Construction Law Symposium 2026
Date: Jun 24, 2026 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: New Jersey Law Center, New Brunswick, and Online
Member Price: $211.00
Non-Member Price: $264.00
Section Price: $0.00
Areas of Law: Construction
Earn up to 7.1 credits! (More Information)
Keynote
Moderator
- Stephen W. Bialkowski, Esq.
- Bialkowski Law, LLC, Ramsey
- Thomas N. Gamarello, Esq.
- Counsel, Schenck Price Smith & King, LLP, Florham Park
Presenters
- Madison N. Bialkowski, Esq.
- Bialkowski Law, LLC, Ramsey
- Joseph R. Haftek, Jr., Esq.
- Gartner+Bloom PC, Whippany
- Christopher D. Ling, AIA NCARB, PP, LEED AP
- Vertex Senior Managing Director, Claims, Disputes & Forensics
- Fritz T. Marth, P.E., CFCC
- Director of Consulting Services, GREYHAWK, Mt. Laurel
- Michael A. McDonough, Esq.
- Ferro Labella & Weiss LLC, Hackensack
- Steven Nudelman, Esq.
- Secretary, District VIII Fee Arbitration Committee
Greenbaum Rowe Smith & Davis, Red Bank - Bart Oates, Esq.
- Reppert Oates & Vytell, LLC, Basking Ridge
- D. Neil Sinclair
- Executive Vice President, The Primestone Group, Maryland, New York
- George A. Tsairis, RA, NCARB, AIA
- GAT Architecture & Design, Spring Lake
- Sterling Young
- Roofing Innovations, LLC, VA
Join us for this year’s Construction Law Symposium as an esteemed panel takes you through the life cycle of a construction project from technical and legal perspectives. Spend the day acquiring knowledge on each step of a construction project, from groundbreaking to close-out. Industry experts and construction attorneys will provide information on the following topics:
- How commercial construction projects are designed
- Bid challenges and procurement risk
- Submittals, shop drawings and product substitutions
- Construction coordination and change orders
- Building envelope and commercial roofing
- Payment, completion and claims
- How construction disputes actually develop and how to avoid them
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Program Agenda:
- 9:00 | Session 1 - Procurement and Bidding
A. How commercial construction projects are designed and bid - Fritz T. Marth, P.E., CFCC
B. Bid challenges and procurement risk - Joseph R. Haftek, Jr., Esq. - 9:50 | Session 2 - Scheduling and Project Controls
A. Understanding CPM Scheduling - D. Neil Sinclair
B. Delay claims and time extensions - Stephen W. Bialkowski, Esq. - 10:40 | Break
- 10:50 | Session 3 - Submittals, Shop Drawings and Product Substitutions
A. How submittals and shop drawings work - Christopher D. Ling, AIA NCARB, PP, LEED AP
B. Specification compliance and substitution disputes - Madison N. Bialkowski, Esq. - 11:40 | Session 4 - Construction Coordination and Change Orders
A. Industry Expert - How trades coordinate work in the field
B. Change orders and constructive changes - Thomas N. Gamarello, Esq. - 12:30 | Lunch
- 1:10 | Session 5 - Building Envelope and Commercial Roofing
A. Commercial roofing systems and failure points - Sterling Young
B. Roofing warranties and defect litigation - Bart Oates, Esq. - 2:00 | Session 6 - Payment, Completion and Claims
A. Payment applications and project close-out - George A. Tsairis, RA, NCARB, AIA
B. Payment disputes, liens and surety claims potential topics - Michael A. McDonough, Esq. - 2:40 | Break
- 2:50 | Session 7 - Lessons from Construction Disputes
Panel Discussion - “How Construction Disputes Actually Develop – and How to Avoid Them”
- Moderator: Steven Nudelman, Esq.
- Panelists: Thomas N. Gamarello, Esq.; Joseph R. Haftek, Jr., Esq.; Michael A. McDonough, Esq.; Stephen W. Bialkowski, Esq. and Christopher D. Ling, AIA NCARB, PP, LEED AP - 3:50 | Closing Remarks
- 4:00 | Adjourn
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