About the President

Richard D. Cardwell

BUSINESS CLIENT FOCUS

Private, Non-Profit and Public Construction Owners and their architects, contractors, legal advisors, risk managers, associations, interest groups and lobbyists.

EDUCATION

• Capital University Law School, J.D., 1990
• The Ohio State University, B.A., 1986

With 18 years experience representing public construction owners on transactional, law compliance and dispute prevention/mitigation matters, Rich Cardwell has become a leader in his legal representation of over one hundred Ohio political subdivisions, including school districts, counties, municipalities, townships and libraries, involved in major construction projects totaling over three billion dollars in construction value. Mr. Cardwell is now positioned to leverage his experience, reputation and relationships for the collaborative benefit of public, non-profit and private construction owners and their architects and contractors nationally as a Construction Owner Resources, LLC (COR) Consultant.

In particular, Mr. Cardwell is well suited to provide collaborative COR Consulting Services to private, non-profit and public construction owners and their architects, contractors, legal advisors, risk managers, associations, interest groups and lobbyists, both generally and on specific projects, with historic changes in the technology, economics, business models and the delivery of construction projects that are now occurring, especially as related to Building Information Modeling (BIM) and the new IPD and IPD Contracts and underlying Lean Construction principals that will markedly improve the cost, quality, time and risk of construction projects for owners.

REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS (AS CONSTRUCTION COUNSEL)

• Kettering City School District Permanent Improvement Projects (Approximately $102 Million)
• City School District of the City of Cincinnati Ohio School Facilities Commission Urban Projects (Approximately $1 Billion over ten plus years)
• Springfield City School District Ohio School Facilities Commission Classroom Facilities Assistance Program Project (Approximately $165 Million)
• Clinton-Massie Local School District Ohio School Facilities Commission Expedited Local Partnership Program Project (Approximately $16 Million)
• Southern Hills Joint Vocational School District Ohio School Facilities Commission Vocational Facilities Assistance Program Project (Over $11 Million)
• Indian Hill Exempted Village School District Permanent Improvement Projects (Approximately $48 Million)
• City of Newark Fire/Police Station Projects (Approximately $9 Million)
• Richland County New Jail Project (Approximately $17.5 Million)
• Hurt/Battelle Library Renovation Project (Approximately $1 Million)

PUBLICATIONS AND SPEECHES

• "Preventing and Mitigating Construction Budget Busters!"
  OSBA Capital Conference, November 2006, Co-Presenter
• "Construction Manager, Program Manager, Architect, Authorized Representative: Who Should Manage My School Construction Project"
  BASA School Facilities Conference, May 2006, Presenter
• "My School Construction Project is Costing Extra - Who Pays!!"
  BASA Regional Meetings, Spring 2005, Presenter
• "The A,B,C’s of Contractor Surety Communication and Negotiations"
  "The Role of Board of Education Authorized Representatives on Construction Projects"
  "When to Hold’em and When to Fold’em: Payments to Contractors in the Context of Poor/Delayed Performance, Disputes & Claims"
  BASA/TRIAD, School Facilities Conference, February/March 2005, Co-Presenter
• "Construction Contract Assignments - How and When Does it Work?"
  "School District’s Legal Obligations Related to Construction Scheduling & Delays"
  "Architect & Construction Manager Fees: A Winning Strategy for Negotiations"
  BASA/TRIAD, School Facilities Conference, May 2004, Co-Presenter
• "School Construction Projects: Hiring A Construction Manager"
  Ohio Association of School Business Officials School Business Bulletin, March 2004, Author
• "Understanding Professional Services and Project Delivery Methods on Ohio School District Construction Projects"
  Ohio Association of School Business Officials Bulletin, 2003, Author
• "Include Architects in Pre-Bond Issue Plans"
  Ohio School Boards Association Journal Magazine, 2002, Author
• "Control Project Costs through Architect and Construction Management Contracts"
  County Commissioners Association of Ohio, County News Magazine 1997, Co-author

COMMUNITY & PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT

• Member, American Bar Association Forum on the Construction Industry
• Member, Columbus Bar Construction Law Committee
• Member, Ohio State Bar Association Government, Education & Construction Law Committee
• Past President, Development Board, Children’s Hospital of Columbus
• Member, Capital Area Humane Society

SPECIAL INTERESTS

• Golf
• Snow Skiing
• College Football

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