Moderator: Thomas Stewart Shiner, AIA, Thomas S. Shiner Architect, Washington, D.C.
David C. Hughes, AIA, RP Hughes Architects Inc., Columbus, Ohio
Louis B. Smith Jr., AIA, Meier Group Architects, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Lisa J.K. Stacholy, AIA, NCARB, LKS Architects Inc., Dunwoody, Ga.

      Discuss the types of contracts used to design and construct a small project. A panel of small project practitioners, with differing views on the protection level and complexity an agreement should provide, will present a case study of an actual small project. We’ll emphasize the type of contracts used and the contracts’ effect on the project’s success.

Learning objectives:

• Discuss issues and demands surrounding small project agreements
• Justify a preference for one type of agreement over another
• Develop a sound basis for recommendations to owners and contractors.