Mr Ethics

APRIL 23, 2014

Dear Mr. Ethics, We use AIA contract documents with all our owners and subs. For example, we insert a “paid when paid” clause; broader indemnification; and a lien waiver provision. Therefore, I do not think you have acted improperly in not pointing out where you have changed the agreement. Regards, Mr. Ethics

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Contract Agreement AIA Lien 100

Fieldwire

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The construction contract will typically define the process for submitting a pay app, the documents to include, and the deadline for submission. Change orders : A change order is a written agreement between the owner or architect and the contractor that changes the contract amount, work requirements, and/or schedule.

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Lien Documentation AIA Change Orders 98

Levelset

APRIL 15, 2022

Taking a closer look at the terms of a typical contract will provide you with important information about insurance, safety, dispute resolution, and more. 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. . Read a sample subcontract.

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Resource Lien Documentation Change Orders 97

Construction Marketing

JULY 11, 2022

If you learn that you need to purchase a surety bond to work as a contractor or to enter into a contract to perform work on a project, here is some information you should know about surety bonds and how they work for contractors. The second category of bonds you will likely encounter as a contractor is contract bonds. Bond Types.

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Contractors Legal Contract Bidding 156

Best Practices Construction Law

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The owner-contractor agreement contains a “no damages for delay” clause; a clause requiring that all changes be in writing before work is performed; and a clause requiring partial lien waivers and releases with each periodic payment. It happens all the time! Lend Lease Construction (Sept. 1, 2020) (PDF).

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Compensation Lien Claims North Carolina 97

Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 16, 2020

Today, the contracts for the sale and purchase of a house are often provided through a multiple listing service usually by a local board of realtors and most of the forms in common use do not adequately address the admittedly new and only now evolving issues arising from a sale with rooftop solar panels.

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Housing Leases Residential Agreement 207

Contractor Bookkeeping

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Proactive versus reactive are the two methods of getting something done. I find everyone works in a combination of both, I included. Proactive is scheduling and doing everything ahead of time. Nothing is ever waiting until the last minute. Reactive is more emergency driven and are things that need to be done now.

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Cash Flow Lien Contractors Schedule 99

Levelset

APRIL 15, 2022

An assignment of benefits , or AOB, is an agreement to transfer insurance claim rights to a third party. A property owner and contractor can set up an assignment of benefits in two steps: The owner and the contractor sign an AOB agreement The contractor sends the AOB to the insurance company. The AOB agreements need to be in writing.

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Insurance Contractors Lien Claims 52

Autodesk Construction Cloud

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

In a perfect world, a contract should include a clear set of instructions that conveys well-defined expectations to all parties concerned. This episode of Autodesk’s Digital Builder podcast addresses the most common challenges with contracts and how simple adjustments can ensure you fully understand what you’re signing.

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Construction Law Monitor

AUGUST 9, 2011

Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (“Sloan”), the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has an in depth discussion regarding some technical yet very important clauses found within many construction contracts between general contractor, subcontractors, owner and the surety. Brennan’s The Construction Contracts Book.

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Agreement Contract Insurance Construction 57

Best Practices Construction Law

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

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. The subcontractor argued that the prime contract between the owner and the contractor defined the cost of work to include “payments made” to subcontractors.

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Green Building Law Update

MAY 21, 2017

But contract forms for the sale and purchase of a house are often provided by a local board of realtors and today those forms do not adequately address the new and only now evolving issues arising from a sale with rooftop solar panels. You understand and agree that this is a lease and not a sale agreement.

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Leases Housing Agreement Residential 232

NH Construction Law

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Owner/borrowers like it as well; preventing the contractor from getting ahead of them in payments incentivizes proper contract performance, and a set of professional eyes to determine whether the contractor’s draw requests are justified is a welcome feature. That puts the owner/borrower in a pickle. Don’t count on it.

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Green Building Law Update

MARCH 18, 2018

But contract forms for the sale and purchase of a house are often provided by a local board of realtors and today those forms do not adequately address the new and only now evolving issues arising from a sale with rooftop solar panels. You understand and agree that this is a lease and not a sale agreement.

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Leases Housing Agreement Residential 179

Construction Law Monitor

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Joint check agreements are very popular in the construction industry. In fact, many folks mistakenly believe that joint check agreements are exclusively a construction industry instrument. Perhaps the joint check agreement is the most misunderstood and dangerous document you can confront on a construction project.

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Agreement Construction California Lien 51

Construction Lawyer

MARCH 13, 2012

The cases with which he has been involved are varied and wide-ranging and include personal injury, breach of contract, criminal defense, commercial disputes, and consumer fraud. You are not our client and we are not your attorneys unless and until you enter into a written retainer agreement with us. National City Mortgage v.

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Federal Construction Contracting Blog

MAY 9, 2022

However, when the parties cannot reach an agreement, the subcontractor faces financial turmoil. On a private project, a subcontractor may file a mechanic’s lien to secure its right to payment. However, when the owner is the federal government, a subcontractor has no lien rights.

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Construction Law Monitor

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

I had a speaking engagement today here in Kenner, Louisiana (a suburb of New Orleans) whereby I had the pleasure of speaking to a group of contractors and architects regarding construction contracts. The bulk of the discussion focused on the most contested provisions within construction contracts. Prime/Subcontractors Contracts.

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Best Practices Construction Law

JANUARY 16, 2015

I have reviewed five new construction contracts in the past two weeks. If you are a contractor, there are a number of key provisions that you will want to be on the “look out” before you sign the agreement. Check out my series on the Top 20 Contract Issues for Contractors and Subcontractors. Busy, busy, busy!

