Planning for Success: Risk Management in the Construction Industry

Assessing risk is a critical part of strategic business planning, whether you’re working with key internal stakeholders or outside trusted partners, such as insurance brokers, accountants, attorneys, or other professionals.
 
But what are the key considerations and strategies to mitigate risk, and what new and evolving technologies exist to help with risk management? Our panel of construction and legal professionals will discuss proven approaches to identify and reduce such risks inherent in the construction industry.
 
This program is ideal for project managers, project executives, company executives, in-house counsel, risk managers, contract managers, and outside professionals advising AGC MA construction company members of all sizes. Topics will include:
 
• Construction contracts technology tools to facilitate risk evaluation, negotiation, and proper performance during the project.  We will highlight Document Crunch, a tool our panelists use.
 
• Organization of risk management and legal teams, including the roles and functions of both in-house and outside legal counsel. When and why construction companies may seek to invest in in-house counsel and legal departments?
 
• Construction insurance programs and processes to ensure adequate and reasonable coverage and protection.
 
• Use of master subcontracts and subcontractor qualification programs.  
 
• Innovative approaches to dispute avoidance that helps to foster prompt and fair resolution of claims with contracting parties.
 
Panelists: (L to R)

Joubin Hassanein, President, DOC (Daniel O’Connell’s Sons)
Michael P. Roche, CPCU, General Counsel, Commodore Builders
Alex Dockery, Attorney, Shawmut Design and Construction
Paul M. James, Chief Risk & Legal Officer, Bond Brothers, Inc.





Moderator: R. Thomas Dunn, Pierce Atwood LLP



Thank you to our program sponsor