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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A Forum Agenda." National Research Council. 2007. Reducing Construction Costs: Uses of Best Dispute Resolution Practices by Project Owners: Proceedings Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11846.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A Forum Agenda." National Research Council. 2007. Reducing Construction Costs: Uses of Best Dispute Resolution Practices by Project Owners: Proceedings Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11846.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A Forum Agenda." National Research Council. 2007. Reducing Construction Costs: Uses of Best Dispute Resolution Practices by Project Owners: Proceedings Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11846.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A Forum Agenda." National Research Council. 2007. Reducing Construction Costs: Uses of Best Dispute Resolution Practices by Project Owners: Proceedings Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11846.
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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

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A Forum Agenda." National Research Council. 2007. Reducing Construction Costs: Uses of Best Dispute Resolution Practices by Project Owners: Proceedings Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11846.
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The National Academy of Construction (NAC) has determined that disputes, and their accompanying inefficiencies and costs, constitute a significant problem for the industry. In 2002, the NAC assessed the industry's progress in attacking this problem and determined that although the tools, techniques, and processes for preventing and efficiently resolving disputes are already in place, they are not being widely used. In 2003, the NAC helped to persuade the Center for Construction Industry Studies (CCIS) at the University of Texas and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to finance and conduct empirical research to develop accurate information about the relative transaction costs of various forms of dispute resolution.

In 2004 the NAC teamed with the Federal Facilities Council (FFC) of the National Research Council to sponsor the "Government/Industry Forum on Reducing Construction Costs: Uses of Best Dispute Resolution Practices by Project Owners." The forum was held on September 23, 2004, at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C. Speakers and panelists at the forum addressed several topics.

Reducing Construction Costs addresses topics such as the root causes of disputes and the impact of disputes on project costs and the economics of the construction industry. A second topic addressed was dispute resolution tools and techniques for preventing, managing, and resolving construction- related disputes. This report documents examples of successful uses of dispute resolution tools and techniques on some high-profile projects, and also provides ways to encourage greater use of dispute resolution tools throughout the industry. This report addresses steps that owners of construction projects (who have the greatest ability to influence how their projects are conducted) should take in order to make their projects more successful.

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