Western Council of Construction Consumers

Mechanics Liens and Stop Payment Notices
2024-09-18 10:45 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
This webinar covers:

The Fundamentals of Mechanics Liens and Stop Payment Notices
What you must know to address these laws without jeopardizing your project

Mechanics lien and stop payment notice claims are highly technical and generally misunderstood. Mastering the rules governing these claims is essential if you are to avoid them, or address those you cannot avoid.
Owners will learn:

Who is entitled to a mechanics lien or stop payment notice
What you must do before deciding to settle, or defend, these claims
The first thing that Owners must do to address these claims
How to resolve these claims without stalling your project

Contractors and Design Professionals will learn:

How to establish and protect your stop payment notice and lien rights
How to use these tools to get fair payment
The steps you must take at the beginning of the project to preserve your lien rights.

Presenter: Mark Stapke, Founding Partner, Stapke Law LLP, and General Counsel for WCCC Board, is a well-known construction and real estate trial lawyer. With over 38 years of experience in winning cases before juries and arbitrators, Mark has recovered more than $50 million for his clients. Mark also regularly resolves cases through Alternative Dispute Resolution. His practice stresses claims-avoidance training for public and private owners, and resolution of time-related claims. Mark is an arbitrator and Judge Pro Tem for CA Superior Court, and has been selected as one of the Top 400 Construction Lawyers in the U.S.
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Construction is a Continuous Process – Stop Siloing Your Results
2024-10-08 13:30 - 14:45
Owners naturally structure their organization around the process of construction – planning, programming, design, construction, start-up/activation, etc. This organizational structure creates “silos” that make it difficult to deliver a successful project.
In this webinar you will learn how to drill holes in your silos so your project team can act like one team, focused on the success of your projects – Including:
What is a silo and why should you care?

Local vs Global optimization
Understand the silent killer of projects.
Maximize Your resources with the Nozzle Effect.
Prevent wasted effort.

Tap into the collective wisdom of your people to steer your organization to success:

Become an owner and employe of choice.
Create a high-trust, partnering culture.
How to make 1 + 1 = 30.

10 Steps to starting a Partnering Steering Committee

Start with the end in mind.
50% of success is making sure you have the right people.
The 10 steps other Owners have used to create extraordinary results.

Drive out Fear and Waste to create Trust and Momentum

The need to protect = FEAR.
Fear builds on itself – and so does TRUST.
Build transparency and trust to optimize resources and results.
Attract the best of the best employees, designers, and contractors.

Presenter: Sue Dyer is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Trusted Leader. Founder of International Partnering Institute, she created the IPI Project Leader Certification training and designation. Over the past four decades, Sue has had the privilege of learning from over 4,000 construction teams, on projects valued at over $180 billion, what it takes to create high-trust high-performing teams. Known as the “Godmother of Partnering,” Sue fostered the development of the Collaborative Partnering model that is used across the industry to help project teams create and steer their projects toward success. In Sue’s partnering experiences, one thing that stood out was how often the project leaders didn’t know how to create a high-trust team. So, Sue created the IPI Project Leader Certification, which uses proven models to teach project leaders how to lead better and create high-trust, high-performing teams.
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Broadcast Webinar - Overview of Construction Claims & Disputes
2026-03-05 09:00 - 11:00
This webinar discusses the 11 basic types of construction claims included in most standard contracts used in the U.S. (AIA, ConsensusDocs, EJCDC, etc.): directed changes; constructive changes; differing site conditions; directed suspensions of work; constructive suspensions; force majeure events; delays; accelerations; constructive accelerations; terminations for convenience; and terminations for default
For each type of claim, it outlines:

entitlement and causation elements claimants must demonstrate to justify their right to prevail and recover damages
elements of the burden of proof required of all claimants
Basic requirements concerning damages

It also identifies several types of owner claims against contractors, discuss claims under various project delivery methods, and summarize accepted claims preparation and analysis methodology. It conclude with an outline of various dispute resolution methodologies.
This webinar will help attendees:

Recognize that all parties to a construction contract must anticipate changes and claims.
Be more aware of the fundamentals of contracts and claims.
Gain perspective on the “universe of construction claims.”
See how the basic three-part test of a claim (entitlement, causation, and damages) applies to each type of claim.
Understand burden of proof requirement all claimants (both owners &contractors) must meet.
Better understand how to analyze and settle or defend against construction claims.
Know ways owners and contractors must deal with construction claims situations and events.
Appreciate the downside risk of leaving claims and disputes to fester until the end of a project.

Webinar Addresses:

¨ Contractor Claims vs Owner Claims and How to Analyze Them
¨ Owner Claims – What Owners Must Prove
¨ Claims Damages
¨ Claims and Project Delivery Methods
¨ Claims Analysis
¨ Dispute Resolution Methods

Who would benefit most from this program?

Project Owners,
Owner Representatives,
Design Professionals,
Construction Managers,
Project Managers & more

Register your team of 3 or more and SAVE $15.00/each.
WCCC Members: $90/each Team of 3+ $75/each
Non-Members: $105/each Team of 3+ $90/each
No-shows, & cancellations after 3/3/26, are subject to the full fee. You may send Subs
Event Flyer:
https://westerncouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/3-5-2026-Webinar-Overview-of-Construction-Claims-Disputes-Flyer-Reg-Form.pdf
