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Construction Update 2025: Complex Projects in Challenging Times

June 17, 2025

Downtown Vancouver and Live Webinar

9:00AM PDT

Construction Update 2025: Complex Projects in Challenging Times

June 17, 2025

Overview

Join us for this must-attend conference for industry professionals seeking cutting-edge insights into the most pressing issues in modern construction. The landscape of construction projects has changed significantly in recent years. When complex issues arise, knowing how to deal with the new normal of the construction industry is crucial to keep projects moving on time and on budget.

This event will feature experienced professionals with in-depth knowledge of the construction industry, this program will equip you with tools to identify innovations coming to the world of construction law and how best to reduce and address problems arising throughout the construction process. Attendees will come away with essential tools and strategies to take advantage of the opportunities in this exciting market, and a proactive and informed approach to both project planning and dispute resolution that can save your budget and avoid protracted delays, litigation or relationship breakdowns.

Key Areas Addressed:

  • Mass timber construction and its challenges

  • Insolvency issues affecting the industry

  • Supplementary conditions in construction contracts

  • Construction litigation

  • Cross-border challenges

  • The latest on arbitration

Who Should Attend:

  • Lawyers

  • Construction and development company owners and c-suite officers

  • Construction managers, contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers

  • Project control managers, prime contract managers and claims consultants

  • Designers, engineers and architects

  • Construction insurers and risk managers

Meet the Co-Chairs

  • Partner, Jenkins Marzban Logan LLP, Vancouver, BC

    David Mckenzie is one of the leading construction lawyers in British Columbia. David has spent his career developing his knowledge of construction law while acting for developers, general contractors, subcontractors, and suppliers as legal counsel in all aspects of the construction industry. Both a litigator and solicitor, he advises clients at all stages of a project, from procurement to builders liens. David has represented clients in contract drafting and negotiations, mediations, arbitrations, and court proceedings. He is also a frequent chair and lecturer at construction law conferences for both the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia and the Pacific Business and Legal Institute.

  • Partner, Jenkins Marzban Logan LLP, Vancouver, BC

    David Volk is a highly experienced construction lawyer. He provides advice and representation at all stages of a project, including contract drafting, tendering, negotiations, mediation, arbitration, and in court. He works with all types of clients in the industry, including owners (private and First Nations), general contractors, subcontractors, and material suppliers. Much of David’s construction practice involves acting as litigation counsel in large, complex disputes which require strategic planning and close attention to detail. Aside from construction, David is developing a specialization in insurance matters, acting for clients challenging denials of insurance coverage by insurance companies and advising parties on maximizing recovery under insurance policies. David also has as a sizeable administrative law practice, which includes acting as prosecution counsel for professional regulatory bodies.

Faculty information to come …