PSMJ Resources

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

• Clearly written agreements are essential. Agreements that are legal, effective, and achievable are even better. Issue timely change orders (even if there is no cost) to support an iterative and incremental approach based on customer collaboration rather than contract negotiation. Mel Lesters E-Quip Blog.

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Construction Cost Estimating

JULY 26, 2011

Construction Cost Estimating Blog. Two or more contracts are accounted for as a single contract if they were negotiated together and the work is interconnected. k) Form of Agreement. The owner is empowered to select the type of contract to be utilized for a specific facility to express the terms in a contractual agreement.

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Pro Builder

JUNE 18, 2021

trade officials to return to the table and negotiate a new softwood lumber agreement with Canada. Tracking prices weekly and conveying the message to the public through news media outlets, social media, on nahb.org and the NAHBNow blog. Urging U.S.

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Green Building Law Update

JULY 27, 2014

With a performance bond in place, the City and the surety announced in early March that they has negotiated a takeover agreement that will allow a new contractor to complete construction. Earlier this year the City of Palo Alto gave notice firing Flintco Pacific, Inc.,

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Documentation Certification Contract California 120

NH Construction Law

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

In an earlier blog ( #62 ) I discussed the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing that limits a contracting party’s exercise of the discretion afforded to it by the parties’ contract. The painting sub signed a contract to paint a multi-apartment housing project being constructed in Somersworth for a price of $500,000.

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NH Construction Law

MAY 20, 2023

A couple of years ago I blogged ( #101 ) on “pay-if-paid” clauses, which make a general contractor’s receipt of payment from the owner a prerequisite – a “condition precedent,” in legal terms – to its obligation to pay subcontractors. ” In re Estate of Kelly , 130 N.H. 773, 781 (1988).

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Help Everybody Everyday

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

They have a contractual agreement with the owner, but no contract authority over the trade or specialty contractors. But if that owner is building a new office complex, they’ll enter into an agreement with a general contractor who will then subcontract pieces of the work to trade or specialty contractors. Negotiated.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

MAY 14, 2014

The plans are contingent upon San Antonio’s City Council approval of a $1 million grant agreement on May 15 with the global technology leader. The negotiated agreement is expected to be brought back to Commissioners Court on June 3 for final approval.

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Best Practices Construction Law

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

The appellate court reversed, finding that the owner-contractor agreement did not insulate the architect from liability. More importantly, it is always advisable to think about and negotiate key provisions at the start of the project, rather than litigating the meaning of the provision during a dispute after the project is complete.

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Federal Construction Contracting Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Following negotiations, the parties executed a bilateral modification for the eight micropiles, which contained a release that is sometimes referred to as a “closing statement.”. Failing to reach an agreement on this REA, the government issued a unilateral modification granting some time and money for the micropile foundation system.

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PSMJ Resources

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

House and Senate negotiators have agreed to lower the economic stimulus bill to $789 billion in an attempt to reach a compromise between the bills that each side has approved in recent weeks, according to an Associated Press article. That timeline coincides with a scheduled formal meeting of House and Senate negotiators.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Peter Shumlin, Attorney General Bill Sorrell, and Bill Mohl, President of Entergy Wholesale Commodities, have announced a settlement agreement between the State and the owner and operator of the Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Station, Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC and Entergy Nuclear Operations, Inc. Entergy VY).

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Revit OpEd

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Editor’s note : This blog was originally published as a Client Alert by Seyfarth Shaw LLP. Under the Tax Bill, no deduction is allowed for any settlement, payout, or attorney fees related to sexual harassment or sexual abuse if such payments are subject to a nondisclosure agreement. Drizner and Michael Lobie.

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Construction Lawyer

APRIL 3, 2012

You are not our client and we are not your attorneys unless and until you enter into a written retainer agreement with us. Liquidation Agreement did not supercede agreement to arbitrate. April 2, 2012), dismissed an action by a subcontractor against the general because there was an agreement to arbitrate in the subcontract.

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Claims Agreement Illinois Subcontracting 40

Construction Law Monitor

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Here on ConstuctionLawMonitor.com I like to blog about non-traditional ways to settle disputes between contractors and other feuding parties. Then the parties dig back in and litigate or negotiate independently. Mediation is a voluntary negotiation process where a neutral third party helps to facilitate the parties making an agreement.

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Construction Law Monitor

AUGUST 24, 2012

In a perfect world, general contract presents the subcontract document to the subcontractor, and that sub has its lawyer review the contract to see if the terms can be negotiated so that its a fair document for all involved.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

MAY 6, 2016

is getting the short end of the stick from free trade agreements, losing jobs to overseas producers who flood America with subsidized imports. Lets face it: when your national debt rapidly is approaching $20 trillion and sitting on the other side of the negotiating table is your largest creditor, waving denial of access to the U.S.

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Construction Lawyer

MAY 2, 2012

You are not our client and we are not your attorneys unless and until you enter into a written retainer agreement with us.  It directed that "if Mortenson, in its sole discretion, elects to demand arbitration with Subcontractor," then "any dispute  arising between Mortenson and Subcontractor under the Agreement.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

MAY 4, 2016

is the world’s most attractive and diverse consumer market, with 320 million people; a GDP of more than $17 trillion; 30 percent of the world’s R&D expenditures; and 15 of the world’s top-rated universities, Philbin emphasized the value of trade agreements between the U.S. After noting that the U.S.

United States 40

United States Site Agreement Utah 40

Construction Lawyer

MAY 13, 2009

You are not our client and we are not your attorneys unless and until you enter into a written retainer agreement with us. Here is a quote: Lenders should review the owner-architect agreement and construction contract to make sure the responsibilities in planning and constructing the green building are clearly detailed. Categories.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

JANUARY 28, 2016

The good news is that a recently proposed set of guidelines is being embraced as the starting point for negotiations between international players in the Arctic development sweepstakes. That sled already has left the barn, so the pending question is whether the world can agree on a set of ground rules for business expansion into the Arctic.

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Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

AUGUST 5, 2013

The first was not unexpected, although China’s lead in developing alternative energy is expected to shrink as its ability to spur solar panel production is eliminated by trade negotiators enforcing a WTO decision citing China for subsidizing its industry. in nearly 30 years. Earlier in the year, AIDT formalized a $1.6-million

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Constructor Marketing that Works

DECEMBER 22, 2009

I’ve put in italics how you can use this hint in your business, whether marketing, selling, or negotiation. Your Maintenance Agreement forms are the WORST at this. Blog Archive. And shockingly enough, in the light of day, I still stick by these answers… Below, you’ll see my answer. Make them want it.

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Business Facilities

AUGUST 17, 2017

Canada and Mexico sat down this week in Washington to begin the arduous task of renegotiating the 24-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement. The negotiations to amend NAFTA are expected to take several months to complete. The negotiations to amend NAFTA are expected to take several months to complete.

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