Expert Guidance for
Complex Construction Contracts
Learn how to negotiate more fair and balanced commercial terms and conditions in your construction contracts
At Southernstar Consultants LLC, we empower contractors and corporations with the tools to navigate complex construction contracts and negotiations. Through our practical, hands-on training courses and expert consulting services, we help businesses minimize risk, secure better terms, and protect their hard-earned assets.
Whether you’re a major corporation or an independent contractor, our team brings decades of global industry experience to ensure your contracts work for you.
Kit Werremeyer is the Owner and President of Southernstar Consultants LLC, specializing in expert guidance on construction contracts and negotiations. With over 45 years of global experience in the construction and engineering industries, Kit has worked with major corporations to secure better contract terms, minimize risk, and protect assets. He is also the author of Understanding and Negotiating Construction Contracts and a seasoned instructor, offering practical training to empower construction professionals.
Work with Kit
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2-Day Course: Understanding and Negotiating Construction Contracts
The Understanding and Negotiating Construction Contracts course is a two-day workshop designed to help construction companies, suppliers, and service providers evaluate, negotiate, and secure contracts more effectively. Participants will learn to minimize risks, improve cash flow, and protect assets, all while engaging with real-life contract examples to develop practical negotiation strategies.
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Consulting for your Team or Business: Virtual or In-Person
Kit's consulting service provides expert guidance to help your business confidently navigate construction contracts. By focusing on critical areas like scopes of work, payment terms, indemnity clauses, and dispute resolution, Kit helps you minimize risk, protect assets, and secure more favorable agreements. Tailored to your specific needs, Kit ensures your contracts align with your business goals.
What People Are Saying
“Thank you for the great contracting course. Each of our sessions in Dallas, Charlotte, and Columbia, received very good reviews. Our sales, credit and risk management personnel were engaged, informed and challenged. For some the sessions were eye opening to better protect our assets through better contracting. Thanks again for a great result.”
— Karl J. Schoenleber, Executive VP & Divisional Manager, CMC Structural/Joist & Deck
“Thank you very much for coming to our plant in Monterrey, Mexico to teach our group there the ins and outs of international construction-related contracting.
We were very pleased with your course, particularly with its practical focus. Immediately after it we were able to apply the concepts we learned to a contract we had under negotiation in the Middle East, and obtained a much better agreement.
And thanks to your course we are now able to review contracts faster and more effectively. As engineers, we were inclined to dismiss as boilerplate dangerous commercial terms such as indemnity, insurance, liquidated damages, and others. Now we are much more aware of how important these conditions are and what to look for in each of them, and others, to prevent unintended liabilities or losses to our business. I will certainly recommend your course to anyone that needs to learn about negotiating commercial terms in construction contracts.”
— Francisco Castaño, PE President, Geometrica, Inc
“Our company is increasingly faced with large construction contracts as we continue to grow domestically and globally. Kit’s ability to express his extensive experience and knowledge in all facets of construction contracts was evident during the open discussion seminar. He provided us with a vast understanding of how to mitigate our risk while giving us the confidence to present contractual alternatives to our customers. Kit knows what a fair contract looks like and how to get there!”
— Shane S., Director, Power Industry Sales
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