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Get Valuable Insights on Pricing and Apportioning of Costs Associated with Design Defects

Preparing a successful design involves the application of scientific skills and technical expertise to achieve owner requirements while adhering to professional standards. Developing a completed design in a perfect manner is difficult, if not impossible. Accordingly, it is common for construction projects to experience, at some level, corrective changes to the work resulting from professional design deficiencies. These corrective changes can involve work which result in damages being incurred by various stakeholders, for which recovery is oftentimes sought from the design professional. The liability for such claims are generally aimed against the designer on the basis that it failed to satisfy its contractual obligation to provide a design meeting the necessary functional and operational expectations while complying with the requisite professional standards. A common question in this regard is how an appropriate assessment for the corrective actions or work gets calculated.

This presentation by  our expert speaker, Peter Vosbikian, who has over 20 years of experience in construction, civil engineering, and construction program management, will provide valuable insights on the pricing and apportioning of costs associated with design defects, contract provisions addressing the pricing of design defects, and demonstrate, by example, how to calculate an assessment against an A/E.

Whether you’ve experienced a damage resulting from a change, or involved in a claim due to design changes, this session will provide you needed knowledge on how to quantify damages associated with a design deficiency. It will also provide valuable insights on how contract language can manage risk associated with design deficiencies.

 

Highlights:

  • Understand what is a design deficiency
  • Review relevant design defect precedents
  • Evaluate which party is responsible for paying for the change
  • Identify considerations for calculating the assessment against the designer
  • Become conversant on contract language addressing design defects
  • Learn about industry publications on design defects
  • See how sample calculations are performed for determining design defect assessments
  • Develop an understanding of relevant design standards
  • Understand the different types of design defects
  • Understand changes that qualify as design changes versus those do not
  • Develop an understanding of shop drawing versus design information
  • Understand categories of risk involved with design
  • Review considerations for managing common risks associated with design

Who should attend?

This webinar is a must attend for owners, general contractors, construction managers, subcontractors, architects / engineers, consultants and attorneys.

Peter Vosbikian is a Shareholder of GREYHAWK and a qualified trial expert in schedule delay analysis and damages. Mr. Vosbikian has over 20 years of experience in construction, civil engineering, and construction program management specializing in; construction dispute and claims resolution, construction advisory and claims avoidance, CPM scheduling and delay analysis, cost analysis, loss of productivity analysis, and litigation support services. He has provided and managed construction claims services on commercial buildings, infrastructure projects, government facilities, and industrial plants which include; stadiums, sports arenas, airports, process and power plants, wastewater treatment facilities, hotels, correctional facilities, residential and apartment complexes, landfills, highways, bridges, schools, care facilities, courthouses, and prisons.

Mr. Vosbikian has prepared and given presentations in negotiation and mediation venues and has provided expert testimony in litigation. Mr. Vosbikian’s expertise includes identifying and evaluating construction claims related to scope changes, schedule delay impacts and extended performance, lost productivity, and disruptive impacts. He is experienced in preparing and evaluating as-planned and as-built schedules, contemporaneous and retrospective delay analyses, productivity impact analyses, and cost and damages claims.