Webinars

 In this webinar, we will discuss who is likely to bear the brunt of the additional costs related to conflicts abroad, principles of contract interpretation, and related provisions of common standard form contracts, including disputes and escalating costs, before delving into practical strategies construction stakeholders can use to manage associated risks.

This Webinar is part of a series in which we offer free 1 hour seminars every Tuesday morning, from 8:30 – 9:30 am, on a variety of timely issues and topics. Our goal is to provide focused and practical information, and to conclude each session on the hour with additional time then set aside for questions and discussion for those that want to stay behind. We hope to see you there! 

Marcia Oliver, Paige Crewson, Chris Moran and Rob Kennaley have, between them, almost 100 years of construction law experience, much of it in negotiating contracts and subcontracts, both as external and in-house counsel, in relation to a myriad of contract models and project types, sizes and dollar values. In this Webinar, Rob will lead our panel through a roundtable discussion of a series of topics, including over-all strategies, emerging models, recent trends in attempts to “push the envelope”, lessons learned from other jurisdictions, the importance of dovetailing contracts to the Construction Act, specific needs based on recent developments in the case law and the relationship between in-house and external counsel. Join us to hear from those with a wealth of experience and knowledge!

On April 4, 2025, further tariffs are set to be imposed by the United States on certain Canadian goods being exported into the US. In response, both the federal and provincial governments have indicated that they will respond with further tariffs on American goods entering Canada. Tariffs, and the uncertainty of tariffs, will have continuing direct and indirect impacts on the cost of construction in Canada. Accordingly, the need to understand and prepare for the risk of tariffs is a new reality for construction participants in Ontario. In this Webinar, lawyers from Kennaley Construction Law will discuss how to manage the risk and impacts of tariffs under both current and future contracts. This Webinar is part of a series in which we offer free 1 hour seminars every Tuesday morning, from 8:30 – 9:30 am, on a variety of timely issues and topics. Our goal is to provide focused and practical information, and to conclude each session on the hour with additional time then set aside for questions and discussion for those that want to stay behind. We hope to see you there!