HR Training 2019 - Impact Damages - Fact or Fiction?

Overview
In this session, industry veteran James G. Zack, Jr., will discuss impact damages and what they may include. You will gain a better understanding of impact damages and the issues surrounding this form of damages. This session will also explore 10 types of impact damage claims. For each of the 10 types of impact damage claims, Zack, Jr. will identify and discuss one or more potential defenses owners may employ to analyze and resolve impact damage issues.
Why should you Attend
This session will identify legitimate impact damages and some "claim games" centering on impact damages - how to identify these and how to defend against them. You will get suggested defenses against such games - some of which require contract language while other defenses are more pragmatic. The intent of the session is to advise project participants in how to resolve impact damages on the site and not in the courtroom.
You will become fully conversant with the ins and outs of impact damages, and how to prepare legitimate impact damage claims; how to analyze such claims; and how to resolve such claims. This unique session will deal with this very specialized form of claim damages in a practical manner
Areas Covered in the Session
This session will discuss the following types of impact damages associated with various construction claims:
Bidding Claims
RFIs - the paper war
Lost Productivity/lost efficiency impacts
Delay Impacts
Inspection Claims
Subcontractor Impacts
Lost revenue Impacts
Labor Impacts
Generic Claims
Total Cost Claims
Who Will Benefit
Owners and their Representatives
Construction Managers
Contractors
Subcontractors
Speaker Profile
James G. Zack, CFCC, CCM, FAACE, FGPC, FRICS, PMP Senior Advisor, Ankura Construction Forum™ - the construction industry's global resource for thought leadership and best practices on avoidance and resolution of construction project disputes globally. Formerly, Jim was the founder and Executive Director of the Navigant Construction Forum™.
Previously he was the Executive Director, Corporate Claims Management, Fluor Corporation; Vice President, PinnacleOne; and Senior Construction Claims Consultant, CH2M HILL, Inc. With more than 47 years experience he is a recognized expert in mitigation, analysis and resolution or defense of construction claims. A Fellow of AACE, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the Guild of Project Controls. Mr. Zack is a Certified Forensic Claims Consultant, a Certified Construction Manager and a Project Management Professional as well as an internationally known author and speaker on construction claims.