Design and Delivery in an Electronic World:
What PM’s need to know about E-Mail & CADD
This critically important new half-day seminar will acquaint
design firm management with the basic concepts of how
technology initially increased the potential liability
exposure within the A-E design industry, but how a well
managed technology operation today can significantly
reduce that liability exposure and better manage risk.
Mr. Ingardia will address several issues vital to the A-E design Industry:
- How does the use of e-mail to communicate with clients and other 3rd parties impact the design firm’s potential liability? What if the content of the e-mail changes the scope, schedule or compensation basis of the design services agreement? Are these e-mail messages legally binding? What are the repercussions of the recent precedent-setting $1.4 Billion settlement in the banking/brokerage industry, based primarily on internal e-mails, and how will it affect the A-E design industry?
- How does the design firm’s electronic document management and storage scheme (including storing e-mail messages) impact the design firm’s potential liability? What is the impact and cost to adhere to a “Discovery” subpoena in the event of a litigation case pending on a specific project?
- How does the delivery of electronic files from a client at the start of a project, with key project information, impact the design firm’s potential liability? Who warrants this data to be adequate, up-to-date and correct?
- How does the delivery of electronic files to clients, containing key design information (plans and specs), often in a media format that allows the receiving party to edit that data, impact the design firm’s potential liability?