Avoiding Pitfalls in Energy Project Construction: EPC Contract Disputes, Owner Protections, Resolving Claims
Course Details
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On-Demand
- signal_cellular_alt Difficulty Level
Intermediate
- work Practice Area
Energy
- event Date
Thursday, May 23, 2024
- schedule Time
1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT
- timer Program Length
90 minutes
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This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.
This CLE course will guide power and energy plant owners and their counsel regarding challenges that arise in energy project construction and effective methods to avoid and mitigate claims, contract disputes, and litigation. The panel will discuss key engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract provisions that must be considered during the negotiation and drafting of EPC contracts to ensure owner protections, properly allocate risks throughout project construction, and avoid and mitigate claims.
Ms. Halliburton works in the firm’s Trial and Construction group and has extensive experience in all aspects of electronic discovery, including managing significant volumes of electronically stored information (ESI) utilizing various electronic review platforms and litigation support systems, and manages the firm’s electronic discovery team. Her experience includes work on power and energy construction disputes, construction contract disputes, medical products liability, and antitrust litigation. Ms. Halliburton's extensive research and analytical capabilities enables her to digest large volumes of complex information and organize and present it in a skilled and effective manner. She is focused and articulate while striving to provide clients with optimally organized and coordinated data ensuring the most efficient workflow.
Representing clients in complex commercial litigation, Mr. Lifschitz has a wealth of experience in every aspect of trial practice including shareholder / partnership disputes, real estate matters, contract disputes, civil RICO and general commercial disputes. Additionally, he has represented clients in civil fraud investigations and brings extensive experience to his clients in government procurement issues. Mr. Lifschitz’s clients represent a variety of industries, including construction, power and energy, aerospace, electronics, manufacturing, shipbuilding and technology.
Energy projects involve significant risks that must be allocated between project owners and contractors. Failure to adequately plan for and manage potential mishaps during energy project construction can lead to costly litigation. Counsel must understand these risks and identify essential contractual rights and responsibilities throughout project construction to effectively avoid and manage claims.
Avoiding and managing claims arising from EPC contracts begins at project inception. Owners and contractors must understand contracting models and delivery systems, performance standards, limitations of liability, available remedies, and other essential items to achieve the most appropriate construction contract for each energy project. If there is a dispute, counsel must understand key mechanisms in preparing, negotiating, and resolving claims.
Listen as our panel discusses effective EPC deal structures to ensure owner protection, key pitfalls to avoid in energy project construction, and essential techniques for negotiating and resolving claims.
- EPC deal structuring and key contract provisions
- Avoiding common owner pitfalls in energy project construction and contracting
- Essential methods of protecting against contractor claims
- Effectively negotiating and resolving contractor claims
The panel will review these and other key issues:
- Understanding key EPC contract provisions: performance standards, remedies, notice, dispute procedures, etc.
- Owner protection and limitations of liability in EPC contracts
- Preparing, negotiating, and resolving claims
- Techniques for defending against claims and mediation and alternative dispute options
