The Hidden Risks of Building Green

The great irony of building green is that the very concepts that are intended to enhance a building's performance over its lifetime are the same things that make it highly susceptible to catastrophic moisture and mold problems during the initial years of operation.

While green buildings have many positive benefits, there is also strong evidence to suggest a direct correlation between new green buildings and failures. Simply put, departing from the "tried and true" often means increasing the risk of building failure.

The proliferation of new "green" products and innovative building approaches are so dramatically changing the design and construction industry that it will virtually guarantee an increase in building problems. Although some of these failures are likely to be catastrophic, most of them are predictable and avoidable.

This seminar identifies the specific reasons that green buildings have an increased risk for failure and what must be done to avoid potentially catastrophic problems.

8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.	Registration
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.	Why Green Buildings Are at Increased Risk of Failure - George H. DuBose and Richard J. Scott  Green Building Concepts and LEED® Design: How It Affects Designers, Contractors, Owners, and Developers  An Overview of the Green Building Concepts and Products That Are at the Highest Risk of Significant Failures  Green Concepts that Place the Designer at Risk, The Contractor at Risk, or Both  Case Studies of Green Buildings: What Can Go Wrong, What Has Gone Wrong, and How to Achieve Consistently Good Results
11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.	Break
11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.	Preventing Green Building Failures in Warm, Humid Climates - Specific Techniques to  Implement - J. David Odom and George H. DuBose  Checklists, Modeling, and Guidelines That Can Predict Future Problems and Prevent Green Building Failures  Identifying the Most Likely Mistakes That Will Virtually Guarantee Catastrophic Moisture Problems in Your Green Building - How to Avoid Them  Recommendations for Alternative Approaches That Reduce Risk - Even for High-Risk Green Practices  Specific Details on What a Successful Green Building Must Include in Warm, Humid Climates
12:15 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.	Lunch
1:15 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.	The Legal Risks of New Design Concepts  - James K. Bidgood Jr. and Eugene J. Heady  Unique Legal Risks in Designing and Constructing Green Buildings  If Green Buildings Are the New Standard of Care, How Much More Risk Does This Pose to the Designer, Contractor, and Developer?  What Defines Best Practices, Standard of Care, and Risky Practices? - How to Make Sure That You Don't Confuse Them in Your Contract  How to Handle Negotiating the Dilemma of Increased Risk, Increased Schedule, and No More Fees
2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.	Contract Risks, Contract Forms, and Risk Reduction Language - James K. Bidgood Jr. and Eugene J. Heady  Ways to Fairly Allocate Risk Between the Various Parties  What Historical Contract Language to Discard and What New Language to Adopt  What Changes Are Occurring in Standard Contracts, Such as AIA, and How to Adapt to Them
3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.	Break
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.	Insurance Issues for Green Buildings - James K. Bidgood Jr. and Eugene J. Heady  Ways That Green Buildings May Affect Your Insurance Coverage and How to Manage These Issues  What Insurance Experts Are Saying About Green Construction  Insurance Gaps in Green Construction
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	Final Tips for Managing the Design, Construction, and Development of Successful Green Buildings - James K. Bidgood Jr., George H. DuBose,  Eugene J. Heady, J. David Odom, and Richard J. Scott
Liberty reserves the right to modify the agenda and the faculty when circumstances are beyond our control.

Discover the hidden risks of green buildings: Why moisture and mold problems are likely and specific strategies to avoid them.

Over the next several years the ability to correctly implement green concepts will likely become the single most important determining factor between success and failure in many firms. Attend this seminar and learn about the ways that green buildings will likely fail, the reasons for these probable failures, and specific ways you can avoid them.

Benefits for You

• Understand the high-risk components of green building and what green building concepts you should avoid at all costs
• Tips for implementing a successful green building strategy
• Strategies for avoiding catastrophic moisture problems for your building
• Learn about the legal risks of green buildings, including contract risks
• Properly address insurance issues for green buildings

You will receive an award winning 100-page manual that contains strategies for avoiding design and construction deficiences and identifying best practices for building green.

