Michael Swartz
Partner*
Experience
Practice Areas
* Partner through a professional corporation
Community Involvement
Sherwood Park Advisory Committee, North Toronto
Speaking Engagements
Instructor (with Krista Chaytor), "CCDC2 - 200 (Everything You Need to Know but Haven't Asked About Yet)", The Construction Institute of Canada, February 8, 2023
Co-Speaker (with Krista Chaytor), "Construction Contracts: Assessing and Managing Risks – Part 2”, Private Webinar Series for an Owner in conjunction with The Construction Institute of Canada, October 31, 2022
Co-Speaker (with Krista Chaytor), "Construction Contracts: Assessing and Managing Risks – Part 1”, Private Webinar Series for an Owner in conjunction with The Construction Institute of Canada, July 8, 2022
Co-Speaker (with Krista Chaytor), "Construction Contracts 101: Smooth Sailing or Gale Force Winds”, Webinar Series, The Construction Institute of Canada, March 29-31, 2022
Co-Speaker (with Jeff Scorgie), "New CCA 1-2021 Stipulated Price Subcontract & Best Practices: What you need to know”, Webinar, Link2Build, March 23, 2022
Co-Speaker (with Krista Chaytor), "The Law of Procurement”, Webinar Series, The Construction Institute of Canada, March 7-9, 2022
Guest Speaker, "Bid Theory”, Ontario Association of Architects and University of Toronto, 2022 On-line Continuing Education Course, March 2, 2022
Co-Speaker (with Krista Chaytor), “Supply Chain Woes: Breaches, Claims, Delay and More – Tips for Handling Price Escalations, Material Shortages and Supply Chain Delays”, Webinar, The Construction Institute of Canada, February 28, 2022
Speaker, "6th Annual Conference on Managing Risk in Construction Contracts & Projects", Canadian Institute, Online Hybrid, February 24, 25, 2022
Co-Speaker (with Krista Chaytor), “CCDC2 – 2020 (Everything You Need to Know But Haven’t Yet Asked)”, Webinar, The Construction Institute of Canada, June 9, 2021
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Additional Publications
- Co-author (with Krista Chaytor and Brian Kuchar), “Resolving Construction Disputes in a COVID World”, The Generals: Ontario General Contractors Association, Fall/Winter 2020
- Co-author (with Krista Chaytor and Brian Kuchar), “Pandemic Pandemonium! Construction Claims and COVID-19”, Piling Canada Q2, 2020
- Co-author (with Krista Chaytor), “Getting Ready for Prompt Payment in Ontario: Other provinces are likely to follow suit”, Canadian Petroleum Contractor Magazine, Canadian Petroleum Contractor Association, December 2019
Media Mentions
- Daily Commercial News, “Legal Notes: Understanding early occupancy under the new CDCC contracts“, February 2, 2022