Date
Thursday, August 27 2026Time
09:00 AM PDT | 12:00 PM EDTDuration
60 minutesWebinar ID
WEB2606099Construction lending presents unique risks and opportunities that require specialized underwriting, administration, and monitoring practices. From project feasibility and borrower strength to budget analysis and draw management, lenders must carefully evaluate multiple factors throughout the life of a construction loan to ensure successful project completion and minimize credit risk.
This webinar provides a comprehensive review of construction lending and real estate credit administration, focusing on best practices for evaluating, underwriting, and monitoring construction loans. Participants will gain practical insights into project assessment, risk identification, loan structuring, and ongoing portfolio management to strengthen credit quality and regulatory compliance.
Gain a comprehensive understanding of construction lending fundamentals.
Learn best practices for evaluating construction loan requests.
Strengthen underwriting and credit analysis skills.
Understand key risks unique to construction financing.
Improve project monitoring and loan administration processes.
Learn how to identify early warning signs of project problems.
Enhance compliance with regulatory expectations and lending standards.
Reduce credit losses through effective risk management.
Build confidence in managing construction lending portfolios.
Commercial lenders and bankers
Credit analysts and underwriters
Construction loan administrators
Credit risk and portfolio managers
Loan review professionals
Bank executives and lending managers
Real estate finance professionals
Compliance and regulatory personnel
Community and regional bank professionals
Anyone involved in construction and real estate lending
Fundamentals of Construction Lending
Types of Construction and Real Estate Development Loans
Evaluating Borrower Strength and Repayment Sources
Assessing Developer Experience and Project Management Capabilities
Feasibility Studies and Market Analysis
Reviewing Construction Budgets and Cost Estimates
Loan-to-Cost (LTC) and Loan-to-Value (LTV) Analysis
Underwriting Construction Loan Requests
Structuring Construction Loan Terms and Covenants
Interest Reserves and Contingency Planning
Draw Request Review and Fund Disbursement Controls
Construction Inspection and Progress Monitoring
Managing Change Orders and Cost Overruns
Identifying and Addressing Construction Loan Red Flags
Regulatory Expectations and Credit Administration Best Practices
Portfolio Monitoring and Problem Loan Management
Case Studies and Real-World Construction Lending Scenarios
Principal
Devon Risk Advisory Group
Dev Strischek A frequent speaker, instructor, advisor, and writer on credit risk and commercial banking topics and issues, Dev is principal of Devon Risk Advisory Group and engages in consulting, speaking and training on a wide range of risk, credit, and lending topics. As former SVP and senior credit policy officer at SunTrust Bank, Atlanta, he was responsible for developing, implementing, and administering credit policies for SunTrust's wholesale lines of business--commercial, commercial real estate, corporate investment banking, capital markets, business banking, and private wealth management. He also spent three years as managing director and credit approver in SunTrust's Florida commercial lending and corporate investment banking areas, respectively. Prior to SunTrust, Dev was chief credit officer for Barnett Bank's Palm Beach market. Besides stints at other banks in Florida, Kansas City, and Ohio, Dev's experiences outside of banking include CFO of a Honolulu construction company, combat engineer officer in the U.S. Army, and college economics instructor in Hawaii, Missouri, and Florida. A graduate of Ohio State University and the ABA Stonier Graduate School of Banking, he earned his M.B.A. from the University of Hawaii.
Dev serves as an instructor in the ABA’s Stonier Graduate School of Banking, the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking, the Pacific Coast Banking School, and the American Bankers Association's (ABA) Commercial Lending. His school, conference, and workshop audiences have included participants drawn from the ABA, RMA, OCC, Federal Reserve, FDIC, FFIEC, SBA, the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) and the AICPA.
Dev has written about credit risk management, financial analysis and related subjects for the ABA's Commercial Insights, the Risk Management Association's RMA Journal, and other business professional journals. He is the author of Analyzing Construction Contractors and its related RMA workshop. A past national chair of RMA and former Florida Chapter president, Dev serves as a member of the RMA Journal's advisory board, and an ex-officio board member of the Florida and Atlanta RMA chapters. He also serves on the advisory board of the Atlanta Chapter of the Professional Risk Managers' International Association (PRMIA), and he has consulted on credit risk issues with banks in Morocco, Egypt, and Angola through the US State Department's Financial Service Volunteer Corps (FSVC)