Risk Management for Architects: Session 2

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October 15, 2015
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Architecture Center Houston
315 Capitol, Suite 120
Houston, TX 77002
rashida@aiahouston.org
713-520-0155

Risk Management Series: Session 2

This is the second of four sessions of our risk management series that will be presented quarterly at Architecture Center Houston.  Join us to partake of this insightful learning experience.

Lunch is included for all preregistered attendees.

 

Using AIA Tools to Manage Legal Issues on Sustainable Projects

Presented by Grant Gealy
Partner – Mills Shirley LLP

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About the Presenter
Grant joined Mills Shirley LLP in 1981 and became a partner in 1985. Over the past 30 years he has been lead counsel on over one thousand cases and lead counsel in approximately 80 jury trials taken to verdict, including cases involving construction and design defects, commercial disputes, breach of contract and premises liability.

Risk Drivers

Presented by Kevin Pratt
Vice President, A/E Practice Leader - USI Southwest Houston

This seminar looks at how economic trends impact the design profession; explores how understanding your client’s needs can improve your firm’s quality; demonstrates how the A/E and professional liability industries interrelate; and reveals the technical and non-technical causes of claims.

About the Presenter
Kevin is a licensed Property & Casualty agent, specializing in professional liability and risk management services to architects and engineers, in a variety of disciplines.  He is USI’s current Architects & Engineers Division Leader in Houston, TX. In Texas alone, USI currently represents more than 700 design firms.

Kevin holds a degree in Business/Information Systems and has over 18 years of project management and sales experience. In his spare time, Kevin enjoys spending time with his wife, Chelsea, and their four children, playing the guitar and watching or attending sporting events.

 

In total, this seminar has been approved for a total of 3.0 HSW AIA learning units.