Contractor Community
- Contractor Community, Contracts
- January 12, 2018
By Karalynn Cromeens, Cromeens Law Firm, PLLC I remember the first subcontract I ever read as a baby attorney. My exact thoughts were this thing is so bad you are better off burning it than trying to fix it. It was so one-sided in the general contractor’s favor that it would be easier to start
READ MOREBy Jordan Pavlus; Byrne, Costello & Pickard, P.C. Contract review is one of the most tedious, yet important, aspects of subcontracting. Contractual terms determine project schedule, payment rights, claims processes, dispute resolution, and so on. Virtually all of a subcontractor’s legal and equitable rights are determined and affected by the contract. Like other aspects of
READ MOREBy Patrick Hogan, handle.com Contracts can significantly impact construction projects’ profitability, and complacency can lead to wasted resources–even revenue loss. Many fail to be conscientious about reviewing contracts for various reasons–they may have been working with the same client for several projects now, or they’ve never had issues with their templated contracts, so they don’t
READ MOREBy Dan Broderick, BlackBoiler Apocryphally, the phrase “may you live in interesting times” comes from an ancient Chinese curse. In the words of Sir Austen Chamberlain, politician, and brother of the British Prime Minister, Neville, “The curse has fallen on us…we move from one crisis to another. We suffer one disturbance and shock after another.”
READ MOREBy Gary R. Semmer, AssuredPartners Construction Contracts are becoming more complex regardless of which ones you’re entering into and the Insurance Requirements often include addendums or exhibits that need to be reviewed to comply with your Insurance Program. The following are some of the more common Contract provisions that come up today in our Client’s
READ MOREBy Kent Lang and Mike Thal, Lang & Klain, P.C. In seeking indemnification for damages caused by a subcontractor’s work, a general contractor or upstream subcontractor should understand the “your work” exclusion typically contained in commercial general liability (CGL) insurance policies, as well as the “subcontractor exception” to that exclusion. For all contractors, understanding those
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