Tennessee Construction Law

Presented by HalfMoon Seminars

Agenda

• Contracting for Sustainable Projects
  • Understanding the basics of contract law
  • Contracting for sustainability
  • Setting goals, benchmarks and performance goals
  • Requiring specific methods and materials
  • Requiring commissioning/verification
  • Making changes to contracts
• Legislative Updates in Tennessee Construction Law
  • Tennessee’s Construction Industry Payment Protection Act
  • Changes to the Prompt Pay Act
  • New “stop work” procedure if not getting paid
  • Demand for reasonable assurance of payment
• Meeting and Exceeding Federal, State and Local Safety Requirements in the Age of Coronavirus
  • Occupational Safety and Health Administration update
  • State and local safety regulations
  • Allocating responsibility for construction site safety
  • Strategies for maintaining site safety: injuries and illness
  • Reporting construction site injuries
• Reviewing Accessibility Standards and Compliance
  • What standards apply and when? Federal standards
    • ADA Standards for Accessible Design
    • Architectural Barriers Act
    • Fair Housing Accessibility Guidelines
  • State and local standards and building codes

Who Should Attend

• Architects
• Engineers
• Contractors

Speakers

• Jamie Little, Stites & Harbison, Construction Service Group
• Matthew DeVries, Burr & Forman, LLP
• Andrew Schrack, Butler Snow, LLP
• Michael Lee, Butler Snow, LLP
• Joseph Getz, Evans Petree, PC
• Brian Yoakum, Evans Petree, PC

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