Ready to Respond? Contractors' Best Practices for Performance Bond Claim Preparedness
- Claims, Insurance, Risk Management
- April 23, 2024
By Michael Metz-Topodas, Saul Ewing Despite the pandemic’s wane, the construction industry is still facing price escalation volatility. Finding a path to negotiate contracts in this environment requires understanding how the problem emerged and knowing the full range of solutions and remedies to employ on current and future projects. The Problem COVID-19’s disruptive force continues
READ MOREBy Robert Tuman, CCR Safety Consulting In my almost 40 years as a risk manager and safety consultant, I was privileged to work with contractors who over time succeeded in lowering their experience modification rates, resulting in lower workers’ compensation premiums and more favorable treatment when bidding work. Whether it is right or wrong, owners
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 Dale Carnegie Staff Key Insights When psychological safety exists, team members are more collaborative and more comfortable taking the interpersonal risks necessary to be innovative and to successfully implement change. Teams that lack trust and psychological safety will struggle to be agile. Creating an environment of psychological safety relies heavily on the soft skills
READ MOREBy Patrick Hogan, handle.com The level of financial risk that construction businesses deal with is no joke. For every project, there’s always the possibility that you won’t net a profit or the payments get so delayed that other projects–and ultimately, your bottom line–are negatively affected. This is why more and more construction businesses put immense
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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