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Contract Roads Construction Lien 48

Constructonomics

MAY 2, 2014

So if an owner owes you 50% of a contract value, you probably owe about 80% of that money to subs and suppliers (if you’re a GC of course), so now you’re left with no money after you pay the lawyer. In my case, the owner owed me 70% of the contract value, so paying a lawyer 30% would put me under water on the project.

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Construction Law Monitor

JULY 20, 2011

Chances are you are stuck in rough spot and have to defer to your contract for remedy. There is likely no answer for you under the lien law – unless you filed a notice of lease agreement with the owner within the appropriate time frame. You just hit your first snag with payment. What do you do?

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Leases Lien Louisiana Equipment 44

NH Construction Law

APRIL 26, 2018

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. Brooks , 121 N.H.

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Construction and Infrastructure Law

JUNE 11, 2018

A recent California case may force engineering, procurement and construction companies doing business with foreign suppliers to reconsider—and maybe rewrite—their contracts. Article 10 of the Convention allows contracting states to permit service by mail; and it allows them to object to service by mail. Construction litigators beware!

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Procurement Contract California Contractors 40

Levelset

APRIL 8, 2022

Insuring agreement. Regardless of the policy, the Insuring Agreement is the section that will outline all the insurance company’s responsibilities after a weather event or other covered peril causes damage to a roof or exterior siding, as examples. The Insuring Agreement will give you a detailed list of covered perils.

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Insurance Claims Agreement Lien 52

Levelset

APRIL 8, 2022

Insuring agreement. Regardless of the policy, the Insuring Agreement is the section that will outline all the insurance company’s responsibilities after a weather event or other covered peril causes damage to a roof or exterior siding, as examples. The Insuring Agreement will give you a detailed list of covered perils.

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Insurance Claims Agreement Lien 52

Construction Lawyer

MARCH 16, 2012

The cases with which he has been involved are varied and wide-ranging and include personal injury, breach of contract, criminal defense, commercial disputes, and consumer fraud. You are not our client and we are not your attorneys unless and until you enter into a written retainer agreement with us. Merrill Lynch , 2012 U.S.

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Construction Lawyer

MAY 21, 2009

The cases with which he has been involved are varied and wide-ranging and include personal injury, breach of contract, criminal defense, commercial disputes, and consumer fraud. You are not our client and we are not your attorneys unless and until you enter into a written retainer agreement with us. University of St. Francis , No.

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Construction Lawyer

APRIL 20, 2009

The cases with which he has been involved are varied and wide-ranging and include personal injury, breach of contract, criminal defense, commercial disputes, and consumer fraud. You are not our client and we are not your attorneys unless and until you enter into a written retainer agreement with us. mechanics liens. Categories.

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Lien Missouri Equipment Illinois 40

Best Practices Construction Law

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

the dispute involved the parties’ separate agreement wherein the contractor committed to pay the subcontractor for delay damages that were beyond the subcontractor’s reasonable control. In the same letter as its refusal, the contractor said it would release the retainage payment “which was pending receipt of a Waiver of Lien.

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Vermont Lien Claims Negotiation 54

Best Practices Construction Law

JUNE 18, 2018

Here’s how it went down: On June 2, 2008, contractor entered into an agreement with owner to construct house for $572,000, but at the time the contract was signed the contractor’s license limit was $350,000. In that case, the dispute was whether the “old law” or the “new law” applied.

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Contractors Tennessee Documentation Contract 59

Construction Lawyer

MAY 2, 2012

The cases with which he has been involved are varied and wide-ranging and include personal injury, breach of contract, criminal defense, commercial disputes, and consumer fraud. You are not our client and we are not your attorneys unless and until you enter into a written retainer agreement with us. Mortenson won the issue.

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Help Everybody Everyday

MARCH 6, 2009

As a Principal, Business Developer, or someone who is responsible for bringing in business for your construction firm, you are very likely to come across contracts. Contracts are an agreement signed by your firm and a client that sets the rules for the work to be done. Clauses specifying a location for any lawsuit.

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Contract Claims Legal Lien 48

Construction Law Monitor

OCTOBER 30, 2013

All home improvement contracts over five thousand dollars and up to seventy-five thousand dollars need to be in writing. Many times contractors try to circumvent the licensing requirement by making contracts for $7,500 or less when the work is really more than that. It is a good place for both contractors and consumers.

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Louisiana Contractors Lien Liability 51

Construction Lawyer

DECEMBER 28, 2007

The cases with which he has been involved are varied and wide-ranging and include personal injury, breach of contract, criminal defense, commercial disputes, and consumer fraud. You are not our client and we are not your attorneys unless and until you enter into a written retainer agreement with us. Hansen Beverage Co., from Cialis.

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Agreement Illinois AIA Chicago 40

NH Construction Law

MAY 24, 2022

A unanimous Supreme Court has now said no, and in the process has debunked the common assumption that arbitration agreements are specially favored in federal court – the so-called “presumption of arbitrability.” The federal policy is about treating arbitration contracts like all others, not about fostering arbitration.”

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New Hampshire Agreement Bargains Lien 40

Levelset

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

At their core, insurance policies are agreements between two parties: the insurer and the policyholder. A construction bond is a three-party agreement between the principal (i.e. A GC’s performance bond protects the owner from non-performance of the prime contract. Who is covered by an insurance policy?

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Insurance Liability Accidents Risk 52

Construction and Infrastructure Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

AB 1701 “does not prohibit a direct contractor or subcontractor at any tier from establishing by contract or enforcing any otherwise lawful remedies against a subcontractor it hires for liability created…” Accordingly, direct contractors across California should take a closer look at the terms of their agreements with subcontractors.

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