The Final Stretch: Best Practices for Effective Project Close-Out
Navigate complex project close-outs with confidence. Join SOCOTEC’s expert webinar for best practices on managing claims, disputes, and late-stage project risks.
When: January 28th from 11am to 12pm CT
Not all projects end cleanly. Many projects reach the finish line with unresolved items, a shift in priorities, or performance challenges, making the close-out one of the most complex phases of project delivery.
This webinar addresses how to approach project close-out when disputes are active or anticipated, focusing on preserving rights while completing contractual obligations. Our speakers will draw on real-world experience to explore best practices for navigating the transition from substantial completion to final close-out, even when delays, changes, or disputes are present.
Attendees will gain practical strategies for managing residual risk, maintaining momentum, and completing projects effectively under challenging conditions.
Objectives
What You'll Learn
- Understand how dispute posture influences close-out decisions
- Identify actions that protect entitlement without delaying completion
- Recognize patterns that commonly complicate project close-out
- Know how proactive planning can reduce late-stage friction
- Manage documentation and coordination requirements critical to completion
- Learn how technical and contractual alignment supports dispute readiness
- Understand how dispute posture influences close-out decisions
- Identify actions that protect entitlement without delaying completion
- Recognize patterns that commonly complicate project close-out
- Know how proactive planning can reduce late-stage friction
- Manage documentation and coordination requirements critical to completion
- Learn how technical and contractual alignment supports dispute readiness
Who Benefits
- Project owners and developers
- Project managers and project executives
- Contract and commercial managers
- General contractors and subcontractors
- Claims, scheduling, and cost professionals
- Construction attorneys and in-house legal teams
- Owners’ representatives and construction consultants
About the Speakers
April Parrish, Senior Managing Director
April Parrish has over 14 years of experience in construction consulting, specializing in scheduling, cost, and financial analysis. She prepares and analyzes claims related to defective work, delays, change orders, cost overruns, productivity losses, weather impacts, and terminations. Her expertise includes critical path and productivity analyses, as well as financial damages assessments and forensic investigations. Ms. April Parrish has supported owners, general contractors, and subcontractors across a wide range of projects in the U.S.
John Bailey, Senior Principal
With over 20 years of experience in construction scheduling, cost analysis, and claims consulting, Mr. John L. Bailey supports owners, contractors, designers, and insurers by analyzing schedules, financial records, cost-to-complete estimates, and complex construction claims. His expertise includes delay and productivity impacts, defective work, change orders, and cost overruns. Mr. Bailey has consulted on major projects worldwide and has provided expert testimony in state court and arbitration.
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