Continuing Education Credit

In Progress:

• IACET
• AIA
• Texas Bar
• PMI
• RCEEP

Please remember to bring your license number, ID, or other necessary information to the seminar. This will ensure timely reporting of continuing education credit.

James K. Bidgood Jr. is a partner in the Atlanta law firm of Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP and a member of the Construction Litigation and Government Contracts Department.  He received his undergraduate degree in civil engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.  Following graduation Mr. Bidgood was a resident engineer for the Federal Aviation Administration prior to entering military service.  He obtained his MBA from Phillips University and his law degree, with distinction and Order of the Coif, from Emory University.  Mr. Bidgood has handled a variety of construction claims and disputes and has represented clients in mediation, arbitration, and litigation throughout the United States.  He lectures extensively on topics relating to avoidance and resolution of construction and environmental disputes. 

George DuBose, CGC, is a building forensics expert with Liberty Building Forensics Group^® in Orlando, FL.  He is a general contractor with 18 years of experience solving building problems.  Mr. DuBose has published three manuals and over 50 technical articles and is on the blue-ribbon panel with representatives from AIA, BOMA, EPA, USGBC and ASHRAE.  Additionally, Mr. DuBose has lectured in dozens of seminars instructing designers, contractors, and owners on how to avoid, diagnose, and solve building failures.  He is currently providing problem-avoiding expertise on multiple LEED^® projects.  His areas of technical expertise include moisture intrusion investigation, HVAC system performance, building envelope/drainwater assessment, litigation support, mold assessment, and expert witness. 

Eugene J. Heady is a partner with Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP in Atlanta.  Mr. Heady earned a Bachelor's Degree in engineering from the University of Hartford and a law degree, with honors, from Texas Tech University, where he served as editor-in-chief of the Texas Tech Law Review.  His extensive published work includes "Stuck Inside These Four Walls: Recognition of Sick Building Syndrome Has Laid the Foundation to Raise Toxic Tort Litigation to New Heights," 26 Tech. L. Rev. 1041 (1995) (republished in Legal Handbook for Architects, Engineers, and Contractors [Clark Boardman Callaghan, 1996]); and two chapters in Alternative Clauses to Standard Construction Contracts (Aspen Law Business 1998).  He is admitted in Georgia, Texas, Colorado, and Florida, and is a member of the ABA Forum on the Construction Industry and a fellow of the American Bar Foundation.

Richard J. Scott, AIA, NCARB, LEED^® AP, of Liberty Building Forensics Group^® in Orlando, is a senior forensic architect focusing on moisture, mold, and building envelope problems.  He has managed several hundred building deficiency projects.  Mr. Scott is co-author of the NCARB continuing education monograph Mold and Moisture Prevention and has authored articles and technical papers, including "Pioneering Building Envelope Commissioning to Prevent Moisture Intrusion" for the American Society of Civil Engineers Forensic Engineering Symposium.  His areas of technical expertise include building envelope assessment and repair, moisture intrusion investigation, mold assessments, indoor air quality investigations, litigation support, peer reviews, and design/construction-phase commissioning.  Mr. Scott was a LEED^® AP consultant on some of the first LEED^® certified buildings in the Southeast U.S., including a biomedical research building that achieved a LEED^® Silver Rating. 

J. David Odom, ASHRAE, is a building forensics expert with Liberty Building Forensics Group^® in Orlando.  He is the co-author of three manuals on design and construction defects.  In 1998, he was recognized as one of the 50 most influential people in the IAQ field.  He has completed over 200 projects for a major theme park owner on preventing and solving construction-deficiency problems at their project sites around the world, most recently at Hong Kong.  Over the past 25 years Mr. Odom has managed some of the largest and most complex moisture, mold, and building deficiency problems in the country, including the $20 million claim in the Martin County (Florida) Courthouse and the $60 million repair at the Hilton Hawaiian Village.  He is currently working on multiple LEED^® projects throughout the United States.  Mr. Odom's areas of technical expertise include moisture intrusion investigation, building commissioning, HVAC system performance, and building envelope and litigation support. 

$330 for one person $300 each for two or more people (from the same organization)
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