The 32nd annual State Bar of Texas Annual Construction Law Conference returns to San Antonio next spring. Topics include Case Law, Insurance Law and Legislative Updates; Notice Anything? Is My $50 Million Dollar Damage Claim Really Barred Because I Failed to Send the Contractually Required Notice within Seven Days?; Trial Demonstration: Zachry v. Port of Houston Opening Statement; Ethical Issues for Lawyers in the Cloud including Cyber Risks (Ethics Credit) (Thursday Lunch Session); OCIP or CCIP; Exclusive Remedy; Election of Remedies, and many others.

February 28th & March 1st 2019 (Golf Tournament February 27th)
The La Cantera Resort & Spa
16641 La Cantera Parkway
San Antonio, Texas 78256

The National Business Institute (NBI) presents a one-day seminar for attorneys, architects, construction professionals, engineers, insurance professionals, real estate developers, and paralegals. The course will cover the following topics: Cutting-Edge Negotiation Tactics to Overcome Obstacles in Construction Contracts, Payment Problems with Change Orders and Extra Work, Tough Delay Challenges, Indemnification Disputes and Additional Insured Pitfalls, Construction Defect Dilemmas with CGL Coverage, Battles Over Damages: Negotiating Solutions, and Ethics Considerations for Construction Attorneys.

November 9th, 2018
Hilton Garden Inn Oklahoma City Airport
801 S. Meridian
Oklahoma City, OK 73108

This Defense Research Institute (DRI) one-day seminar will cover the latest trends in case filings, where the talc cases have gone and where they are going, how to prepare and defend your PMK, and how to make the best of asbestos trusts. Moderators of the defense-only seminar include Edward P. Abbot, Albert H. Parnell, and R. Thomas Radcliffe, Jr.

November 7th, 2018
Hilton Austin Downtown
500 East 4th Street
Austin, TX 78701

This one-day Forum on Construction Law presented by the American Bar Association is a “one-of-a-kind program” that “provides a unique opportunity for both new and seasoned construction lawyers, as well as other construction industry participants, to gain a fundamental understanding of the key engineering and construction issues that govern major civil works projects or “horizontal” construction.”

Bechtel Conference Center*
500 Washington Street
San Francisco, CA 94111

*Seminar will be held simultaneously in Atlanta, GE, Columbus, OH, and Washington, D.C.

This one-day HalfMoon Educational seminar will focus on Green Infrastructure Practices for the Building Envelope. Topics covered include Monetizing the Benefits of Green Infrastructure for the Building Envelope; The Reversal of All Gains: Failures and Remediation; The Social and Human Element; and Proving Asset Value Gains.

September 20th, 2018
Embassy Suites - Galleria
2815 Akers Mill Road SE
Atlanta, GA 30339

Attendees of this one-day seminar presented by the National Business Institute will learn the following: how to avoid future disputes by drafting and negotiating effective construction contracts; Disentangle construction project indemnity and insurance issues; Understand how to deal with unsatisfactory plans and specifications; Discover reasonable strategies for handling unavoidable disputes that may cause changes or delays; and Examine methods for approaching various payment issues associated with construction projects.

November 14th, 2018
Video Webcast

The American Bar Association presents their 2018 Fall Meeting: It’s Lonely At The Top-Building a Successful Team with the Owner. The two-day event will cover how to make your construction project successful: “At its core, every successful construction project begins with the selection of project participants who all share one common goal to construct a project on schedule, in budget and with minimal dispute. Our program will focus on how to achieve this goal, from the perspectives of all of the project participants, including not just the Owner but also the General Contractor,Design Professionals, Subcontractors, Lenders and other stakeholders.”

October 4-5, 2018
Le Centre Sheraton Montreal Hotel
1201 Rene-Levesque Blvd
W Montreal QC H3B 2L7
Canada

This Building Information Modeling (BIM) seminar is suited for Risk Managers, Claim Managers, and Attorneys. This one-day webinar will cover Understanding BIM, Understanding the Qualifications of a BIM Expert; Construction Process & BIM; and BIM related contract documents.

November 1, 2018
Live Webinar

This one-day live webinar will focus on getting “earlier resolutions of dispute with less legal and expert expense--and often with preserving valuable relationships.” Once you have taken the seminar you will be able to do the following: 1, Describe what a construction client needs when they encounter an impassed dispute; 2, Will be able to recognize anticipating and overcoming impasse; 3, Be able to discuss examples of contruction client dissatisfaction with lawyers meeting their position change needs, and finally, Will be able to explain how to get opposing parties to agree to an early mediator hire.

June 18th, 2018
Live Webinar

Attendees at the Associated General Contractors (AGC) Safety and Health Conference will “participate in the development of regulatory and legislative activity on both at the national and local level, assist in the development and creation of new safety training programs and products, and hear the latest initiatives from OSHA and other industry experts.”

July 25th-27th, 2018
JW Marriott Indianapolis
10 S. West Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204

This one-day, live seminar will cover the following topics: Overview of Special Inspections, Soil and Foundation Inspections, Concrete and Masonry Construction Inspections, Steel Inspections, Wood Construction, Fire-Resistance and Exterior Insulation Inspections, Seismic and Wind Resistance, Load Testing and Material and Test Standards, and Discrepancies and Reports.

June 12, 2018
Four Points by Sheraton San Jose
1471 North 4th Street
San Jose, CA 95112