Free Webinar: Project Risk Engineering for General Contractors

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Presented by:
Andrew Mendelson, FAIA, EVP, Chief Risk Management Officer, Berkley Design Professional
Timothy Brashear, P.E., Officer and VP, Construction Services, Rimkus

Thursday, November 2, 2023
10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time
1.0 AIA Learning Units 
1.0 RCEP Professional Development Hour

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This one-hour webinar was developed to provide participants with a working knowledge of the due diligence and risk engineering recommended practices for a robust and formal risk assessment, project selection, and risk transfer process for construction projects. 

A comprehensive risk engineering process is necessary to determine the bid, preconstruction, design development, construction, delivery, and warranty risks associated with a project and to enhance a contractor’s ability to achieve an on-time, in budget, fit for purpose, project delivery.

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The Benefits of Centralizing Your Claims and Risk Management Responsibilities

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By Mark A. Froehlich
Assistant Vice President, Senior Claims Examiner
Berkley Alliance Managers, a Berkley Company

July 14, 2022

Centralizing claims and risk management responsibilities for architectural and engineering firms provides significant benefits. It saves time, reduces cost and improves outcomes.

Based on decades of managing complex architects and engineers professional liability claims, I recommend designating a specific individual as risk manager to supervise all claims and potential risk issues for your firm — regardless of the size of your firm.

I have worked with many architectural and engineering firms and I can confirm that having a designated risk manager in place is more efficient. Some firms establish a standalone risk manager role, while others assign risk management responsibilities to a firm leader.

Project managers are necessary to communicate details of specific project issues, but they are often too busy managing projects to also effectively manage claims. Alternatively, assigning this role to a firm leader or another designated person allows more efficient communication with brokers, insurers and attorneys.

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