Mark Nagata will be presenting a 2.5-day course titled “Managing Highway Contract Claims: Analysis and Avoidance” from May 6 – 8, 2025. The course provides the basic tools to address the management and avoidance of highway construction claims. Mark will present the evaluation of a highway contract claim by focusing on three claim components: entitlement, impact, and cost. Participants will learn claims avoidance techniques, as well as, how to identify and review best practices associated with successful dispute resolution.
For more information, please view the course website.
Mike Ryan will be presenting a 2.5-day course titled “Managing Highway Contract Claims: Analysis and Avoidance” from April 15 – 17, 2025. The course provides the basic tools to address the management and avoidance of highway construction claims. Mike will present the evaluation of a highway contract claim by focusing on three claim components: entitlement, impact, and cost. Participants will learn claims avoidance techniques, as well as, how to identify and review best practices associated with successful dispute resolution.
For more information, please view the course website.

TRAUNER and QDR International are announcing a new partnership that will leverage the strengths of both of their
construction claims practices. The partnership will combine TRAUNER’s four decades of experience and continuous
commitment to excellence and QDR’s international consulting experience and Latin American DNA. With a dedicated
staff committed to the values of truthfulness, objectivity, professionalism, and thoroughness, our combined team
will consistently provide outstanding services on every assignment. We will work together to promote the use of best
practices in objective claims analysis, based on established techniques for the identification and measurement of
delay, disruption, and change impacts.
Leveraging one another’s teams allows both firms to expand their ability to bring the level of rigor and focused
technical analysis necessary to resolve disputes on major projects, while providing an expanded level of expertise to
each firm’s current clients.
For the full announcement, please view the press release.
Mike Ryan will be presenting a 2-day course titled “Managing Highway Contract Claims: Analysis and Avoidance” from February 12 – 13, 2025. The course provides the basic tools to address the management and avoidance of highway construction claims. Mike will present the evaluation of a highway contract claim by focusing on three claim components: entitlement, impact, and cost. Participants will learn claims avoidance techniques, as well as, how to identify and review best practices associated with successful dispute resolution.
For more information, please view the course website.
Mark Nagata will be presenting a 2.5-day NHI course titled “Managing Highway Contract Claims: Analysis and Avoidance” on January 7 – 9, 2025. The course provides the basic tools to address the management and avoidance of highway construction claims. Mark will present the evaluation of a highway contract claim by focusing on three claim components: entitlement, impact, and cost. Participants will learn claims avoidance techniques, as well as, how to identify and review best practices associated with successful dispute resolution.
For more information, please view the course website.
Bill Haydt will be presenting a 2.5-day NHI course titled “Managing Highway Contract Claims: Analysis and Avoidance” from November 19 – 21, 2024. The course provides the basic tools to address the management and avoidance of highway construction claims. Bill will present the evaluation of a highway contract claim by focusing on three claim components: entitlement, impact, and cost. Participants will learn claims avoidance techniques, as well as, how to identify and review best practices associated with successful dispute resolution.
For more information, please view the course website.
Chris Costello will be presenting a virtual 2.5-day NHI course titled “Principles and Applications of Highway Construction Specifications” on October 29 – 31, 2024. The course includes content that highlights the role of specifications as contract documents and tools for assigning risk. Course participants will engage in lessons and practice sessions to identify types of specifications, select the most appropriate type for a given project, and generate an original, effective highway construction specification. Emphasis is placed on the use of basic grammar and writing style so that participants can produce correct, consistent, clear, complete, and concise specifications.
For more information, please view the course website.
Mark Nagata will be presenting a 2-day NHI course titled “Managing Highway Contract Claims: Analysis and Avoidance” on October 22 – 23, 2024. The course provides the basic tools to address the management and avoidance of highway construction claims. Mark will present the evaluation of a highway contract claim by focusing on three claim components: entitlement, impact, and cost. Participants will learn claims avoidance techniques, as well as, how to identify and review best practices associated with successful dispute resolution.
For more information, please view the course website.