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Unlimited liability for designers and contractors

Construction Lawyer

His book, Legal Guide to AIA Documents, published by Aspen Publishing, is in its fifth edition. Sabo & Zahn LLC is an Illinois Limited Liability Company. The information provided here is not intended to be a solicitation for legal services, nor does it constitute legal advice. A Legally Inclined Weblog. >.

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ConsensusDOCS v. AIA – Form Contract Wars

Construction Law Monitor

AIA documents are formed on the premise that an owner will seek out a qualified architect to begin a project, thus placing more liability and responsibility on that architect. Overall it is smart to seek out legal counsel during the contract formation phase of any project. ConsensusDOCS came about from a different premise.

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BIM Glossary Terms and Definitions – NBIMS-US – 2013

Building Information Management

” Metadata includes data associated with either an information system or an information object for purposes of description, administration, legal requirements, technical functionality, use and usage, and preservation. From a more generalized perspective, “data about data;” functionally, “structured data about data.”

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#120:  Addressing the Shortage of Construction Workers

NH Construction Law

To quote AGC’s chief economist Ken Simonson, “contractors report almost universally that they need more workers than they can find.” But under both federal law and state law , they cannot legally be hired. To be sure, there are many undocumented immigrants who would like to work, including in New Hampshire.