Construction Administration: Risks, Pitfalls, & Opportunities

When it comes to construction administration, every design firm faces common pitfalls, but there are also opportunities that you may be overlooking.

Join Thomas Harkins and Robert Stanton for an interactive discussion on issues relative to site visits, duties, and the inherent risks. You’ll explore non-compliant work, reduction and elimination of your role, scope creep, and handling requests to terminate contractors as well reduced or terminated site visit responsibilities. You’ll also examine the standard of care and review some actual claim case studies and lessons learned specific to California.

• Identify key duties and obligations of the design professional during the construction phase of a project
• Specifically address emerging issues such as Design/Build, Substitutions of Materials and Components and Value Engineering
• List and discuss potential claim exposures that can arise during the construction phase

About the Presenter: Thomas Harkins, Principal, Client Services, Willis A&E, Architects & Engineers Division, Willis Towers Watson and Robert Stanton, CPCU, ARM, RPLU, Risk Control and Claims Advocacy Practice, Willis Towers Watson