June Green Eggs: Green Design and Construction Insurance – New Policies for Professionals and Properties

Date:

June 1, 2011

Time:

7:30am

Location:

Maine Audubon, Gilsland Farm Center, 20 Gilsland Farm Road, Falmouth, Maine

Cost:

$10.00 members
$15.00 non-members

Green Design and Construction Insurance – New Policies for Professionals and Properties

Join us to learn about design and construction insurance as it applies specifically to green building.  There are policies for professionals and properties that are new to the market.  Find out what implications this has for you and your business.

Understanding green design and construction insurance is of critical importance to builders, contractors, architects, LEED consultants, developers and property owners (including homeowners)!  Insureds need to understand their risk and become familiar with the tools available to mitigate that risk.  Join us to learn how! 

Presenter

Asha Echeverria, Attorney, Associate, Bernstein Shur

Asha is a dispute resolution lawyer who handles a variety of claims involving insurance, energy, construction, banking, and general commercial matters.  She is a member of Bernstein Shur’s Construction Law and Energy and Environmental practice groups.

Asha’s energy clients include owners of power plants in disputes with suppliers, manufacturers, and insurers.  She has worked on large complex claims involving hydroelectric and thermal power plants throughout a wide geographic area from New England to the Caribbean.

As a licensed professional engineer (PE) and LEED Accredited Professional, Asha is heavily involved in construction matters representing contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, and owners in complex construction litigation, contract drafting and negotiation, lien claims, defect claims, and contract disputes.  Asha is a frequent lecturer in the construction industry in Maine.

Asha also represents clients, including her construction and energy clients, as insurance coverage counsel in matters involving CGL, property, and directors and officers’ policies.  Asha has been involved in assisting clients in seeking significant recoveries under  property insurance policies  insuring hydroelectric turbines and fishing vessels valued at over half a million dollars.  Asha has also successfully litigated coverage issues with insurance companies, including claims under Maine’s Unfair Settlement Practices Act.  Asha is an active lecturer on insurance matters in Maine.

Prior to law school as a civil engineer with Parsons Brinckerhoff, Asha designed and coordinated various multi-million dollar construction and demolition projects, as well as state and federal transportation and highway safety projects. While at The George Washington University Law School, Asha was a Thurgood Marshall scholar.

About Green Eggs and to Register

Green Eggs is the Chapter’s monthly breakfast forum featuring a speaker and topic relevant to green buildings. Networking and breakfast, featuring a full breakfast – local, organic, creative – prepared by Local Sprouts Cooperative, will take place from 7:30 – 8:00 followed by a 45 minute presentation and a 15 minute question, answer & discussion period. Attendance is limited and pre-registration with payment is recommended. Attendance is $10 for members and $15 for non members. To register for the event, register here or e-mail programs@maineusgbc.org to reserve your spot.