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New Legal Guide and Resource For Your Construction Business

Construction Marketing

Whether just starting out or operating for years, there are many legal obligations and issues that confront a small business owner. The Small Business Legal guide from Legal Services Link provides information on the top ten areas business owners need to address to ensure their businesses are legally protected.

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Legal Documents Required for Purchase of Property

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Legal Documents Required for Purchase of Property. But we must avoid the problem and legal situation by checking the documents required for buying property. Every construction work begins with legal approval. The actual owner of land legally sets people by way of every power of attorney. Commencement Certificate.

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#130:  Secured Lenders' Rights to Construction Contract Payments

NH Construction Law

It happens this way: A contractor or subcontractor borrows money from a lender, and as security for the loan it gives the lender an assignment of or lien on its receivables and contract rights. Reading Cooperative Bank v. Otherwise all construction contracts would have such a clause, thwarting the lender’s statutory rights.

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Common Types of Construction Contracts And Their Use

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A construction contract is a tool that you can use to help outline these requirements. What exactly is a construction contract, how can it be used and what are the different types? A construction contract is a document that outlines the roles and responsibilities between two or more parties on a project. Lump Sum Contracts.

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Gove leans on big investors behind Grenfell cladding firms

Construction Enquirer

Major shareholders Blackrock, Vanguard and Fidelity Management, as well as central bank of Norway, have received letters. “To those cladding companies who fail to do the right thing: you will face severe consequences and I will use all commercial and legal tools available to me to ensure you take responsibility.”

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Gru Was Wrong About the Money: Court Concludes that Lender Owes Contractor “Contractually, Factually and Practically”

Best Practices Construction Law

I love Gru so much that when my children ask for money, my best Gru-like voice belts back: “ Now, I know there have been some rumors going around that the bank is no longer funding us….In Crown Bank , CA No. The owner and contractor entered into an AIA Contract for the construction management services. in BCD Associates.,

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You Risk Paying Twice When Sub-Contractors Don’t Pay Their Bills

Wolgast Corporation

On top of that, that they expect you, the owner, to guarantee to the Bank and the Title Company that the project will be lien-free during construction. These types of requests are common place in today’s world when an owner finances the construction of a building.

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