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Google Scholar Provides Outstanding Preliminary Legal Research

Best Practices Construction Law

joined the legal research playing field with Westlaw, LEXIS, FindLaw and all the other law-related databases. In November 2009, Google launched a new feature on Google Scholar that made 80+ years of US federal caselaw and 50+ years of US state caselaw searchable and readable. It has been almost three years since the giant (.Google.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

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About Us Contact Us Advertise Press Releases Upload Artwork Via FTP -->. « A Change (Order) for the Better? Judging Tipis » Some Advice on Change Orders. I was talking with John Chaney this week, and he mentioned that he was going to blog about how change orders affect construction management.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

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About Us Contact Us Advertise Press Releases Upload Artwork Via FTP -->. Some Advice on Change Orders » A Change (Order) for the Better? Some Advice on Change Orders » A Change (Order) for the Better? The yacht is named “Change Order.”

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What Causes Construction Project Delays?

Viewpoint Construction Technology

If a change request is submitted for example, a project manger gets an alert on his dashboard, and from his mobile device can approve and create a change order. Ensuring all teams are using the same set of data across the project reduces the chances for errors from a lack of knowledge. Lack of Effective Communication.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

About Us Contact Us Advertise Press Releases Upload Artwork Via FTP -->. Legal language is often unclear, resulting in differences in interpretations that can disrupt and delay projects, increasing costs. Every significant cost increase should be accompanied by a signed change order that increases the value of the contract.

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The Best Way for Trade Contractors to Stay Out of the Courtroom

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You can avoid legal trouble by managing client expectations with a simple yet comprehensive contract. A contract doesn’t have to be long and confusing to be effective, practically or legally. From project scope to warranty details, here are the basics of a simple but effective (and legal) contract for specialty trade work. .

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5 Ways to Prepare for New Revenue Recognition Standards

Viewpoint Construction Technology

This first step should be pretty easy for most contractors, since legally-binding contracts are already part of their processes. In general, this means work that’s not integrated with the rest of a building, like change orders that increase the scope of a project outside of the initial contract, will be a separate performance obligation.