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A Difficult Meeting0
- Best Practices, Legally Speaking
- October 27, 2020
By Bruce E. Kauffman, Esquire and Brad E. Kauffman, Esquire It was a very difficult and upsetting ride home for me from a recent meeting with a subcontractor client, his wife, and their certified public accountant. The company, a specialty subcontractor, is involved in two separate lawsuits in which it is owed two hundred thousand
READ MOREWhat Can Be Done About Bid Shopping?0
- Ethics, Legally Speaking
- August 25, 2020
By Don Gregory, Kegler, Brown Hill & Ritter “Bid shopping” occurs when a general contractor discloses the bid price of one subcontractor (or suppliers) to its competitors in an attempt to obtain a lower bid than the one on which the general contractor based its bid to the owner. Put another way, bid shopping occurs
READ MOREProtecting Your Rights for Coronavirus Impacts0
- Best Practices, Claims, Legally Speaking, Risk Management
- April 28, 2020
By Timothy J. Woolford, Esquire, Woolford Kanfer Law, P.C. Many subcontractors have been severely affected by the coronavirus and have legitimate questions concerning their ability to obtain time extensions as well as their entitlement to recover additional costs. Most states have severely limited business activity since mid-March. In some areas, construction has been shut down
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The Key to More Efficient Construction Projects is Collaborative Contracts0
- Best Practices, Contracts, Documentation, Risk Management
- December 18, 2019
By Brian Perlberg, AGC Senior Counsel & ConsensusDocs Executive Director According to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry is the only industry that has become less efficient and productive since 1964. Albert Einstein said that doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting different results is the very
READ MORELEGALLY SPEAKING: Pay Attention to the Indemnification Clause in the Subcontract0
- Legally Speaking
- March 7, 2019
March 2019 Edition by Timothy Woolford, Esq., Woolford Kanfer Law, P.C. Most subcontracts contain indemnification clauses, also sometimes referred to as “hold harmless clauses.” Their purpose is to transfer the risk of certain losses or expenses on construction projects from the GC to the subcontractor. Usually (but not always), the losses or expenses which trigger
READ MOREAIA or ConsensusDocs Contracts: Which Standard Construction Contracts Are Best for Your Project?0
- Workforce & Professional Development
- October 12, 2018
October 2018 by Brian Perlberg, ConsensusDocs Success on a construction project can rise or fall on the contract you choose. Remember, financial solvency often depends on it. If just one contract out of 10 goes bad, this might lead to a general contractor shutting its doors. I’m often asked why should I choose ConsensusDocs over
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