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Virtual | 9:00 AM - 11:00 PM
This class will explore the most common clauses by which project owners and general contractors shift risk down to subcontractors, focusing on risks they create, recommended changes to make them more reasonable, and strategies to try to negotiate these changes. Specific topics include:
- Better understanding the complex terms and conditions included in most construction contracts
- Risk shifting clauses (e.g., no-damages-for-delay, pay-if-paid, differing site conditions)
- Process and procedure clauses (e.g., notice, submittals, payments, changes, disputes)
Recommended Audience:
Company Principals, Contract Managers, Purchasing, Estimators, Executive Team, Project Managers, and Contract Handling Employees
Registration open only to MCAMW & NECA Members.
Instructor
Chip
Mitchell
Blue Fence Advisors
Chip Mitchell is the founder and principal of Blue Fence Advisors, and a senior level executive with more than thirty years of combined business and legal experience. He also serves as a private arbitrator and mediator, and he is a panel member with the American Arbitration Association.
Before he founded Blue Fence Advisors, Chip served as the General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer of one of the largest privately held EPC trade construction companies in the country. He has been responsible for managing the company’s legal, risk management, and human resources departments, including corporate governance, compliance, contract management, bonding and insurance relationships, labor and employment issues, and dispute resolution. He also has experience managing M&A transactions on both the buyer and seller sides, including management of the diligence process, and negotiating transaction documents.