Warning Flags For Structural Engineers – Hidden Contractual Risk

Today, owners and other project participants are looking for ways to transfer risks to engineering firms by inserting potentially onerous language in professional service contracts. These provisions may also be uninsurable for the engineer. This presentation will highlight about a dozen of these provisions while offering practical edits or other solutions so the engineer can still get a signed agreement while limiting the risk.

• Course will award 1.5 hours of continuing education

Speaker:

Rob Hughes, ESQ is a SVP and equity partner with Ames & Gough which he joined in 2007. Prior to Ames & Gough, he was with XL Insurance for more than 10 years and served in a variety of capacities, including his last position as senior counsel and vice president. He also practiced as an attorney in Philadelphia, where he drew on his civil engineering degree, to begin his 25+ year carrier working with design firms on legal, risk and insurance related issues.

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