Construction Contract Workshop Seminar
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Before purchasing, review the rules of your licensing or certifying entity. It is your responsibility to confirm this course meets your CE requirements. See the credit tab on the course page for details.
What’s Included: Full webinar recording, written course materials, expert instruction, a mandatory quiz, and a certificate upon completion.
Deliverability Timeline: All courses are generally available within 1-2 weeks after the live presentation.
CE Credits: AIA and/or LA/CES accreditation is available by request for courses recorded prior to March 11, 2026. All courses after that date include those accreditations by default, if applicable. With these accreditations, our courses qualify for credit in nearly all states for engineers, surveyors, architects, and landscape architects.
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Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 am – 12:15 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:15 – 1:15 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:15 – 4:15 pm
Understanding Construction Contract Essentials R. Burns Jr.
Examining contract terminology:
Parties, consideration, term, performance,
substantial performance, breach, remedies, damages
Understanding types of construction contracts:
Payment method
Award and selection
Project delivery system
Number of primes
Legal description
Studying roles and relationships of project participants:
Owners, architects/engineers, construction managers,
contractors, subs and suppliers
Exploring the law of construction contract interpretation
Essentials of Competitive Bidding T. Madigan
Traditional competitive bidding
Design-bid proposals
Best value and scored proposals
Bid protests
Reviewing Project Documents J. Neiser
Use of standard forms or custom documents
Agreement
Performance bond
Payment bond
Contract conditions (general and supplementary)
Specifications (Format, CSI 1995 and 2004)
Shop drawings
Contract modifications (change orders, directives, etc.)
Select Issues in Contract Administration T. Madigan
Project schedule
• Submission and approval
• Updates and projections
• Requests for extensions
Requests for payment, withholding, and retention
Changed and additional work
Disputes and the obligation to continue working
Payments
Suspension and termination
• Suspension
• Owner’s right to perform the work
• Termination for convenience
• Termination for cause
• Completion after termination
Substantial and final completion
Examining Legal Issues and Contract Disputes B. Simmons,
M. Haines
Changed conditions
Project documentation
Delays, acceleration
Handling payment claims and final payments
Resolving disputes through mediation, arbitration, litigation
Understanding contractual and statutory warranties
Credits
Architects
6.0 HSW Contact Hours
6.0 AIA HSW Learning Units
Professional Engineers
6.0 PDHs
Contractors
Non-Credit Continuing Ed.
Pennsylvania Attorneys
6.0S CLE Hours
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers up to 6.0 HSW continuing education/contact hours to architects and 6.0 PDHs to professional engineers in all states. Educators and courses are not subject to pre-approval in Pennsylvania.
This seminar is approved by the American Institute of Architects for 6.0 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885).
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for architects in Florida and is deemed an approved sponsor in New York. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.
The Pennsylvania CLE Board has approved this event for 6.0 Substantive CLE hours for attorneys.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the seminar for most individuals who complete the entire event. Attendance certificates not available at the seminar will be mailed to participants within fifteen business days.
Speakers
Megan Haines
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PCCounsel with Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC, in PittsburghMs. Haines concentrates her practice on complex commercial and environmental litigation matters. She has extensive experience representing clients in disputes related to construction, energy, zoning and insurance matters.
Thomas Madigan
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PCShareholder with Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC, in Pittsburgh Mr. Madigan is a construction lawyer with more than 30 years of experience and leads the firm’s Construction Practice Group. He represents general contractors, construction managers, engineers, and owners, as well as manufacturers and suppliers of systems, products and materials utilized in construction. Mr. Madigan is experienced in all aspects of construction law from the negotiation of contracts to project counseling and the prosecution and defense of claims. He has extensive knowledge of all types of project delivery systems, including traditional design-bid-build, design-build, EPC, DBOM, and public-private partnerships. Mr. Madigan has litigated construction and design defect claims, delay and disruption claims and payment claims arising from public and private projects in jurisdictions across the United States.
Julian Neiser
Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLCMember with Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC, in PittsburghMr. Neiser is a commercial and construction lawyer at thefirm. He has extensive experience in litigation, contractnegotiations, and alternative dispute resolution. His practiceincludes representation of owners, general contractors,and architects on projects of all sizes. Mr. Neiser alsois a mediator and serves as outside general counsel tocorporations. Mr. Neiser is a regular contributor to nationalbusiness and legal publications on topics such as electronicdiscovery, construction law, and trial work. He also is anofficer and council member of the Allegheny County BarAssociation Construction Law Section and is a veteran of theUnited States Marine Corps.
Brian Simmons
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PCShareholder with Buchanan Ingersoll& Rooney, PC, in PittsburghMr. Simmons is co-chair of the firm’s Construction Litigation Practice Group. He concentrates his practice on many types of complex commercial litigation matters, with particular emphasis on representing owners, contractors, engineers and/or architects in disputes arising out of small and large construction projects.