CEE 524 ONC - Construction Law

Campus: Urbana-Champaign

Description:

Legal aspects of the construction process and the potential liability that engineers can incur through the design, and post-construction processes. Organization and operation of the American court system, contact formation, defenses, remedies, and typical areas of dispute, and design services contracts, torts, product liability, agency, business organizations, intellectual property, and risk managements. Mock trial of a recent construction-related case with the class serving as plaintiffs and defendants. Course Information: Prerequisite: CEE 420, CEE 421, and CEE 422.

Special Instructions:

Students in this section will complete this course completely online except for the following which must be completed on-campus: Exams (will be completed in the classroom with the instructor/TA), Homework/exam sessions, Office Hours. Contact Becky Stillwell (rborden@illinois.edu), Meg Griffin (mgriffn@illinois.edu), and the course instructor for permission to register.

Option 1

Course Level: Graduate

Credit: 4

Term(s): Fall