The Scope Creep Trap- Webinar
The Scope Creep Trap
How Engineering firms inherit liability they never meant to accept
September 23, 2026 | 11:00 a.m. ET | Live Webinar
Hosted by:
Nima Zeraatpisheh,
Risk Advisor, Engineering & Designers Practice, PROLINK
Nima is a Risk Advisor with PROLINK’s Engineering & Designers Practice, who is passionate and specializes in helping engineering and design firms identify, manage and transfer professional and operational risks. His work focuses on professional liability, contractual risk and helping firms strengthen their risk-management practices before issues become claims.
Jessica Gahtan
Associate, Construction Lawyer, Glaholt Bowles LLP
Jessica Gahtan is a construction lawyer and Associate at Glaholt Bowles LLP, where she represents clients across a wide range of construction disputes. Her experience includes advising owners, general contractors, design professionals, subcontractors and suppliers on complex legal and contractual issues arising throughout the construction process.
Scope creep rarely begins with one major decision. It develops through informal emails, additional meetings, field comments and client requests that gradually expand an engineering firm’s responsibilities.
Join Nima Zeraatpisheh and Jessica Gahtan for a practical discussion on how scope creep can create contractual, legal and professional liability exposures.
What You Will Learn
How informal advice can expand your perceived professional role.
Where scope creep commonly arises across engineering disciplines.
How expanded responsibilities can create gaps in insurance coverage.
Contract language involving guarantees, indemnities, delays, means and methods, and cost overruns.
How to document changes, rejected recommendations and additional work.
Practical controls for reviewing, authorizing and managing scope changes.
Who Should Attend?
Design/ Engineering firm owners, principals, project managers, technical leaders, operation and finance leaders, professionals responsible for managing professional liability insurance.
Define the Line. Protect the Practice.
Register now for September 23, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. ET.