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Less than 20% of Green Building Contracts Properly Drafted

Green Building Law Update

In a recent review of contracts involving green building construction projects, less than 20% had properly drafted provisions addressing green building matters. Of note, this review was not looking for and did not compile missed signatures, not compiled change orders or other clerical errors.

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

Autodesk Construction Cloud

In reality, it’s often a monster document packed full of legalese that can be difficult to understand. Best practices for handling change orders. A contract should really be a tool to help everyone in the construction industry; it doesn’t have to be this monster document that you just hold your nose, sign, and hope for the best.”

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7 Steps to Successful Project Closeout

Autodesk Construction Cloud

The right tools and documents make it easier to complete project closeout and keep customers satisfied. Problems like delayed change orders, poor communication and lost paperwork may make it harder to close out a project on time. Delayed change order resolution. Tools like Construction IQ can help.

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3 Avoidable Headaches for Construction Project Managers [Webinar]

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Some of the top problems GCs face are three documentation processes that, while important for communication and liability, take time away from actually building. . The submittal log , in short, is a list of all documents that the contractor is required to provide to the design team to ensure that the project is following the spec book.

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Construction Arbitration

Constructlaw

Voluminous evidence and documents. Rather, US domestic construction arbitrations often adopt practices used in US court litigation (such as some limited depositions and document production), although these practices tend to occur in a more informal and streamlined manner than in litigation. Multiple parties.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Beane didn’t achieve success by drafting players based on his emotional judgments or media-based hype. Public Exposure and Liability on Construction Sites. change orders. document management. With the help of a Harvard number cruncher, he developed “sabermetrics,” a method of judging players by on-base percentages.

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Architects on the Jobsite

Pro Builder

For some architects, being on the jobsite is a vital part of their work process, while for others, they see job site visits as a series of obligations fraught with increased liability. . The architect has a responsibility to satisfy him or herself that the work is being performed in accordance with the contract documents.

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