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Description:
Learn how to unlock the most important contract issues from a General Contractor and Subcontractor's perspective so that you don't get stuck on your next subcontract negotiation. You will also learn highlights from the recently released ConsensusDocs standard contract updates that AGC endorses, as well as tips to modify these standard contracts for your specific project.
Learning Objectives
- Learn to effectively issue spot and negotiate a variety of issues commonly found in subcontracts to help improve your business.
- Analyze key issues regarding contingent payment, and learn to recognize potential ramifications.
- Discuss issues involved in scope changes, and how they can impact timing, price and more.
- Analyze a variety of dispute resolution methods so you can choose the right one for your project.
Speakers:
Philip (Phil) E. Beck, Esq.
Partner
Smith Currie & Hancock LLP
Philip E. (Phil) Beck is a partner in the Atlanta, Georgia office of Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP, a nationally-recognized construction law firm, where he has practiced since 1981. Phil has experience with a broad range of construction issues, claims, problems and disputes, as well as a wide variety of construction projects, both public and private, throughout the United States. He has drafted, reviewed and negotiated thousands of design and construction contracts. He is a past Chair of the ConsensusDocs Content Advisory Council, the drafters of the ConsensusDocs family of design and construction contract documents.
Joe Meuleman, Esq.
Founding Member
Meuleman Law
Joe is an attorney with Meuleman Law Group PLLC in Boise, Idaho. He represents contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, sureties and developers in a variety of construction related transactions and disputes. Joe has over ten years of experience. He serves on the AGC Contract Documents Forum Steering Committee and Project Delivery Forum. He also served on the AGC of America Construction Leadership Council Steering Committee and has represented AGC on several ConsensusDocs working groups drafting industry standard contracts. Joe is currently on the Board of Directors of the Idaho AGC and chairs the Idaho AGC Associates and Suppliers Committee.
Moderator:
Carrie L. Ciliberto, Esq.
Senior Director & Counsel, Contracts & Construction Law
The Associated General Contractors of America
Ms. Ciliberto is the Senior Director and Counsel of Contracts and Construction Law, for The Associated General Contractors of America, and is Deputy Executive Director and Counsel for ConsensusDocs. Ms. Ciliberto was the founder and principal of Ciliberto & Associates, LLC, a Colorado law firm emphasizing water, environmental, and land use law. She earned her J.D., cum laude, from Michigan State University with a concentration in international and environmental law. She is licensed to practice several jurisdictions including the U.S. Supreme Court. Ms. Ciliberto has authored numerous articles, and she speaks frequently at industry events around the nation.
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