Risk Management Toolkit for Green/LEED Projects
Title:
Risk Management Toolkit for Green/LEED Projects
Date/Time:
May 5 , 2011
8:00 – 9:30 am
Registration and continental breakfast begin at 7:30 am. If you have not registered and would like to, please call 617.406.4504 or email roundtable@donovanhatem.com. AIA credits and attendance certificates will be available upon request.
Location:
Boston Harbor Hotel
The Atlantic Room
70 Rowes Wharf
Boston, MA
Description:
Please join us on May 5th as Sue Yoakum delivers this timely presentation.
Defend and Indemnify
Title:
Defend and Indemnify
Date/Time:
April 7 , 2011
9:30 – 11:00 am
Registration and continental breakfast begin at 9:00 am. If you have not registered and would like to, please call 617.406.4504 or email roundtable@donovanhatem.com. AIA credits and attendance certificates will be available upon request.
Location:
Westin New York at Time Square
The Plymouth Room – 9th Floor
New York
Description:
Please join us on April 7th as John B.
Defend and Indemnify
Title:
Defend and Indemnify
Date/Time:
March 24 , 2011
8:00 – 9:30 amRegistration and continental breakfast begin at 7:30 am. If you have not registered and would like to, please call 617.406.4504 or email roundtable@donovanhatem.com. AIA credits and attendance certificates will be available upon request.
Location:
Boston Harbor Hotel
The Wharf Room
70 Rowes Wharf
Boston, MA
Description:
Please join us on March 24th as John B. Connarton, Jr.
Troubled Project – Stopping Or Starting – What You Need To Know
Title:
Troubled Project – Stopping Or Starting – What You Need To Know
Date/Time:
March 10 , 2011
9:30 – 11:00 amRegistration and continental breakfast begin at 9:00 am. If you have not registered and would like to, please call 617.406.4504 or email roundtable@donovanhatem.com. AIA credits (1.5 HSW) and attendance certificates will be available upon request.
Location:
Westin New York at Time Square
The Palace Room – 9th Floor
New York
Description:
Please join us on March 10th as Sue Yoakum delivers this timely presentation.With the effects of the economy on the design and build communities,
Review of Recent Cases Involving Design Professionals
Title:
Review of Recent Cases Involving Design Professionals
Date/Time:
January 13 , 2011
8:00 – 9:30 am
Registration and continental breakfast begin at 7:30 am. If you have not registered and would like to, please call 617.406.4504 or email roundtable@donovanhatem.com. AIA credits (1.5 HSW) and attendance certificates will be available upon request.
Location:
The Atlantic Room
70 Rowes Wharf
Boston
Description:
Please join us on January 13th as Eric Howard and Matthew Tuller deliver this timely presentation.
Design-Build in the Public Sector: Risk and Liability Issues for Engineers
Title:
Design-Build in the Public Sector: Risk and Liability Issues for Engineers
Date/Time:
December 9, 2010
9:30 – 11:00 amRegistration and continental breakfast begin at 9:00 am. If you have not registered and would like to, please call 617.406.4504 or email roundtable@donovanhatem.com. AIA credits (1.5 HSW) and attendance certificates will be available upon request.
Location:
Westin New York at Times Square
Minetta – 8th Floor
270 West 43rd Street
New York,
Design-Build in the Public Sector: Risk and Liability Issues for Engineers
Title:
Design-Build in the Public Sector: Risk and Liability Issues for Engineers
Date/Time:
October 27, 2010
8:00 -9:30 amRegistration and continental breakfast begin at 7:30 am. If you have not registered and would like to, please call 617.406.4504 or email roundtable@donovanhatem.com. AIA credits (1.5 HSW) and attendance certificates will be available upon request.
Location:
Boston Harbor Hotel
Atlantic Room
70 Rowes Wharf
Boston, MA 02110
Description:
David J. Hatem will deliver this timely presentation.
Green and Sustainable Design
Title:
Green and Sustainable Design
Date/Time:
September 23, 2010
9:30 – 11:00 amRegistration and continental breakfast begin at 9:00 am. If you have not registered and would like to, please call 617.406.4504 or email roundtable@donovanhatem.com. AIA credits (1.5 HSW) and attendance certificates will be available upon request.
Location:
Westin New York at Times Square
Minetta – 8th Floor
270 West 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036
Description:
David J.
Integrated Project Delivery/BIM, New York
Title:
Integrated Project Delivery/BIM
Date/Time:
June 24, 2010
9:30 – 11:00 am
Registration and continental breakfast begin at 9:00 am. If you have not registered and would like to, please call 617.406.4504 or email roundtable@donovanhatem.com. AIA credits (1.5 HSW) and attendance certificates will be available upon request.
Location:
Westin New York at Times Square
Ambassador 2 – 2nd Floor
270 West 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036
Description:
On June 24th,
Special Half Day Business Symposium
Title:
Special Half Day Business Symposium
Date/Time:
June 16, 2010
8:00 am – 12:30 pm
Registration and continental breakfast begin at 7:30 am. If you have not registered and would like to, please call 617.406.4504 or email roundtable@donovanhatem.com. Attendance certificates will be available upon request.
Location:
Boston Harbor Hotel
Wharf Room
70 Rowes Wharf
Boston, MA 02110
Description:
Please join us in Boston for our upcoming special half dayBusiness Symposium for Design Professional Firms on June 16.
