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Structuring the Contractual Relationships Among the Design-Build Team Members
 Bennett D. Greenberg
Seyfarth Shaw, LLP
Washington, D.C.
bgreenberg@seyfarth.com
202-828-5336
Article in HTML / PDF / Word
 Robyn Miller
DMJM H&N, Inc.
Los Angeles, CA
Robyn.Miller@dmjmhn.aecom.com
213-593-8186
Article in HTML / PDF / Word
This session focuses on structuring the design-build relationship for success. Points of emphasis will include avoiding a potential disconnect between the parties' teaming agreement versus their proposal to the owner; clarifying that control of the design process is vested in the design-build team, not the owner; and controlling design decisions as a means of affecting both buy-out of the subcontractors as well as delegation of design responsibility to specialty trade subcontractors. Additional topics include: design and construction scope definitions; delineation of performance responsibilities; warranties and disclaimers; indemnification obligations; changes to the scope and contract time; liability for professional errors and omissions; project integration obligations; and identifying and allocating the major risks in the downstream relationships.
Final Slide Presentation on the Web
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Insuring and Bonding the Design-Build Team
 Jeffrey R. Appelbaum
Thompson Hine LLP
Cleveland, OH
Jeff.Appelbaum@ThompsonHine.com
216-566-5548
 F. Malcolm Cunningham
Cunningham Law Firm
W. Palm Beach, FL
info@cunninghamlaw.com
561-833-6400
This session explores the major insurable risks to be addressed by the design-build team and the major issues surrounding performance bonding of the design-builder, its team members and downstream participants.
Insurance issues will include:
- the interplay between professional liability and CGL insurance;
- what types of insurance and coverages are commercially available;
- how insurance carriers value and price the underlying risks;
- how warranties impact insurance coverage; and
- the need to analyze how OCIP interrelate with other insurance.
Bonding issues will include:
- the need for performance bonding by the design-build team;
- documenting performance bonding responsibilities among team members;
- the use of alternative forms of security;
- structuring of indemnity agreements; and
- quantifying the dollar value of performance for bonding purposes.
Article in HTML / PDF / Word
Final Slide Presentation on the Web
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Coping with the Owner
 G. William Quatman
Shughart Thomson & Kilroy, P.C.
Kansas City, MO
bquatman@stklaw.com
816-421-3355
 L. Tyrone Holt
The Holt Group
Denver, CO
ty.holt@holtllc.com
303-225-4221
This session will focus on the issues raised when the owner provides bridged design documents as part of the owner's program definition including:
- The impact of the owner's bridging documents on the design and performance obligations of the design-build team;
- the interplay between bridged documents and the Spearin Doctrine;
- the owner's liability for errors/omissions arising out of the bridging documents;
- how an owner might secure the risks associated with bridged documents;
- the obligations and liability of the owner's bridging consultants; and
- the practical implications of implementing a "bridged" project.
Article in HTML / PDF / Word
Final Slide Presentation on the Web
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Lunch: Featured Speaker: Derek Cunz
Derek Cunz
M. A. Mortenson Company
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Learning From the Mistakes of Others: When Design-Build Has Gone Awry
 Deborah J. MacKay
Faegre & Benson LLP
Minneapolis, MN
DMackay@faegre.com
612-766-8525
Article in HTML / PDF / Word
 Kerry L. Kester
Woods & Aitken LLP
Lincoln, NE
kkester@woodsaitken.com
402-437-8513
Article in HTML / PDF / Word
 Thomas L. Rosenberg
Roetzel & Andress, LPA
Columbus, OH
trosenberg@ralaw.com
614-723-2006
Article in HTML / PDF / Word
This session will address a variety of issues in the context of case studies featuring illustrations of design-build gone wrong. Examples include disputes over the allocation of work among team members; disputes that arise because agreement as to scope was not completely achieved; problems associated with delegating design responsibility down the subcontracting chain; and implications of long-term warranties Rather than instructing what to do, this session will instruct what not to do.
Final Slide Presentation on the Web
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Delivering Heavy Construction Projects Through Design-Build
 John P. Carpenter
Peter Kiewit Sons', Inc.
Omaha, NE
john.carpenter@kiewit.com
402-342-2052
 D. Peter Hughes
CH2M HILL
Denver, CO
peter.hughes@ch2m.com
720-286-2516
 Michael C. Loulakis
Akerman Senterfitt Wickwire Gavin
Vienna, VA
michael.loulakis@akerman.com
703-790-8750
This session will focus on selecting design-build for delivery of heavy construction projects. Issues to be covered include:
- Advantages/Disadvantages of Using Design-Build for Heavy Construction Projects;
- Long Term Performance Warranties;
- Completion of the Heavy Project;
- Issues Beyond the Physical Construction; and
- Flow down provisions important for federally funded project.
Article in HTML / PDF / Word
Final Slide Presentation on the Web
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