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USGBC-NCC & Hanson Bridgett invite you to a cocktail reception featuring cutting edge information and specialist perspective 

Today's projects must control cost, maximize value and meet critical sustainability goals. Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) is a key strategy to address all of these challenges. In this seminar, learn from a panel of LEED credentialed attorneys who helped develop IPD and have extensive professional experience with implementing Integrated Project Delivery on several projects.

Program Benefits

• Learn about Integrated Project Delivery, why it makes sense, and what to consider when structuring projects 
• Explore current contractual approaches
• Discuss IPD in California public projects
• Resolve questions about the process during our Q&A and reception

Program Schedule

4:30-5:00    Registration
5:00-5:10    Welcome & Introduction - Howard Ashcraft and Elizabeth Echols, Director of USGBC-NCC
5:10-5:40    Overview of IPD - Annette Mathai-Jackson
                              Why IPD:  Efficiency, Quality, and Sustainability
                              What is IPD?
                              Essential Elements:  Structural, Attitudinal, and Catalysts
5:40-5:50   Comparison to other Project Delivery Methods - Lisa Dal Gallo
                              CM@Risk and Design/Build
5:50-6:15    Key Issues When Structuring an IPD Project - Howard Ashcraft
                              Deep Goals (Cost, Value, Schedule), Target Setting, Contingency, and Changes to Targets
                              Profit at Risk and Decision Making
6:15-6:40    Comparison to Existing IPD Agreements - Lisa Dal Gallo
                              AIA C195, AIA C191, Consensus DOCS 300 and HB Standard IPD
6:40-6:50    IPD in the Public Sector - David Gehrig
                              IPD: More Difficult but not Impossible, Who is the Owner (Different Procurement Options)
                              What is the Project and Statutory Comparison
6:50-7:00    Q&A
7:00-8:30    Reception

About the Speakers

Howard W. Ashcraft, Jr., LEED® AP
Partner, Hanson Bridgett LLP, Hon. AIACC

Howard W. Ashcraft, Jr. is a Fellow of the American College of Construction Lawyers; an honorary member of the American Institute of Architects California Council and Steering Committee member on its task force for Integrated Project Delivery (IPD); a member of the American Arbitration Association panel for Large and Complex Construction Cases for California and Nevada; and a former Governing Committee Member of the American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry. He is the recipient of the AIACC’s President’s Award and AIASF’s Special Achievement Award for developments in Integrated Project Delivery and has contributed to the National Building Information Modeling Standard. 

Recent transactional projects include several award winning, LEED Platinum pure IPD projects, several major hospital projects approaching $1 billion each in value, a pure IPD hospital expansion, mixed use IPD projects, and a variety of healthcare, commercial and institutional projects.  Howard has also been lead counsel in numerous delay and impact cases and has tried construction jury and court trials as well as many construction arbitrations. Recent significant matters include representing the State of California in a delay and impact case involving a critical transportation management facility, a structural steel design builder in a nine figure casino delay claim; an international consortium concerning defects in a major industrial facility in Mexico, a major public university in a delay and impact case arising from design and construction of a multi-disciplinary laboratory, and a national engineering firm in an eight figure delay claim.

Lisa Dal Gallo, LEED® AP
Counsel, Hanson Bridgett LLP

Lisa Dal Gallo is an attorney with Hanson Bridgett LLP who has over 20 years of experience in the construction industry. Before becoming a lawyer, she worked professionally for one of the largest general contractors in the world. During that eight year period, Lisa held several different field and office positions completing millions of dollars worth of work-in-place for both the interior, and core-and-shell divisions in the following sectors: medical / healthcare facilities, laboratories, retail space, office towers and light industrial. 
Lisa's field experience provides her with insight and understanding of the development process from design inception through completion of construction. Her transactional practice focuses on risk management and contract drafting, review and negotiation for owners, architects, construction managers, contractors and subcontractors utilizing various project delivery methods, including integrated project delivery, for both public and private works. Lisa is also familiar with the various contractual arrangements and business structures for public private partnerships. On the claims side, she advises clients regarding a variety of legal issues including contractual disputes, claims analysis, negligence, termination, default, acceleration and delay, mechanic liens and stop notices, and alternative dispute resolution. Lisa has a Bachelor of Science in Construction Management from California State University Chico, and a Juris Doctors from Syracuse University.  She is a member of the American Society of Healthcare Engineering ("ASHE"), a member of the Education Committee for the DBIA Western Pacific Region and sits on the Steering Committee for the DBIA-WPR Northern California Chapter.

David S. Gehrig
Senior Counsel, Hanson Bridgett LLP

David S. Gehrig assists public agency clients such as health care districts, water districts and cities, with the full range of legal issues related to public works construction projects. He has worked on numerous large-scale infrastructure projects from the drafting of the contract specifications, through the bid process to contract completion and claims resolution. He has considerable experience with contract award disputes, prevailing wage laws, subcontractor substitution issues, bidder pre-qualification, and alternative project delivery methods like design-build and integrated project delivery principles. He has also successfully resolved several stop notice lawsuits for public agency clients.

David also assists public agency clients with a wide variety of other legal issues, including Public Records Act compliance, record retention issues, Endangered Species Act compliance strategies, drafting professional service agreements and communication site leases, and condemnation law. Prior to joining Hanson Bridgett, David practiced public agency defense litigation where he worked in all phases of pre-trial litigation practice, and became familiar with many legal provisions unique to public agency clients such as immunities under the California Government Code, claim filing procedures, and liability under inverse condemnation, and other property damage causes of action.

Annette K. Mathai-Jackson, LEED® AP
Senior Counsel, Hanson Bridgett LLP

Annette K. Mathai-Jackson's practice emphasizes real estate, construction and corporate law. She handles real estate acquisitions, ground leasing, financing, development, leasing, management and disposition matters. She has represented private developers in project development and construction financing, public agencies in the disposition of railroad rights-of-way, and nonprofit borrowers in public finance bond transactions. She represents landlords and tenants in both the shopping center and office context, and has extensive experience assisting senior care clients in real estate acquisition, financing and disposition, including HUD loan assumptions and refinancing. Annette has also worked with owners and developers in innovative project delivery methods, including negotiating construction contracts implementing an integrated project delivery (IPD) approach. She assisted in the drafting of the construction agreement for the first IPD project in New England, and for a hospital client on a multi-million dollar construction and renovation project, bringing together the owner, architect and contractor to execute one comprehensive, collaborative agreement. The New England project obtained LEED® platinum certification and the hospital project is striving for LEED® certification.
In addition to her real estate and construction expertise, Annette has also worked with clients on a variety of business, corporate and commercial transactional issues including securities, financings, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and general contracts.

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