We Practice What We Preach
Representative Writing/Speeches
• Frequent speaker to construction and industry groups, including Southeastern Electric Exchange, Forbes Magazine, Edison Electric Institute, Florida Business Roundtable, Coal-Gen, Power-Gen, American Boiler Manufacturers Association, Association of Edison Illuminating Companies.
• “International Contracting and Licensing: Risk Factors,” American Boiler Manufacturers Association, 2015
• “Legal Issues in Boiler Leasing,” American Boiler Manufacturers Association, 2014
• “Contracting Trends in a Changing Market,” PowerGen 2013
• “EPC Contracting in a Changing Climate” World Generation 2013
• “Collaborative Contracting,” Florida Construction Users magazine, 2012
• 2009 to present, speaker on contracting issues to American Boiler Manufacturers Association • Series of presentations at PowerGen 2004 until 2014 on power industry contracting strategies
• “Good Jobs Gone Bad,” PowerGen 2003
• “Lessons Learned in Energy Construction,” Electric Power 2003
• “Energy, Politics and Risk,” Association of Edison Illuminating Companies Annual Meeting, 2003
• “Managing Construction Risk in an Uncertain World,” PowerGen 2002
• “EPC Contracts in an International Power Market,” London Forbes Conference, 2002
• “Force Majeure and Power Plant Construction Delays, Too Much Terror, Not Enough Labor,” World Generation, May 2002
• “Controlling Disputes by Controlling the Forum: Forum Selection Clauses in Construction Contracts,” V. Frederic Lyon and Douglas W. Ackerman , The Construction Lawyer, American Bar Association, October 2002
• “Contracting for the Next Generation of Coal Fired Power Plants,” Coal-Gen, 2001
• “EPC Contracting in a Seller’s Market,” PowerGen 2001
• “From CoGen to Coal Gen,” World Generation, 2001
• “Controlling the Dispute from Start to Finish – Partnering, Project Neutrals, Mini-Trials, Design Review Boards, Mediation,” The Aspen Law Construction Law Handbook, 1998 (Co-Author with Brian Kirwin)
• “Contracting in the Power Industry,” EXNET, 1996
• “Legislative Updates,” Edison Electric Exchange, 1994
• “OSHA Enforcement and the Power Industry,” Southeastern Electric Exchange, 1992
• “Partnering and Dispute Avoidance in the Construction of Power Plants,” Florida Business Roundtable, 1992
• “Construction Claims on the Project Financed Job,” Forbes Conference on Project Financing, 1992
• “Improved Construction Contracting for the 1990’s,” Power Engineering, June 1991 (Co-Author with Christopher Kane)