NOTE: This meeting will be held on the second Friday of the month. Roundtable Meetings will resume on the first Thursday of the month in April.
Date / Time:
Friday, March 10, 2023
11:15 am – 12:00 pm Registration & Networking
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch & Program (live and streamed via Zoom)
If you are attending this meeting virtually, the program will be streamed via Zoom from 12:00 – 1:00 pm. A link will be sent to you 24 hours prior to the meeting.
Topic:
“Loopholes: Identifying and Managing Key Risks in EPC Contracts”
Tiffany Raush, a partner on the Construction Practice Team at Jones Walker LLP and secondee to Wood Group USA, Inc., will discuss typical contract risk-shifting provisions in EPC Contracts, including indemnity, liquidated damages, consequential damages waivers, overall limitations on liability, and other contract clauses impacting risk. Tiffany will discuss the implementation of these provisions within the EPC industry and provide project execution guidance based on her extensive industry experience.
Speaker:
Tiffany Raush, Partner – Construction Practice Team, Jones Walker LLP
Tiffany Raush is partner on the Construction Practice Team at Jones Walker LLP. Ms. Raush’s work as a lawyer is exclusively in support of engineering and construction clients, particularly in the industrial, energy, and infrastructure sectors. For the better part of a year, she was seconded to Wood Group USA, Inc. where she served as Managing Counsel directly responsible for EPC and EPCM projects and litigation across the US and Canada. Ms. Raush is Regional Director of the Gulf Coast Region of the Society of Construction Law – North America; a Rice Global Engineering & Construction Forum Board Member and Chair of the Rice Student Engagement Committee; and Managing Editor of the Construction Law Update, an annual publication by Wolters Kluwer. She is a frequent presenter and author on legal issues affecting the construction industry, including recent articles “Three Sheets to the Wind: Cautionary Tales of Unlimited Risk in Offshore Wind Construction,” Texas Lawyer, March 4, 2022 and “The Choice Is Yours – Or Is It? Anti-Choice of Law Statutes Applicable to Construction Contracts,” ConsensusDocs, September 7, 2022
Registration:
- $30 for general admission
- $15 for Rice Faculty (registration required in advance)
- Free for Rice Students (registration required in advance)
- $30 webinar – online only (new fee as of 4.11.22)
In person registration will be limited so please register early. Registration will close at Noon on Thursday, March 9, 2023. A boxed lunch will be served to those guests attending in person.
Location & Parking:
Rice University
BioScience Research Collaborative (BRC) Event/Exhibition Hall, 1st Floor
6500 Main Street, Houston, TX 77030
An underground parking garage is below the building. The price is $1 per 10 minutes, $12 daily maximum. See link below to map of the building located at 6500 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77030. This is on the South end of the Rice University campus at University Blvd, Main, Travis and Dryden streets. The parking entrance is on the Dryden street side of the building. A big blue “P” is above the garage entrance. There are 3 floors of parking. The first floor will fill quickly so it is recommended to go directly to a lower floor.
Detailed campus maps are available to download on the web at http://www.rice.edu/maps.shtml. The BioScience Research Collaborative is located on the map at Building #63.
After parking, take the elevator to the first floor and you will be guided to the event hall.
Note: In order to protect the privacy of the luncheon attendees, the list of attendees is not published or distributed.
This Roundtable qualifies for one (1) Professional Development Hour (PDH). Your email confirmation at completion of registration serves as your PDH and payment receipts. Paper receipts may be picked up at the registration desk at time of check-in.