HKA is a gold sponsor of SCL 2nd Annual Construction Law Conference, Turkey

The Society of Construction Law Turkey is hosting its 2nd Annual Construction Law Conference to be held in Wyndham Levent Hotel, Istanbul on 26 September 2024. The event will be in-person and comprised of one full day of sessions.

The annual event aims to gather construction law professionals and industry leaders from Turkey and around the world with the aim of attracting the local market’s most prominent players including contractors, employers, engineers and consultants.

During the programme, you will hear from HKA Director / SCL Turkey Secretary General Sercan Kulaksızoğulları moderating on Session 1, HKA Partner, Ekrem Kaya who will be moderating on Session 4 @ 14.15-15.15 and HKA Principal, Hüseyin Karancı, speaking on Session 6 @ 16.45 – 17.45, as they discuss claims and disputes.

Sercan Kulaksızoğulları
HKA Director /
SCL Turkey Secretary General | Civil Engineer

Ekrem Kaya
Partner

Hüseyin Karancı
Principal

Programme

08:00-09:00 Registration & Welcome Tea

09:00-09:15 Welcome Announcement

09:15-09:30 Opening Speech

09:30-10:30 Session 1

• Potential Project: Feasibility and Bidding Stage
• In-house counsel’s role, action plan in risk assessment: what are the aspects taken into consideration as company policy? Insights
• Risk pricing: examples from stable and politically risky countries
• Insurance schemes: news, geographic considerations
• Bonding requirements

10:30-11:30 Session 2

• Contract Negotiations, Awarding and Project’s Mobilization: What is and shall in your To-Do List?
• Negotiation skills needed, when to stop, when to compromise: examples
• A checklist for mobilization
• Financial models revisited: EPC-F contracts
• News from international type contracts

11:30-12:00 Coffee Break

12:00-13:15 Session 3

• How to Manage Your Project: Upstream and Downstream Included
• Help from technology and AI
• Risk allocation: back to back contracts
• PPPs specific structures
• Taking over and Commissioning planing

13:15-14:15 Lunch

14:15-15:15 Session 4

• Claims Are Not Battles, They Are Necessary Contract Execution Tools
• Delay claims
• Additional Works
• Disruption claims
• Defects

15:15-15:45 Coffee Break

15:45-16:45 Session 5

• What is a Dispute and How to Avoid them: Rise of the Dispute Boards
• Dispute Avoidance Techniques
• Effectiveness of Dispute Boards
• Case Study

16:45-17:45 Session 6

• Disputes and Collection of the Monies Due
• How and when disputes are fundable?
• Choosing the expert wisely
• Post arbitration: annulment of awards
• Collect the monies: enforcement and execution

18:00-18:15 Closing Remarks

18:15-20:15 Networking Cocktail Reception – Sponsored by Peter & Kim