AIA Contract Document Workshop Seminar
Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 am – 12:00 pm
Lunch (On your own): 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Afternoon Session: 1:00 – 5:00 pm
Examining contract terminology
James McMahon
Parties, consideration, term, performance, substantial performance, breach, remedies, damages
Understanding types of construction contracts:
• Stipulated sum
• Cost plus fee
• Design build
• Construction management
Understanding roles and relationships of project participants:
• Owners, architects/engineers, construction managers, contractors, subs and suppliers
Contract negotiation and drafting
Exploring the law of construction contract interpretation
The Primary AIA Contract Documents
Andrew Carlowicz
A101-2017 Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and Contractor (Stipulated Sum)
B101-2017 Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and Architect
A133-2009 Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and Construction Manager Where Construction Manager is also Constructor
A141-2014 Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and Design Builder
A401-2017 Standard Form of Agreement Between Contractor and Subcontractor
C401-2017 Standard Form of Agreement Between Architect and Consultant
AIA A201: General Conditions
Eric Abraham
Overview of new updates to AIA documents
General provisions
Project participants: owner, contractor, architect, engineer, subcontractors
Changes in the work
Time, payments and completion
Protection of persons and property, insurance and bonds
Defects in and correction of work
Miscellaneous provisions
Termination, suspension, claims and disputes
Supplemental or Alternate AIA Contract Documents
Gary Strong
A105-2017 Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and Contractor for a Residential or Small Commercial Project
A107-2017 Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and Contractor for a Project of Limited Scope
B105-2017 Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and Architect for a Residential or Small Commercial Project
The “SP” Series for Sustainable Projects
AIA Contract Documents for Digital Practice
Case Study: Reviewing Completed Contract Documents for a Sample Project
Gary Strong
Credits
Professional Engineers
7.0 CPC Credits/PDHs
Architects
7.0 HSW Continuing Ed. Hours
7.0 AIA HSW Learning Units
Contractors
Non-Credit Continuing Ed.
Continuing Education Credit Information
This seminar is open to the public and offers up to 7.0 CPC credits/PDHs to professional engineers and 7.0 HSW continuing education hours to architects in all states, except Florida architects. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education provider for New Jersey engineers (Approval No. 24GP00000700).
This event has been approved by the American Institute of Architects for 7.0 Learning Units (Sponsor No. J885). Courses approved by the AIA qualify for New Jersey architects. Only full attendance can be reported to the AIA.
HalfMoon Education is deemed an approved architect continuing education sponsor in New York. HalfMoon Education is an approved continuing education sponsor for engineers in Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, New York (NYSED Sponsor No. 35), North Carolina, and North Dakota.
This seminar offers a non-credit continuing education opportunity to contractors; it has not been approved in any state that has a contractor 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
Eric Abraham
Partner at Hill Wallack, LLP in Princeton, NJMr. Abraham leads the Firm’s Complex Litigation practice group, and is a member of the Firm’s Banking & Financial Services, Redevelopment and Life Sciences practice groups. Equally skilled in the board room and the court room, He counsels his clients in a wide variety of practice areas and across industries. Banks, pharmaceutical companies, developers and business owners all rely upon Mr. Abraham’s legal advice to solve their most difficult problems. In the development and redevelopment practice areas, Mr. Abraham draws on a wealth of experience in environmental law, land use law, regulatory/administrative law, and construction law to solve his client’s most pressing problems. Mr. Abraham’s assignments have included high-profile redevelopment projects in New Jersey’s largest cities, disputes relating to water and sewer resource allocation for new developments, complex construction defect suits, and environmental remediation suits. He received his law degree from Seton Hall University School of Law and graduated cum laude. During law school, he served as an editor of the Seton Hall Law Review. Mr. Abraham is a graduate of Franklin & Marshall College.
Andrew Carlowicz
Hoagland, Longo, Moran, Dunst & Doukas, L.L.P.Hoagland, Longo, Moran, Dunst & Doukas, LLP – New Brunswick, NJ
Mr. Carlowicz serves as co-chair of his firm’s Construction Law Department, and he is a member of the firm’s management committee. He received a B.S. degree from the University of Scranton and a J.D. degree from the Catholic University of America. He is corporate counsel for numerous design professional firms and construction contractors throughout New Jersey, and he frequently provides both litigation representation, as well as contract review and non-litigation counsel to his clients. Mr. Carlowicz is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association’s Construction Industry Section, and he has lectured at NJIT, Princeton’s School of Architecture, and the New Jersey Superior Court “Judicial College”. He is on the panel of both arbitrators and mediators for construction industry disputes brought before the American Arbitration Association, and the New Jersey Superior Court panel of construction claim mediators.
James McMahon
Lewis & McKennaPartner at Lewis & McKenna, Saddle River, NJMr. McMahon is a member of the State bars of New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts, in addition to the Federal District Courts of New Jersey, New York, and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. Prior to undertaking the practice of law, Mr. McMahon worked as a laborer, surveyor, and field engineer for a large civil construction company, working on such projects as the CA/T (Big Dig) Project, and the billion-dollar electrification of the Northeast Corridor. He is an active member of the New Jersey Construction Law Section, serving as co-vice chair of the Section, and he will soon take over the position of chair of the Section. Mr. McMahon is also an active member of the New Jersey Association of General Contractors, and the New Jersey Utility and Transportation Contractors Association, serving on the Association’s Legislative Affairs Committee. He has published many articles in legal and industry publications, including a chapter in Aspatore’s Inside the Minds: Government Contract Bid Protest. Mr. McMahon practices in the areas of construction, commercial litigation, and maritime collection actions and has been named a Superlawyer Rising Star. He has been named one of New Jersey’s 40 Under 40 most accomplished and young dynamic business leaders by New Jersey Business Magazine.
Gary Strong
Partner, Seiger Gfeller Laurie, LLP
Mr. Strong focuses his practice in the areas of construction litigation and professional malpractice defense including representation of design professionals, insurance brokers, real estate agents, lawyers, and accountants in the state and federal courts of New Jersey and New York. He has represented a variety of clients in the construction arena, including project owners, developers, design professionals, general and prime contractors, and specialty trade contractors, in all phases of construction and commercial litigation. Mr. Strong regularly counsels clients during pre-construction and construction phases on issues including contract negotiations, risk management, and disputes. His representation extends to both public and private projects, and addresses payment claims, delay, acceleration, design issues, lien law, bond claims, surety issues, defective work, and wrongful termination.