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Eric Law

Eric Law

Senior Director of Technology and Innovation

Swinerton

Jessica Rothman
Moderator

Jessica Rothman

Partner

Ingram Yuzek Gainen Carroll & Bertolotti, LLP

Amira Nazar

Amira Nazar

Senior Project Manager

Mace Group

Mike Powers

Mike Powers

District Manager, NYC Metro

Autodesk

Jamison Divoll

Jamison Divoll

Vice President

Silverstein Properties

Eric Law

Senior Director of Technology and Innovation

Swinerton

Eric Law is pushing technologies limits to elegantly solve construction business problems. Mr. Law is a recovering entrepreneur currently building an industry-leading innovation team at Swinerton. Previously he led the Construction Product team for Bentley Systems after the acquisition of his company, EADOC. Mr. Law earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. To escape technology, he heads to the mountains with his family to ski, mountain bike, and climb a rock or two.

Eric Law is pushing technologies limits to elegantly solve construction business problems. Eric is a recovering entrepreneur currently building an industry-leading innovation team at Swinerton. Previously he led the Construction Product team for Bentley Systems after the acquisition of his company, EADOC. Eric earned his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. To escape technology, he heads to the mountains with his family to ski, mountain bike, and climb a rock or two.

Jessica Rothman

Moderator

Ingram Yuzek Gainen Carroll & Bertolotti, LLP

Jessica L. Rothman has 20+ years of litigation experience focused on representing owners,

contractors and design professionals in a range of performance and payment disputes including

breach of contract, mechanic’s lien, negligence and building defect claims. Her practice extends

to mediation and arbitration of these disputes. Jessica’s knowledge and experience is often

sought out by owners, contractors, architects and engineers in negotiating contracts for

construction and design projects. Jessica is skilled in negotiating the critical risk, performance

and payment terms under those agreements, and managing the implementation and practical

effects of the critical terms over the course of a project.

Jessica is admitted to the United States District Court for the Eastern and Southern Districts of

New York and the New York State Bar.

Mike Powers

District Manager, NYC Metro

Autodesk

Mike came to Autodesk through the acquisition of BuildingConnected in January 2019. He has been leading and managing sales teams across all business units for the last 4 years. Prior to joining Autodesk, Mike worked as an Engineer at Turner Construction Company for over 3 years, where he has gained first-hand construction technical expertise and knowledge. Mike also holds a bachelor's in mechanical engineering from the University of Delaware.

Jamison Divoll

Vice President

Silverstein Properties

As Vice President, Development at Silverstein Properties, Jamison Divoll is responsible for overseeing activities on Silverstein’s ground up development projects. Most recently Jamison has been leading the firm’s efforts on Innovation QNS, a 5 block, 3 million square foot master plan in Astoria, Queens and a 334-unit multi-family development in Las Vegas, Nevada. In addition, he has worked on other Silverstein development projects including Four Seasons Hotel and Residence, New York Downtown, 44-01 Northern Boulevard, and the Disney Headquarters in Hudson Square.

Prior to joining Silverstein, Jamison was a Project Manager at H. Carr & Sons, a General Trades Contractor operating throughout New England where he worked on projects in the Commercial Office, Healthcare, Hospitality and Government sectors.

Jamison holds a B. S. in Management Engineering from Worcester Polytech Institute and a M.S. in Real Estate Development from New York University. Formerly the co-chair of the New York City chapter of NAIOP Student Affairs Committee and currently an active member of Urban Land Institute.

Summary

  1. How can greater collaboration in the construction and development process improve profit?

  2. What operational improvements and technologies, such as self-perform, can contractors implement to improve cost efficiency?

  3. When developing office properties, what type of delivery methods for materials are taken into account in the early construction phase?

  4. How are developers building better, more sustainable developments?

  5. How can GC's navigate labor supply concerns when constructing office properties?

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