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Mayer Building Company for Subcontractors: Payment Guide & Resources

Levelset

Read a sample subcontract. Digging deeper into company processes for payment, change orders, lien waivers, and more will give you a sense of what to expect while working with them. . Download Mayer Building Company’s sample subcontractor agreement. . Download Mayer Building Company’s sample change order form.

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The Real Lemon in the Bunch: Understanding Pay-If-Paid Clauses in Construction Contracts

Best Practices Construction Law

Contractors have a means of shifting the risk of non-payment by the owner to its subcontractor by including a certain payment provisions in the subcontract agreement. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit concluded that a “pay if paid” clause in a subcontract was not ambiguous and, therefore, enforceable against the subcontractor.

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Digital Builder Podcast Ep 22: How Specialty Contractors Can Navigate Contracts & Get Paid On Time

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Best practices for handling change orders. For this reason, construction professionals must find better ways to craft and negotiate agreements. She recalls her experience speaking with a fellow attorney who had to go through a 129-page subcontract that could have been cut down to ten pages.

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#66:  Labor Inefficiency Costs: Who Pays? How Much?

NH Construction Law

Sometimes this unanticipated time/space compression is the owner’s fault, in which case the general contractor/construction manager and its subcontractors will likely be entitled to increased compensation by change order or otherwise -- and to a mechanic’s lien if that increase is not paid. See Town of Bedford v.

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Litigation Topics for Prime / Subcontractor Contracts

Construction Law Monitor

A good subcontractor will have his attorney review any agreement to make sure that the deal is an even one. Commonly litigated subcontract provisions. Commonly litigated subcontract provisions. Change Order and Extra Work Provisions. Lien Waivers. Typically subcontractors are at the mercy of the prime.

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Job Order Contracting – Best Practices Implementation

Building Information Management

JOC, an annual contract and multiple option year agreement for general construction, generally requires the Contractor to e furnish associated labor, tools, materials, equipment and transportation. It is generally not acceptable to split a project into more than one JOC in order to stay under the maximum amount. Subcontracts.

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A Primer on MasterFormat & Improving Construction Project Collaboration

Building Information Management

00 52 00 Agreement Forms. 00 52 13 Agreement Form – Stipulated Sum (design/bid/build or. 00 52 14 Subcontract Form – Stipulated Sum (design/bid/build or. 00 52 16 Agreement Form – Cost-Plus (design/bid/build or design/negotiate/build). 00 52 00 Agreement Forms. 00 54 00 Agreement Form Supplements.