Super Saver Bundle: Time Extension, RFIs & Delay Claims

Learning Objectives:

• In this program attendees will learn about the recoverability of extended field office overhead costs, including what field office overhead is and the typical elements of this cost.
• Attendees will be exposed to the basics of calculating extended field office overhead costs.
• The program will discuss the various actual cost methods for calculating extended field office overhead.
• The program will explore the various total cost methods of calculating extended field office overhead costs.
• The program will discuss how the jury verdict method may be used to make this delay damage calculation.
• Attendees will learn how stipulated contract methods concerning field office overhead may be employed.
• The program will identify what costs must be deducted from the submission of field office overhead costs by the contractor.
• The contractor’s obligation to mitigate damages will also be discussed.

Learning Objectives:

• In this webinar, you’ll learn when an owner may owe compensable delay and under what circumstances.
• You’ll also learn the rules concerning who has the burden of proof concerning delay and what must be proven in order to justify time extensions – both excusable and compensable.
• This webinar will also reveal several common misconceptions concerning current delay and who has the burden of proof concerning concurrent delay.
• The webinar will discuss when a contractor is not required to justify field and home office overhead costs once a compensable delay have been proven.
• Finally, this webinar will discuss two recent court cases, one Federal and the other State, which may change the rules of the game concerning the use of concurrent delay as a defense against owner imposed liquidated damages.

Learning Objectives:

• In this program you’ll learn the typical causes of subcontractor delay and impact claims.
• Attendees will be exposed to contractual issues surrounding subcontractor delay claims.
• The program will identify practical problems concerning subcontractor delay claims from the project owner’s viewpoint.
• The program highlights problems facing the General Contractors when faced with the request to pass through subcontractor delay claims to owners.
• The program discusses what damages may flow from subcontractor delay claims and the recoverability of such damages.
• Attendees will learn the theories of recovery a subcontractor can employ when pursuing a delay claim against the General Contractor.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn how the RFI process came about and is intended to be used in the construction industry.
• Better understand the impact of RFIs on construction projects based on data from approximately 1,400 projects including the average time and cost to review and respond to an RFI.  
• Gain an understanding of how the RFI process can be abused.
• Be exposed to legal decisions concerning how the number of RFIs on projects has been used to prove delay and cumulative impact claims.
• Understand what definitions should be included in construction projects to help lessen the impact of RFIs.
• Examine a proposed RFI specification which may be included in contracts to mitigate the impact of RFIs.
• Understand how electronic tracking and monitoring of RFIs will help further mitigate the adverse impact of RFIs on projects.
• Finally, learn about the best management practices concerning the management of RFIs.