Construction Law 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 – 4:30 pm
Improving the Project Outcome with Accurate and Effective
Construction Contracting
J. Kutch
Understanding contract terminology
Forming contracts Understanding contract obligations
The law governing construction contracts:
The Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) and applicable state laws
Subcontract formation and administration
Performance and payment issues
Breach of contract and default
Construction Contracting in Traditional and
Alternative Project Delivery Systems:
Finding the Framework That’s Right for the Owner and the Project
E.R. Rodabaugh
Legal rights/duties of entities under design and construction contracts:
allocating the risk among owners, contractors, design services firms,
subcontractors and suppliers
Design-bid-build: entering into construction contracts and agreements
in the traditional construction process
Design-build: contractor-led, designer-led, joint venture
Construction manager and construction manager-at-risk
Protecting the Owner and the Project:
Insurance and Bonding Issues in Construction
C. Daugherty
Types of construction bonds
• Performance
• Payment
• Alternatives to bonds
Other types of bonds
Types of insurance
• Commercial general liability insurance
• Builder’s risk insurance
• Errors and omissions insurance
• Additional/alternative insurance
Controlled Insurance Programs
Claims and notice issues
Making Changes and Resolving Disputes
During the Construction Process
M. Cavosie
Making changes to the contract and contracted work
• The contract change clause
• Types of changes: ordered and constructive changes
• Requirements for making changes
• Liability issues
Solving problems during the construction process
• Site conditions
• Delays
• Disruption
• Acceleration
• Accidents
Handling Ethical Issues in Construction
B. Huffman
Avoiding ethical issues during the bidding process
Gifts, favors and the appearance of impropriety
Your duties to your employer, the project owner, and other project participants
Adopting practices that minimize ethics issues
Credits
Professional Engineers
6.5 Continuing Ed. Hours,
Including 1.0 Ethics Hour
Architects
6.5 HSW Contact Hours
6.5 AIA HSW Learning Units
Contractors
Non-Credit Continuing Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers 6.5 continuing education hours/PDHs to professional engineers, including 1.0 ethics hour, and 6.5 HSW contact hours to architects in Indiana. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education provider for Indiana engineers. Architect continuing education providers and courses are not subject to preapproval in Indiana.
The American Institute of Architects has approved this course for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885). Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA.
Professional engineers and architects seeking continuing education credit in other states will be able to earn the hours at this seminar, in most cases. Refer to specific state rules to determine eligibility.
This seminar offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to construction contractors. It has not been approved by any contractor licensing board for continuing education credit.
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. Michael Cavosie
Partner, Easter & Cavosie
Mr Cavosie is licensed to practice law in both Indiana and Illinois. He has many years of experience representing construction industry owners, design professionals, contractors, subcontractors, and material suppliers in dispute resolution and claim defense or prosecution. He is able to offer his construction clients a broad range of services – on simple collections to complicated delay cases. In addition, he has extensive experience representing clients in labor and employment matters such as union salting efforts, defending unfair labor practice charges, drafting employee handbooks, and defending clients against discrimination charges before the EEOC and in federal court. Mr Cavosie graduated magna cum laude from Indiana University School of Law – Bloomington, in 1992. He was the Senior Managing Editor for the Indiana Law Journal and was awarded membership into the Order of the Coif, an honorary legal scholastic society whose membership is limited to the top 10 percent of each graduating class. He is a 1977 cum laude graduate of Butler University, which he attended on academic and debate scholarships.
Charles Daugherty
Easter & CavosieEaster & Cavosie, Indianapolis
Mr. Daugherty focuses his practice on construction law and real estate. He represents many of the Midwest’s largest commercial and residential developers, owner’s representatives, construction managers, contractors, design-builders, subcontractors, material and equipment suppliers, design professionals, consultants, and other companies with interests related to construction and real estate. His first published article analyzed the relationship of business entities involved in construction projects and their ability to guard against liability through the use of contractual indemnification. Mr. Daugherty leans on his experiences in the construction industry to enable him to intimately understand the needs of business clients. He graduated summa cum laude, earning his J.D. degree from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis.
Betsy Huffman
Easter & CavosieEaster & Cavosie, Indianapolis
Ms. Huffman’s practice focuses on construction law, commercial real estate law and employment law. She represents many of the Midwest’s largest commercial and residential developers, owner’s representatives, construction managers, contractors, design-builders, subcontractors, material and equipment suppliers, design professionals, consultants and other companies with interests related to construction and real estate. Ms. Huffman graduated cum laude, earning her J.D. degree from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law in Indianapolis.
Joshua Kutch
Frost Brown Todd, LLCFrost Brown Todd, LLC, Indianapolis
Mr. Kutch is an attorney at Frost Brown Todd LLC in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he concentrates his practice in the areas of construction and surety law, including litigation, contract preparation, review and negotiation, claims avoidance and general construction advice. He is a member of the American Bar Association’s Forum on Construction Law, the Leadership Track Committee of the Association of General Contractors of Indiana, and the Leadership Development Committee of Indiana Constructors, Inc. Mr. Kutch obtained his B.S. degree from Indiana University—Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) and his J.D. degree from Notre Dame Law School.
E. Rodabaugh
Easter & CavosieEaster & Cavosie, Indianapolis
Mr. Rodabaugh’s main focus is on construction law and real estate litigation. He represents many of the Midwest’s largest commercial and residential developers, owner’s representatives, construction managers, contractors, design-builders, subcontractors, material and equipment suppliers, design professionals and consultants, and other companies whose core business is not real estate and construction but to whom real estate or construction related issues are a significant concern. He has over five years of experience as an estimator and project manager in the construction industry. Mr. Rodabaugh graduated with distinction in 2002 from Purdue University at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis with a B.S. degree. He graduated from the Valparaiso University School of Law in 2005. Mr. Rodabaugh is a member of National Utility Contractors Association (NUCA), serving on the Special Issues Committee.