Preventing and Addressing Construction Defects and Failures Seminar
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Agenda
Registration: 8:00 – 8:30 am
Morning Session: 8:30 – 11:45 am
Lunch (On your own): 11:45 am – 12:45 pm
Afternoon Session: 12:45 – 4:30 pm
Distinguishing between Construction Defects and Failures
Defining defects
Causes of defects: problems with design, materials
and/or construction
Defining failures
Causes of failures: deterioration, unintended use, “Acts of God”
Examining Common Defects and Failures
Analyzing defects and failures for methodology and causality
Site selection and engineering
Building design
Foundation design and construction
Design and construction of floors, walls and roofing
Exploring defects and failures in mechanical and electrical systems
Adopting Practices that Reduce Defects and Failures
Reviewing proposed use and preparing construction documents
Complying with building codes and standards
Choosing materials and construction techniques
Investigating new materials and construction techniques
Monitoring construction
Correcting problems before project completion
Building commissioning, operation and maintenance
Preventing and Resolving Disputes Generated by
Defects and Failures
Identifying parties with potential liability
Understanding theories of liability
Identifying defenses to liability
Timeliness, contractual defenses, crossclaims and counterclaims
Participating in conflict resolution procedures
Mediation, arbitration, litigation
Reviewing types of damages and how they are calculated
Insurance coverage issues
Credits
Professional Engineers
6.5 PDHs
Architects
6.5 HSW CEPHs/CE 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 PDHs to professional engineers and 6.5 HSW continuing education hours (CEPHs) to architects in all states. Educators and courses are not subject to pre-approval in Texas.
The American Institute of Architects has approved this event for 6.5 HSW Learning Units (Sponsor 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 a non-credit continuing education opportunity to contractors. It has not been approved by any state contractor licensing entity for continuing education approval.
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
Jarrod Burns
BSC Forensic Services, LLCMr. Burns is the founding principal of BSC Forensic Services, LLC, and he practices as a structural forensic investigator, holding professional engineer licensure in 25 states and counting. He has a unique background including education, business development, technology development, engineering design, forensic engineering, and teaching. Since 2011, BSC has grown to a nationally-recognized firm under Mr. Burns’ leadership with experts licensed throughout the United States in fields such as: structural, civil, mechanical, electrical, mold, industrial hygiene, drones, as well as fire and explosion. Mr. Burns is the author of two patents pending pertaining to forensic investigations, and he has testified in multiple trials, depositions, arbitrations, and/or mediations.
Mr. Burns’ forensic experience includes structural design, failure analysis, construction defect, premises safety/ injury (including trips and slips), water losses, wind assessments, hail assessments, flooring assessments, foundation performance evaluations (including movement attributed to plumbing leaks), building envelopes, air and water penetration (spray testing), and much more. Mr. Burns and BSC staff under his responsible charge perform inspections on commercial, residential, multi-family, industrial, and government facilities as well as automobile, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems routinely.
His experience has also included work as a structural engineer on nationwide projects, as a project manager for a civil engineering firm in Houston and Dallas, Texas, and as an adjunct instructor in the Civil Engineering Department at the University of Houston. Mr. Burns holds a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Arkansas and an M.S. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington, and he is a past-president of Tau Beta Pi, AR-Alpha.