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Construction Contract
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Best Practices Construction Law
Fake IDs: Undocumented Workers Grounds for Breach of Construction Contract?
Last week Scott Judy, Editor-in-Chief of Southeast Construction magazine, sent me a tweet about a courthouse project in Jacksonsville, Florida where a large number of fake IDs surfaced on the site. As reported in the article, Federal…
New Jersey Law Blog
Contracts – Construction: Validity of Paid When Paid Provision
In the matter of Brolley Electrical v. Ernest Bock and Sons, Inc., the Court reviewed the validity and enforceability of a "paid when paid" provision within a construction contract. The…
Best Practices Construction Law
Hot Off the Press: ConsensusDOCS Releases Green Building Addendum
As much as possible, I like to highlight various forms of construction contract documents. In most of my green building presentations over the past few months, I have talked about the…
Best Practices Construction Law
Magic Carpet Ride: Maryland Court Holds Termination of Subcontractor to Be Improper
Released in 1968, the lyrics from Steppenwolf's psychedelic rock song blare out: "I like to dream, right between my sound machine..." Yep, you remember ... the Magic Carpet Ride! The Maryland…
Ahead of Schedule
Be Alert to New AIA Construction Contract Forms
By Karl Oles
Contractors and owners used to the pre-2007 AIA document forms should know that the AIA has revised its most popular forms and that the AIA software no longer supports the…
Oregon Construction Law
No Damages For Delay Provisions
By Marcus Eyth
Are No Damages for Delay Provisions enforceable in Oregon? That depends (favorite lawyer's response, but true)... In summary, these provisions are: enforceable on private projects unenforceable in public procurement prime…
Best Practices Construction Law
Construction Contracts and Arbitration Provisions: Is the Word “May” Mandatory? Maybe!
You don’t always say what you mean. And you don’t always mean what you say. In construction contracts, parties attempt to use plain and ordinary words to describe their respective obligations. For…
La Revue
Le dernier-né des modèles de contrats FIDIC
And the gold book is… Depuis plusieurs années déjà, le travail de la Fédération Internationale des Ingénieurs Conseils (FIDIC) constitue, à l’échelle internationale, une référence dans le domaine de la…
Constructlaw®
Vermont District Court Declines To Apply Exception To Economic Loss Rule To Contractor’s Claims Against Architect
By Constructlaw
Hunt Construction Group, Inc. v. Brennan Beer Gorman / Architects, P.C. 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 93754 (D. Vt. 2008) In declining to apply an exception to the economic loss rule,…
Louisiana Law Blog
Three Things Every Contractor Should Know Before Signing That Construction Contract for Building Remediation
By Trippe Hawthorne, Mark Mese
In a perfect world, Contractors would only do business with owners, designers, subcontractors, and material suppliers that they know well and trust. No surprises, misunderstandings, or disasters. In this world,…