CLE Online

Welcome and Introduction

John S. Logan — Jenkins Marzban Logan LLP, Vancouver
Douglas R. Sanders — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver

So You Think Your Documents are Perfect?: Rethinking Your Tendering Documents

• The Perfect Plan – setting your goals
• The Perfect Trap Door – exclusion and discretion clauses
• The Imperfect Bidder – power to accept non-compliant bids
• The Perfect Storm – different considerations for public owners?
• The Perfect Words – shall vs. should
• When Imperfection Strikes – post-closing negotiations

John S. Logan — Jenkins Marzban Logan LLP, Vancouver
Douglas R. Sanders — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver

Networking Break

Consultant Contracts: Standard Forms, Proposal Letters, and Napkin Agreements

• defining the scope of professional services
• contract administration and exposure for negligence
• limitation of liability clauses
• standard form contracts—CCAC Document 6 and ACEC Document 31
• effect of revised standard form contracts on Document 6 and Document 31

John S. Haythorne — Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP, Vancouver
Robert A. Hodgins — Singleton Urquhart LLP, Vancouver

Lunch (on your own)

A Gourmet's Guide to Dispute Resolution in the Construction Industry

• the whine list—selecting the process to match the beef
• designing the menu—tips for tasteful drafting and rule selection
• the multi-course meal—a tiered regime sampler
• uninvited guests—multi-party problems
• flies in the soup—builders’ liens
• when service is slow—avoiding delay
• the bill—keeping costs down

Gerald W.J. Ghikas, QC — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver
Karen Martin — Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP, Vancouver

Networking Break

Construction Mistakes: What They Are and How Not to Make Them

• builders’ lien traps
• misuse of experts
• failure to properly make and maintain bond and insurance claims
• failure to properly advise on contractual notice provisions
• what to do if you may have made a mistake

Blair A. Rebane — Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Vancouver 
Edna M. Ritchie — Lawyers Insurance Fund, Law Society of BC, Vancouver
Donald A. Thompson — Jenkins Marzban Logan LLP, Vancouver