Integrated Project Delivery/BIM, Boston
Title:
Integrated Project Delivery/BIM
Date
May 26, 2010
Description:
On May 26th, Sue Yoakum led a discussion of the latest developments in Integrated Project Delivery (“IPD”) and Building Information Modeling (“BIM”) role in IPD projects. Integrated Project Delivery continues to generate interest and a sense of promise for some owners, designers and constructors and confusion among others. This discussion focused on 1) what is “pure” IPD; 2) what are the modified versions of “IPD;”
Mock Mediation
Title:
Mock Mediation
Date:
April 22, 2010
Description:
The Donovan Hatem LLP Professional Practices Group and DH Consulting Group LLC, a subsidiary of Donovan Hatem, presented a mock mediation to facilitate the resolution of responsibility for technical issues that the Owner believed were caused by the Design Professional. The case involved alleged damages from errors and omissions by the Designer, which were discovered by the Owner when the building was being repaired for unrelated damages several years after the building was constructed.
Review of Key Cases Involving Design Professionals
Title:
Review of Key Cases Involving Design Professionals
Date
March 25, 2010
Description:
Donovan Hatem LLP panelists, David Corkum, Eric Howard, and Matthew Tuller, provided an overview of seminal court decisions in Massachusetts that have defined the legal roles, duties and obligations of design professionals. Attendees learned the difference between common law (court decisions) and contract law and the duties imposed by common law versus duties assumed under a contract. Attendees heard an overview of the design professional’s standard of care as defined by Massachusetts courts,
Roles of Experts in Resolution of Claims, New York
Title:
Roles of Experts in Resolution of Claims
Date:
February 4, 2010
Description:
In this Roundtable, we discussed the role of the expert witness as a consultant to an attorney and as a provider of technical testimony on behalf of the client. We discussed the expectations an attorney may have for his/her experts and how these play out in mediation, arbitration and litigation.The common work of an expert witness, tips on how to avoid litigation and embarrassing discovery,
Roles of Experts in Resolution of Claims, Boston
Title:
Roles of Experts in Resolution of Claims
Date
January 14, 2010
Description:
In this Roundtable, Donovan Hatem LLP partner, Jack Connarton, discussed the role of the expert witness as a consultant to an attorney and as a provider of technical testimony on behalf of the client. Jack discussed the expectations an attorney may have for his/her experts and how these play out in mediation, arbitration and litigation.The common work of an expert witness, tips on how to avoid litigation and embarrassing discovery,
Liability Issues in LEED (New York)
Title:
Liability Issues in LEED
Date:
October 29, 2009
Description:
Donovan Hatem LLP attorneys Sue Yoakum, AIA, Esq. andStephen Kesselman, Esq. led this discussion focusing on managing risks associated with LEED projects, contractual terms and conditions in LEED agreements as well as what to avoid and consider for LEED contracts. Sue and Steve also discussed the professional liability risks associated with green design and LEED, a review of AIA LEED contract terms and recent cases relating to LEED.
Liability Issues in LEED (Boston)
Title:
Liability Issues in LEED
Date:
October 22, 2009
Description:
Donovan Hatem LLP attorneys Amanda Sirk, Esq. and Stephen Kesselman, Esq. led this discussion with a focus on managing risks associated with LEED projects, contractual terms and conditions in LEED agreements as well as what to avoid and consider for LEED contracts. Amanda and Steve also discussed the professional liability risks associated with green design and LEED, a review of AIA LEED contract terms and recent cases relating to LEED.
Roles and Responsibilities, Risk Allocation and Professional Liability Exposure in the Collaborative World of BIM and Integrated Project Delivery: Business as Usual or Fundamental Change? (New York)
Title:
Roles and Responsibilities, Risk Allocation and Professional Liability Exposure in the Collaborative World of BIM and Integrated Project Delivery: Business as Usual or Fundamental Change?
Date:
September 24, 2009
Description:
In recent years, Owners have been investigating and implementing new and innovative ways to reduce costs, improve productivity, and reduce conflict and adversity in the design and construction process. They are more frequently looking to new methods of delivering A/E/C services, such as IPD and new tools such as BIM.
Mock Mediation
Title:
Mock Mediation
Date:
September 23, 2009
Description:
The Donovan Hatem LLP Professional Practices Group and DH Consulting Group LLC, a subsidiary of Donovan Hatem, presented “A Mock Mediation: Owner vs. Design Professional, Part 2.” The first Mock Mediation was presented at a Donovan Hatem LLP Design Professional Roundtable in June 2008, at which the mediation objective was to sort out the responsibilities and damages. The audience decided the outcome/settlement range. Back by popular demand, Part 2 picked up where Part 1 left off where audience members were given the opportunity to assist in the settlement process.
Global Design Practices: Risks and Liabilities (New York)
Title:
Global Design Practices: Risks and Liabilities
Date:
June 25, 2009
Description:
Last year and to date, there has been an increase in the number of design firms marketing and providing design services on projects outside of the United States. We discussed risks and liabilities associated with providing design services outside the United States, how to manage these risks and liabilities, including standard form of agreements available for overseas work.Sue Yoakum, Esq., AIA led this discussion focusing on four areas design professionals should consider when trying to understand risks and liabilities associated with providing design services outside the United States.
