Popular On Site Workshops
On Site Training:
Provides convenience and privacy to your team in a venue that allows optimal understanding for all participants. This also encourages open dialog to target the specific information your team needs most.
Tailored Topics:
Select from a wide variety of standard topics that can be tailored to meet your specific needs. Current industry topics are integrated with established law to provide a deeper understanding of contract terms and pro-active contract management.
Workshop Sessions:
Our time-tested workshop environment keeps your team more engaged, which provides an enjoyable experience. Our minds are way more open to learning when we are enjoying the process!
Understanding and Negotiating Contract Terms
This workshop covers the contract terms that pose the most risk and that often provide fertile ground for disputes.
Attendees will learn ways to edit and negotiate such terms to level the playing field. This workshop explores terms such as: pay-if-paid/pay-when-paid; retention; integration clauses; incorporation of the prime contract; termination for cause and convenience; indemnity and liability; liquidated damages; notice provisions; no-damage-for-delay clauses; force majeure, and sleeper clauses such venue and choice of law.
The workshop includes practical and entertaining exercises such as the "timed" contract term scavenger hunt and a mock negotiation of contract terms.
The Devil is in the Details -
Managing Project Documentation, Changes and Claims
The devil is truly in the details as this workshop works through key contract terms while emphasizing the importance of properly organized and detailed paperwork by exploring the following topics:
This Workshop emphasizes well-organized project files, clear communication, and good documentation as your best tools for ensuring a smooth project and minimizing and managing disputes. When you know how to professionally respond to directives, give proper notice, track extra work, assert your contract rights, and proceed under protest when needed, you protect your company without damaging customer relationships. The hands-on case study walks through the process step-by-step so you leave knowing exactly how to confidently handle whatever comes your way on any project!
In this Workshop, you’ll learn how to:
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Organize contracts and project files early to build a strong administrative foundation.
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Identify contract clauses that may create unexpected risk and understand roles and responsibilities upfront.
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Use a collaborative, practical approach to project management to keep teams aligned and work moving forward smoothly.
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Recognize and handle a difficult project player before issues escalate.
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Manage project documentation effectively by:
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Set up and maintaining clean, consistent project files
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Track RFIs, submittals, and change orders
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Pay attention to meeting minutes
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Write daily reports with the right content and purpose
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Produce clear, professional communication to reduce risk, prevent disputes, and support overall project success.
You’ll also gain key insight and confidence with:
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When and how to assert contract rights
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Responding to written and verbal directives
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Providing timely notice and documentation to protect against claims
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Working under protest effectively
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Enforcing change orders and claims in a customer-focused way
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Tracking and documenting extra or changed work
The Workshop culminates with an entertaining hypothetical case study where you’ll learn what to do step-by-step when faced with potential “extra” work, including drafting a proper RFI, submitting a change order request, proceeding under protest, and then drafting a claim!
BUILD YOUR DAY:
Your Personal Critical Path -
Effective Time Management for the Busy Construction Professional
For most professionals, the continual rush and constant interruptions brought by emails and texts have made it nearly impossible to distinguish between what is important verses what claims to be urgent. With no daily plan, tasks compete for attention, and essential responsibilities slip through the cracks and then turn urgent.
This Workshop focuses on practical, real-world skills that construction professionals can rely on to manage their time more successfully. Whether you're managing bids, change orders, people, or procurement, or maybe doing it all, this Workshop lets you take control of your day using practical strategic methods developed from proven frameworks. Attendees learn to plan their day, prioritize the right tasks, and stay on track while balancing jobsite demands, office responsibilities, and constant interruptions.
Attendees find out how to ensure that important time-dependent items (such as bids, submittals, RFIs, Change Order requests, procurement, planning, and reporting) receive adequate attention to produce on-time, high quality work while reducing stress and leaving time for themselves to enjoy weekends and even take a stress-free vacation!