Schwabe Legal
Architectural Service Contracts: Fundamentals, Forms, Risks and Trends
Speaker: Bill Ohle
1 AIA LU Available
As an architect and a licensed professional, knowing what is in the contracts with your clients is crucial, but can also be daunting. This presentation is intended to demystify some of the basic legal concepts and language found not only in standard contract forms but also some of the more typical custom clauses that can create significant risk to the unwitting architect. During the presentation, the participants will be waked through the stages of contract negotiation, binding agreement formation, legal performance obligations, standard contract language and custom provisions and how they operate practically and in practice, what risks are ordinary, which are extraordinary and what is and is not covered by insurance. By the end, those in attendance should be versed in the basics of what an architectural services contract says and does, and when what is said in the written document is what you and your client intends or whether there are risks that require additional scrutiny.
Learning Objective 1:
Recognize when to contract to provide Architectural Services: The difference between negotiations and a done deal
Learning Objective 2:
Identify and understand standard contract clauses and legal requirements.
Learning Objective 3:
Recognize the risks: Distinguishing custom contract language between the Good, Bad and Ugly
Learning Objective 4:
Identify contracting trends: Evolving project delivery, services and the contracts that go with them
Speaker:
William (Bill) Ohle is a shareholder in the Portland. Oregon, based law firm of Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt. For more than 30 years, he has represented design professionals, owners and contractors in a wide variety of construction contracts, disputes and regulatory enforcement. Mr. Ohle drafts and negotiates agreements across a broad range of ventures for a variety of clients including both public works and private developments and for everything from simple tenant improvement remodels to multi-million dollar infrastructure developments. Mr. Ohle got his start in construction while working in house for a municipal utility and has continued to expand his practice into all other areas of the construction industry. He also represents design professionals, contractors and trades people in regulatory disputes with licensing and other government authorities and has spoken often on the legal requirements governing various design and construction professionals.
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