Five Key Strategies to Tariff-Proof your Construction Contracts

Five Key Strategies to Tariff-Proof your Construction Contracts

Presented by Vanessa Rousso

Partner, Kelley Kronenberg

Former world #2 women’s pro poker player

APRIL 23, 2025

8:00 am – 9:30 am
 

CASF Office
2929 NW 62 Street
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309

$25 for CASF members

$50 for non-members

In this interactive workshop, you’ll learn to supercharge your contracts with:

Creative Pricing Strategies: Exploring price escalation clauses, cost-plus and GMP contracts, early procurement options with bifurcated pricing (labor fixed, materials adjustable), and other flexible pricing models.

Force Majeure & Change-in-Law Clauses: Guidance on expanding and tailoring these clauses to explicitly address tariffs, trade restrictions, and other government-imposed disruptions. Also, best practices for notice provisions, scope, and the interplay between schedule extensions and cost relief.

Material Substitution Provisions:  Drafting contracts to allow for the substitution of specified materials. How to structure approval processes with owners/architects to add agility without compromising design intent.

Shared Risk Models: How to negotiate and structure shared cost or risk allocation—such as capped exposure models or 50/50 split thresholds—for unexpected material cost increases.

Contingency Planning: Using well-defined contingency allowances—both for cost and schedule—as proactive buffers against economic volatility. Also, contractual provisions for early procurement and advance ordering.

REGISTER (954) 974-6333 or CASF.ORG

Cancellation requires 48-hour notice. No show policy in effect.

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