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Negotiating a Construction Contract: Clauses, Changes and Delays

by Stephanie Hayes Cook | Aug 2, 2017
Legal and Regulatory | Risk Management

Beginning with a sound construction contract can have a significant impact on a firm’s profit, loss, reputation and overall ability to manage a project. Understanding the impact of project delays and changes to a contract can help contractors navigate risks and adjust bids to more accurately account for unknown contingencies or claims.

Five Tips for Creating a Contractual Agreement

by Caitlin Sweeney | Jul 27, 2017
Contracts | Legal and Regulatory

With the right contract, contractors can avoid putting their company at risk. To make crafting agreements easier, following are some contract dos and don’ts.

Negligence Claim Proves Designers Can Be Held Directly Liable to Subcontractors

by Gina M. Vitiello | Jul 27, 2017
Legal and Regulatory | Risk Management

Is it reasonable for a subcontractor bidding on a design-build project to assume that the designer has followed the owner’s requirements in preparing the preliminary design documents? The answer is yes, according to a recent ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals...

Negotiating a Contract: Clauses, Changes and Delays

by Stephanie Hayes Cook | Jul 27, 2017
Contracts | Legal and Regulatory | Risk | Risk Management

Beginning with a sound construction contract can have a significant impact on a firm’s profit, loss, reputation and overall ability to manage a project.

There Is Pervasive Non-compliance With the IBC for Fire-rated HVAC Assemblies

by John Pattillo | Jul 27, 2017
Legal and Regulatory | Risk Management

A recent multi-state market analysis has revealed that industry standard horizontal HVAC fire-rated duct assemblies are not in compliance with requirements of the International Building Code (IBC).

Open Competition Bills Enacted in Florida And Missouri

by Construction Executive | Jul 26, 2017
Legal and Regulatory

Missouri and Florida became the 23rd and 24th states to take action to ensure fair and open competition in government procurement of construction services.

Do Not Press Delete: A Primer on Document Preservation Obligations

by Wendy Kennedy Venoit, Gary F. Sheldon, Frank A. Sherer | Jul 17, 2017
Contracts | Dispute Resolution | Legal and Regulatory

The increase in e-discovery in litigation and arbitration unpleasantly introduced many companies to the concept of spoliation of evidence and the need to preserve documents. It's important to implement a document retention policy to define the types of documents to be preserved and the duration of preservation.

Use Construction Management Software to Improve Document Organization

by Pat Whelan | Jul 14, 2017
Contracts | Legal and Regulatory | Project Management

By implementing a construction management software, contractors can repurpose time spent on smaller tasks to help target higher-level tasks, which reduces the risk of errors, omissions and cost overruns.

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Negotiating a Construction Contract: Clauses, Changes and Delays

Five Tips for Creating a Contractual Agreement

Negligence Claim Proves Designers Can Be Held Directly Liable to Subcontractors

Negotiating a Contract: Clauses, Changes and Delays

There Is Pervasive Non-compliance With the IBC for Fire-rated HVAC Assemblies

Open Competition Bills Enacted in Florida And Missouri

Do Not Press Delete: A Primer on Document Preservation Obligations

Use Construction Management Software to Improve Document Organization

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