Description

Soil and soil-related issues are impactful in an astonishing number of construction claims/lawsuits. Are construction delays costing your client money? Is soil a factor? If your client has a construction related claim and is a general contractor, grading contractor, structural engineer, architect, civil designer, inspection company: soil may be related to the claim. Were the soils considered properly during design? It is a tangled web woven on a construction site given the interaction between prime and subcontractors, inspection duties, duty to protect, control of the site, duty of design professionals, etc.

Who Should Attend

• Attorneys
  
• Adjusters
  
• Construction industry professionals that handle construction-related claims

What You Will Learn

• Soils-related issues impact a surprising percentage of construction cost-related issues, understand how to determine if your case is one those issues.
• Remember to consider dirt in your analysis, take away a better understanding of the relationships between soils and the parties in the project.
• Better understand soil-related issues and learn how to better indicate or exonerate the different parties in you case.
• Have a better understanding on when to consult with a geotechnical engineer with construction experience regarding your case.

Speaker(s):

• Mark L. Drotar, P.E., S-E-A
• Jason Ball, P.E., S-E-A