NH Construction Law

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

A recent New Hampshire Superior Court case applied the covenant to restrict a contractor’s right to terminate a subcontractor “for convenience” – the ultimate exercise of discretion – before the subcontractor even starts work, simply in order to try to obtain a better price.

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Best Practices Construction Law

MAY 20, 2016

In other words, you are negotiating about who takes the risk on a particular issue. For instance, the risk of performance is traditionally placed on the contractor, while the risk of payment is traditionally placed on the owner. According to the court, this put the risk of rate increases on the contractor. In DG21, LLC v.

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Risk Materials Contract Contractors 69

Construction Cost Estimating

MAY 21, 2018

With tendering, interested contractors can send their bids to execute certain packages of construction work. Negotiated tendering Serial - Nominative Open tender: Open tendering is the primary tendering procedures which are implemented by both the government and private sector. It empowers any concerned contractor to submit tender.

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Bidding Construction Bargains Contractors 40

Constructlaw

JUNE 17, 2022

But two recent state-court decisions evidence a change in that trend: Both held that the Economic Loss Doctrine bars fraud claims because parties to a commercial contract — often sophisticated and represented by counsel — allocate risk, prescribe damages, and rely on the terms of the bargain. Commercial Painting Co. 2022 WL 737468 (Tenn.

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Contractor Bookkeeping

JUNE 5, 2013

Value of Accounting – Contractors want to have good reports. So Contractors know what is happening in their business (job costing) and hopefully pay less tax. Cost of Accounting: Quote from a contractor “My wife doesn’t cost me anything to do the books.” Perhaps that is one of the reasons contractors end up divorced so often.

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Accounting Inventory Construction Software 48

Levelset

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

This means contractors working on eligible projects should expect to pay more in labor and benefits and may have to enroll their workers with a union, even if they’re an open shop. A project labor agreement, or PLA, is a prehire collective bargaining agreement that sets the wages and benefits for all workers on a project.

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Agreement Contractors Union Bargains 52

Constructlaw

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

During the project, the contractor submitted dozens of claims for additional time and money – all of which the project’s owner has rejected. Although the parties have tried to resolve their disputes through negotiation and even mediation, they have not been able to reach an acceptable settlement. Dispute boards can save money, too.

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Civil Lead

APRIL 22, 2020

When we are planning to construct a building or house the first question comes in our mind is we have to give a material contractor or labour contract. Whereas in the material contract all materials and labour required for the construction are supplied by the contractor. While the contractor may or may not do that.

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Green Building Law Update

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Collective Bargaining: One or more unions meeting with representatives from an organization to negotiate labor contracts. Prevailing Wage: Prevailing wage typically refers to the rate of pay contractors and vendors must offer their employees when doing business with a government agency.

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Employment Compensation Insurance Discrimination 247