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#111:  The "One Year" Warranty: Myth and Reality

NH Construction Law

A common misperception among commercial contractors, particularly those who use standard form contracts, is that their warranty obligations only last for a year. The AIA’s popular A201 (2017) General Conditions imposes several warranty obligations on the contractor. The basic one is found in Section 3.5.1, ” Section 3.9.1

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Specifications for design-build projects

Construction Specifier

In DBB, DNB, CMa, and CMAR, the owner directly hires a third-party design professional to prepare the construction documents—over which the owner has full control throughout the design stage—prior to the contractor preparing its final pricing and constructing the facility. These are used largely for horizontal projects.

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