Construction Contract Workshop Seminar
DISCLAIMER
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 – 12:30 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:30 – 1:30 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:30 – 5:00 pm
Understanding Construction Contract Essentials
R. Jezdimir
Examining contract terminology: parties, consideration, term,
performance, substantial performance, breach, remedies, damages
Studying roles and relationships of project participants: owners,
architects/engineers, construction managers, contractors, subs and suppliers
Understanding the project delivery system: traditional
design-bid-build, design-build, construction manager at risk, multiple prime contractor,
owner control
Understanding types of construction contracts: lump sum, cost plus,
time and materials, unit pricing
Exploring the law of construction contract interpretation
Reviewing Bidding Documents
R. Jezdimir
Invitation
Bid form
Instructions
Bid bond
Information
Addenda
Reviewing Project Documents
C. Hauser
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.)
Comparing Standardized Construction Documents
C. Hauser
American Institute of Architects
ConsensusDocs
Engineers Joint Contract Documents Committee (EJCDC)
Examining Legal Issues and Contract Disputes
C. Hauser
Changed conditions
Project documentation
Delays, acceleration
Handling payment claims and final payments
Resolving disputes through mediation, arbitration, litigation
Understanding contractual and statutory warranties
Handling Ethical Issues in Construction Contracting
C. Hauser
Promoting impartial, merit-based award of construction contracts
Ensuring honesty, integrity, fair-dealing and quality assurance
Creating a system of internal practices promoting contract compliance
and ethical practices
Credits
Professional Engineers
7.0 PDHs/Continuing Ed. Hours
Architects
7.0 HSW CE Hours
7.0 AIA HSW Learning Units
Contractors
Non-Credit Continuing Ed.
This seminar includes 1.0 hour of Ethics
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 7.0 continuing education hours/PDHs to professional engineers and 7.0 HSW continuing education hours to architects in all states. Educators and courses are not subject to pre-approval in Michigan.
This course has been approved by the American Institute of Architects for 7.0 HSW Learning Units (Provider No. J885). Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA/CES.
HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana (License No. CE21700059), Maryland, New Jersey (Approval No. 24GP00000700), New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota. HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved continuing education sponsor for New York architects.
This seminar offers contractors a non-credit continuing education opportunity. It has not been approved by any state contractor licensing entity with a continuing education requirement.
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
J. Christian Hauser
Attorney at Frasco Caponigro Wineman & Scheible, PLLCMr. Hauser has extensive experience with the full spectrum of legal tasks associated with a construction project, from negotiating the contract to participating in dispute resolution proceedings, preparing and prosecuting fee and delay claims, and litigating disputes. He has represented a wide variety of clients in the construction area, including suppliers, subcontractors, general contractors, owners, design professionals, and sureties. In addition, he is a member of the American Arbitration Association Panel of Construction Arbitrators and Mediators. An attorney since 1998, as well as a licensed builder in the state of Michigan, Mr. Hauser earned his undergraduate degree from Aquinas College and his J.D. degree from the University of Detroit School of Law. He is licensed to practice law in all state and federal courts in Michigan, as well as in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and the United States Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C., Mr. Hauser is a member of Michigan Bar Association (Business Law Section), the American Bar Association (Construction Industry Forum), Rochester Bar Association and the Construction Association of Michigan (CAM). He is a frequent lecturer concerning legal issues pertaining to contractors, design professionals and suppliers.
Ryan Jezdimir
Blevins Sanborn Jezdimir Zack PLC, DetroitMr. Jezdimir focuses on construction law. He has counseled owners, developers, contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers in the drafting and negotiation of construction contracts and has counseled clients during all stages of a construction project relative to bids, adequacy of work, sufficiency of plans or specifications, extra work, delays, warranties, and other related issues. Mr. Jezdimir has also spent a great part of his practice representing construction clients in resolving disputes through litigation, arbitration, or other dispute resolution procedures. He has succeeded as lead counsel in numerous trials and arbitration hearings. Mr. Jezdimir vast litigation experience includes arguments before appellate courts as well as complex commercial litigation involving claims over theft of proprietary company information and claims for misrepresentations underlying a commercial transaction. Starting in 2018, after he was appointed to the American Arbitration Association Roster of Arbitrators for construction and commercial disputes, He expanded his practice to include service as an arbitrator in numerous disputes involving commercial and construction contracts. Mr. Jezdimir has been honored by inclusions in Michigan Super Lawyers magazine, a top construction litigator by the magazine, dbusiness, and a Fellow in the Construction Lawyers of America Society.