Reducing Construction Costs: Uses of Best Dispute Resolution Practices by Project Owners: Proceedings Report (2007)
Chapter: Appendix A Forum Agenda
APPENDIX A
Forum Agenda
8:45-9:00 | Welcoming Remarks |
| William W. Brubaker, NAC, Smithsonian Institution; Vice-Chair, Federal Facilities Council |
| James G. Slaughter, Jr., NAC, S&B Engineering & Construction; President, National Academy of Construction |
9:00-9:30 | Keynote Address: “Changing the Adversarial Culture of the Construction Industry” |
| Thomas J. Stipanowich, President and CEO, International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution |
9:30-10:30 | Brief Review of Typical “Dispute Prevention and Resolution Best Practices” |
| James P. Groton, NAC, Past President, American College of Construction Lawyers |
| Robert A. Rubin, NAC, Past President, American College of Construction Lawyers |
10:30-11:00 | Break |
11:00-12:30 | Specific Examples of Successful Uses of Dispute Prevention and Resolution Best Practices |
| Documentation of Successful Results from Using CII Best Practices |
| Hans Van Winkle, NAC, Director, Construction Industry Institute |
| Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Successful Uses of Dispute Resolution Best Practices |
| Takis Salpeas, Assistant General Manager, WMATA Capital Projects |
| Using “Bridging” and Dispute Resolution to Improve Design/Build Projects |
| George Heery, President, Brookwood Program Management |
| Project Success in the Pentagon Renovation Through Dispute Resolution Best Practices |
| Andrew Blumenfeld, Chief Counsel, Pentagon Renovation Project |
12:30-1:30 | Lunch |
1:30-2:45 | Current Extent of Use of Dispute Prevention and Early Resolution Practices Among Project Owners; Why Aren’t They More Widely Used? |
| Principal Speaker: |
| Paul Barshop, Chief Operating Officer, Independent Project Analysis, Inc. |
| Commentators: |
| Theodore C. Kennedy, NAC, Founder, BE&K, Inc. |
| James B. Porter, Jr., Vice President, Engineering & Operations, DuPont |
| Gerald H. Greene, NAC, former Proctor and Gamble Manager |
| Moderator: |
| Richard Little, Director, Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment, National Research Council |
2:45-3:00 | Break |
3:00-4:00 | Exploring Ways to Encourage and Implement Greater Uses of Dispute Resolution Best Practices |
| G. Edward Gibson, NAC, Director, Center for Construction Industry Studies, University of Texas |
| Lester Edelman, former Chief Counsel, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
| Thomas J. Stipanowich, President, International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution |
| Michael C. Vorster, NAC, Ph.D., Construction and Management Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute |
4:00-4:15 | Summary of Key Points of the Forum and Adjournment |
4:15-5:30 | Reception |
