Corporate Training By Zack Academy - Weather Planning on Construction Projects: Addressing Delays and Time Extensions - Dealing with Sandy

Estimates of the economic losses caused by Hurricane Sandy recently reached $50 billion after experts assessed the costs of severe property damage, shut-down subways and power outages. Hurricane Sandy's recent devastation along much of the East Coast is a reminder of the significant factor weather can contribute to the planning and execution of a construction project.

Weather conditions can wreak havoc on project schedules and the calculation of time extensions. Preparing and scheduling your projects for weather conditions can help you avoid, or at least minimize, delay claims against your company.

This informative, 90-minute program will help you:

• Execute the best contract for your project: AIA, ConsensusDocs, Federal Government, or a typical DOT
• Discover the right technique to calculate delay: Contemporaneous analysis versus time impact analysis
• Understand critical path and float methods
• Review time extensions for the super storm itself
• Become conversant with time extensions for knock-on effects: Clean up, recovery, power losses, etc.
• Learn how to deal with time extensions that will push work over the winter as a result of Hurricane Sandy
• Anticipate how to address acceleration, both constructive and directed
• Understand how to deal with damages: Weather is traditionally non-compensable unless compensable delays pushed the project into the period when Hurricane Sandy hit
• And much, much more!

In addition, a 10-to-15 minute period has been reserved at the end of the speaker's presentation for an interactive question-and-answer session so you can discuss specific issues or gain additional knowledge about topics discussed.

Who Will Benefit?
This webinar is a must if you're a contractor, public or private owner, subcontractor, construction manager, owner's representative, architect or other design professional writing contracts or providing project oversight services.The program also may benefit the attorneys that represent these parties in disputes.

Meet Your Expert Instructor:
J. Scott Lowe, P.E., is a Principal with Trauner Consulting Services, Inc. His expertise lies in the areas of critical path method scheduling, construction claim preparation and evaluation, dispute resolution, technical document development, contract administration, and cost analysis. He has directed and performed virtually all types of analyses, including delay, productivity and efficiency, including cost and the determination of damages, on varied projects throughout the U.S. and abroad. On many occasions, he has provided expert testimony at deposition, arbitration, and trial.

Added Benefit:
In-house training tool: Train your entire staff for one low price! There is no limit to the number of participants at one location. Gather around the conference room table, listen to the speakers, then discuss how it pertains to your particular company. For those who can't attend, you have the option to purchase the CD to listen at a later date.

Syllabus

• Execute the best contract for your project: AIA, ConsensusDocs, Federal Government, or a typical DOT
• Discover the right technique to calculate delay: Contemporaneous analysis versus time impact analysis
• Understand critical path and float methods
• Review time extensions for the super storm itself
• Become conversant with time extensions for knock-on effects: Clean up, recovery, power losses, etc
• Learn how to deal with time extensions that will push work over the winter as a result of Hurricane Sandy
• Anticipate how to address acceleration, both constructive and directed
• Understand how to deal with damages: Weather is traditionally non-compensable unless compensable delays pushed the project into the period when Hurricane Sandy hit
• And much, much more!