On January 25, 2007, beginning at 8:30 a.m. in Columbia, SC, Half Moon Seminars will be offering a seminar entitled, "South Carolina Construction Law for Architects, Engineers, and Contractors."

Five Reasons To Attend This Seminar:
You'll learn about legal consequences of design-build vs. traditional construction
You'll learn about the construction bid process and bid bonding.
You'll learn about negotiating contract terms.
You'll learn about requirements for making changes to contracted work.
You'll learn about handling problems during the construction process.

D. Ryan McCabe will present the following topics:

Construction Contract Issues
Negotiating contract terms
Understanding key contract terms
Scope of services, payment, risk shifting
Performance
Breach of contract

Changes to Contracted Work
Ordered changes
Constructive changes
Requirements for making changes
Liability issues

Other speakers will be presenting the following topics:

Design-Build vs. Traditional Construction: Risk and Benefit Analysis
Legal consequences of traditional construction process
Legal consequences of design-build
Contractor-led, designer-led, joint venture, developer-led
Risk issues

Construction Bid Process and Bid Bonding
Private vs. public projects
Bidding processes: open vs. closed
Bond types and terms
Amount of liability
Competitive bidding
Handling mistakes in the bidding process
Bid bond types and terms
Amount of liability

Payment and Performance Bonds
When bonds are required
Types and terms
Amount of liability
Defenses to liability

Problems during the Construction Process
Defects
Delays
Disruption
Acceleration
Accidents

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