Applying Safeguards in Specifying Innovative New Products
Speaker: Christine Diosdado, P.E., Associate Principal, Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc.
Wednesday, May 16, 2018, 6:15 p.m.
Berkeley Yacht Club, 1 Seawall Drive, Berkeley, CA 94710
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Meeting Agenda:
6:15 p.m. - Pre-registration/bar opens
6:45 p.m. - Bell rings
7:00 p.m. - Dinner
7:30 p.m. - Presentation begins
Dinner Meeting Sponsor
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Why You Should Attend:
Innovation involving new products and technologies is a fact of life in the design and construction industry. New products can help organizations capture the value of advancements in science, engineering, and manufacturing. Yet such innovation can pose significant risks to all stakeholders on a project, where the cost of failures or non-performance can be enormous.
In this meeting you will receive an overview of the various sources of risk in specifying new products, and strategies for reducing, avoiding, or allocating such risks. These concepts will be illustrated with actual examples of successes and failures.
After attending this presentation, you will be able to:
• Understand the role and importance of innovation in the built environment.
• Identify the risks involved in specifying new products.
• Discuss when specification of new products may be appropriate from a value/risk perspective.
• Understand methods of risk management for innovative work.
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About the Speaker:
Christine Diosdado has extensive experience as a lead investigator, project manager, and expert witness on complex construction defect cases. Her investigation experience encompasses a wide variety of building types, including high-rise and low-rise residential, institutional, commercial, and medical buildings. Her notable recent projects include flooring and building envelope investigations for medical facilities, an examination of material and soil properties for artificial turf athletic fields, a structural evaluation of solar array panel supports, and an evaluation of exterior cladding and roofing systems for iconic buildings. Christine assists owners, contractors, design professionals, and attorneys.
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Vendor Table Sponsorship:
$100 Members
$150 Non-Members
Details:
• One Vendor Table in lobby per dinner meeting
• One Vendor Table display table per company per year (limit does not apply to Symposium)
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Menu:
Lambs Kabob
Stuffed Filet Sole w/ Shrimp
Vegetarian Spinach Ravioli