Contractor than the AIA Document A201 General Conditions. As the A201 has evolved from 1963 through 1997, and as it is expected to change for 2007, it embodies many lessons learned from its usage on projects throughout the United States. A panel comprised of the authors of The AIA Deskbook: Understanding the 1997 Revised General Conditions and outside counsel to AIAs Documents Committee describe the general evolution of the A201 and rationale for those changes, including the lessons learned from experience with its usage.
• Lessons Learned: Anticipating and Resolving Project Disputes - If Your Project Is Special, Why Shouldn't Your Dispute Resolution Clause Also Be Special?
  Every construction project is different, requiring thoughtful consideration of each significant issue affecting the design, construction and use of that project  from existing soils conditions to the occupants anticipated uses and needs. The uniqueness of each project should also warrant careful consideration regarding the types of disputes anticipated between or among the Owner, Contractor and Design Professional, the need to have disputes resolved timely, and even the peculiarities of the project players. Each projects dispute resolution program should attempt to maximize its effectiveness and seek to mitigate its costs and distraction. A panel of seasoned construction dispute resolution lawyers discuss project and player issues that should be anticipated in preparing the dispute resolution program, the tools available for dealing with those issues and how and when those tools might best be employed.
• Lessons Learned: Owners' Construction Contract Duties - Is There Really More to It Than Just Writing Checks?
  While unsophisticated construction Owners may want to treat a construction project like taking a car to the repair shop  call me when its ready  the Owners obligations to the Contractor and Design Professional extend well beyond providing a site and writing checks. Those obligations and related issues include properly and timely providing Owner furnished materials and equipment, providing site access, disclosure of construction funds and funding limits, utilizing proper (and avoiding improper) communications with Contractor and Subcontractors, timely reviewing and approving submittals, and others. The panel of veteran construction lawyers describe those obligations, how and when they arise and the Owners exposure for its failure to meet those obligations.

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Course materials are provided on the DVD-ROM in PDF and Microsoft Word.