{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"ConstructorCast","title":"ConstructorCast - Assessing Design Build Risk","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/76b51800\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2398,"description":"Who’s on the hook for design defects in design-build projects?  It may not always be who you think. In this episode, Dirk Haire, co-chair of Fox Rothschild’s Construction Law Practice Group, and David Hecker, group general counsel overseeing all claims, litigation, and investigations for Kiewit Corporation, share their wealth of knowledge on design-build risk. Find out when and why contractors do not always bear the risk of design errors or omissions on a design-build project.  This episode explains design-builders’ liability standard and discusses certain types of overreach by owners that merit pushback from design-builders.\r\n\r\nThis podcast episode will help you:\r\n\r\n1.\tUnderstand the differences between design and performance specifications and how they may govern design liability on a design-build project.\r\n2.\tDetermine when the Spearin Doctrine applies to design-build contracts.\r\n3.\tIdentify cases where a design-builder has received equitable adjustment for defect designs, as well as examples of cases where the design-builder incurred liability for design.\r\n4.\tLearn how contracting officers’ actions and federal contracting rules and regulations can dramatically raise a design-builder’s risk exposure. \r\n\r\nGuests:\r\nDirk Haire, Fox Rothschild LLP - https://www.foxrothschild.com/\r\nDavid Hecker, Kiewit Corporation - https://www.kiewit.com/\r\nBrian Perlberg (co-host), AGC of America - https://www.agc.org/contract\r\n\r\nResources:\r\nAGC 2022 Convention Slides – https://www.agc.org/sites/default/files/Files/AGC%20Design%20Build%20Presentation%20March%202022(132260853.1)-C%20(1).pdf\r\nAGC Article -- Unfair Risk Allocation on Design-Build Project: https://www.agc.org/news/2022/05/23/unfair-risk-allocation-design-build-projects\r\nAGC Article -- When is the Price Right? Setting the GMP for Design-Build: https://www.agc.org/news/2022/06/27/when-price-right-setting-gmp-design-build\r\nAGC design-build page -- https://www.agc.org/design-build","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/xJLJ8O2CYnnx0yUUmVlV7vWV7NadOwod4BtU0nxyfQw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS82NTM5/ZmM0ZjcyMWI5M2Vm/Y2YxNGQyMDRkN2I3/M2VmMy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}