Program Chairs
Jason Annibale
Partner, McMillan LLP
Meera Wagman
Managing Director, Secretariat International
Geza Banfai
Counsel, McMillan LLP
Delays lurk on every job you do and, if improperly managed, they risk your project’s financial ruin.
With ongoing supply chain and labour disruptions, project delays and claims are growing in number, scope and complexity, which can lead to burdensome costs and reputational damage. Top up your professional knowledge and skills with the latest legal risk management tools and tactics to better protect yourself and to help keep your project claim-free.
Targeting experienced legal and industry professionals, this annual event will provide you with the latest and best-available information and strategies for dealing with key delay and impact claims risks and challenges, as well as practical guidance for bringing or defending claims in an increasingly ‘defensive’ market environment.
Using real-world examples, a faculty of legal and technical experts will guide you through how to navigate the shifting latest developments impacting the legal and technical landscape associated with delay and impact claims, and decision makers will share their insights and top tips for how to succeed when your matter is being adjudicated, with important distinctions for those who are bringing a claim or those who are defending one.
Don’t miss the live, facilitated workshop (optional).
Led by legal and technical experts, you will put into practice what you learned during the program and gain hands-on experience working through some common challenges arising in a delay claim fact scenario. Workshop space is strictly limited.
Can’t Make the Date? Registration includes 120-day unlimited, online access to the recorded program.
What You’ll Learn
What’s new and what’s important for 2024? How and why managing delays and claims has become more ‘defensive’ in the context of legal developments and continued market uncertainty
“You want it when?” An owner, general contractor, subcontractor and designer come together to share lessons learned and their top tips on ‘getting real’ with an unrealistic schedule
Why owners and the courts are getting so particular about notice for 2024 – including late notice, improper notice or no notice at all, and how to provide notice and preserve the relationship
Tactics for dealing with claims and defences in 2024 from the perspectives of owners, contractors and subcontractors – including the technical requirements, what you need to prove, typical defences, and identifying strengths and weaknesses in methodology
Proven proactive risk management strategies for contractors and subcontractors for preparing their cases/claims, including how they are similar and how they are distinct, and how to avoid emerging missteps
Troubleshooting challenges when working with third-party experts in 2024, including selecting and managing the experts and any conflicts of interest, dealing with emerging ethical issues, and how to ensure your expert – and their report – adds value to the client
How to succeed when your delay claim is being adjudicated from decision-makers themselves, including a judge, an arbitrator, and a mediator – including their insights on how to ‘tell your delay story,’ and their recommended do’s and don’ts to select and present expert evidence’ to add value and credibility to your client’s case
Overview of the legal context, how to work with experts and how the different methods of delay analysis operate, as well as the relative advantages and disadvantages of each, and when you need to retain a specialist to calculate loss
Working Through Key and Emerging Delay Claims Challenges for 2024 – Facilitated Workshop (Optional)
Do not miss the rare opportunity to put into practice key delay and impact claims concepts and principles by working through key and emerging challenges arising in a unique delay claim fact scenario for 2024. You will get real-time guidance, support and troubleshooting tips from expert facilitators on how to develop and maintain effective documentation, identify and overcome schedule analysis sticking points such as overlapping red lines and various costs, establish straightforward graphs to help bridge information gaps in the absence of a formal schedule analysis, and to develop a risk management and key stakeholder framework (to as a template).
Plus! Registration for the program or workshop includes three primer modules covering core concepts and principles:
The Legal Context & Key Principles Surrounding Delay Claims (52 mins, on demand, recorded in 2021)
Working with Experts in Delay Claims: What You Need to Know (48 mins, on demand, recorded in 2021)
Overview of the Different Methods for Calculating Delay and Impact Losses (~ 60 mins, available on demand by March 25, 2024)
Who Should Attend
Construction lawyers, in-house counsel and legal advisors
Project managers
Contract manager and administrators
Owners and developers
Government, municipal and regulatory professionals
Builders and construction professionals
Engineers, Certified Engineering Technicians/Technologists (CET) or Consulting Engineers (CE)
Procurement professionals
Consultants
Faculty
Program Chairs
Jason Annibale
Partner, McMillan LLP
Meera Wagman
Managing Director, Secretariat International
Program Advisor
Geza Banfai
Counsel, McMillan LLP
Instructors
Associate Justice Todd Robinson
Ontario Superior Court of Justice
Maged Abdelsayed, PEng, MEng
Partner, HKA Global
Glenn Ackerley
Partner, WeirFoulds LLP
Ali Al‑Ahmad
Senior Managing Director, Head of Canada Construction, Projects & Assets, FTI Consulting
Melissa DiMarco
Partner, Accuracy
Edward (Ted) Dreyer
Madorin, Snyder LLP, and Certified Adjudicator, Ontario Dispute Adjudication for Construction Contracts
Seema Lal
Singleton Reynolds LLP
Andrea Lee
Partner, Glaholt Bowles LLP
Niamh Ni Chroinin
Senior Director, Construction, Disputes & Advisory, Ankura
Chris O’Connor, KC
Principal, O'Connor Alternative Dispute Resolution
Janet Oh
Chief Legal Officer, WSP
Program Agenda
Chairs’ Welcome and Industry Overview (9:00 a.m ET)
Wrap‑up and Open Discussion (4:45 p.m. ET)
Register
May 9, 2024
Registration includes: access to the online replay and online primers
$795 + TAX
Time
9:00 a.m – 5:00 p.m (ET)
Printable registration form
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CPD and Accreditation
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Substantive (Online Modules) | 1h 30m |
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Total (Online Modules) | 1h 30m |
Substantive (Program) | 5h 45m |
Professionalism (Program) | 1h |
Total (Program) | 6h 45m |
Substantive (Workshop) | 4h |
Total (Workshop) | 4h |
Substantive (Online Modules) | 1h 30m |
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Total (Online Modules) | 1h 30m |
Substantive (Program) | 5h 45m |
Professionalism (Program) | 1h |
Total (Program) | 6h 45m |
Gold Seal Certification | 1 credit |
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Gold Seal Certification | 1 credit |
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LawPRO Risk Management Credit | Yes |
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LawPRO Risk Management Credit | Yes |
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LAWPRO
This program is approved for LAWPRO Risk Management Credit.
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