Best Practices Construction Law

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

My mentor and good friend, Cordell Parvin , has over the years shared with me some great best practices for contractors—whether talking about bid protests, accidents on the jobsite, or filing a claim. Recently, Cordell sent me a list of items that all contractors should review when developing a request for additional compensation.

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Viewpoint Construction Technology

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

From estimating and project management practices to compensation and business management, contractors are finding a “new normal” in every aspect of their business. I hear stories from clients about how aggressive the bidding environment has become, with more and more contractors bidding for each job and many bidding at a loss.

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Construction Enquirer

JULY 9, 2023

The government announced in March that work on the station will be paused for two years in a bid to cut costs. “The pause, ostensibly to save money, is not cost free – mothballing and possible compensation for businesses which have lost work will all need to be added to the HS2 tally.

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Best Practices Construction Law

MAY 19, 2015

You can imagine the opposite reaction when a contractor bids a penny for rock removal for a competitive bid and later discovers that there was 250% more rock than anticipated. In its successful bid to perform work for the Town of Avon, th Contractor assigned a unit price of $0.01 Town of Avon. The Court’s Reasoning.

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Best Practices Construction Law

MAY 19, 2015

You can imagine the opposite reaction when a contractor bids a penny for rock removal for a competitive bid and later discovers that there was 250% more rock than anticipated. In its successful bid to perform work for the Town of Avon, th Contractor assigned a unit price of $0.01 Town of Avon. The Court’s Reasoning.

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Chianelli Estimating

JANUARY 30, 2020

They do not have the burden of carrying costs like workmen’s compensation, general liability insurance, unemployment related costs, vacations or sick days, etc. Both contractors and owners use them when deciding whether to bid or build a project. It also aids in gauging bid proposals received from material vendors or subcontractors.

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Federal Construction Contracting Blog

APRIL 21, 2022

Delays to projects were frequent, but contractors were told that although they would be granted time extensions, these extensions would be non-compensable. The government recognized the financial impact to individuals who could not work and literally printed money to fund financial stimulus and extended unemployment compensation.

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Construction and Infrastructure Law

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Labor Code §§ 1020-1022), and the inability to maintain a lawsuit to recover compensation for their work. At the end of a project, a prudent owner will also review its contractor’s license status from the date of the bid through final completion. & Prof. Code §§ 7028, 7028.6, 7117, and Cal. Bus & Prof. 3 rd 988 (1991).

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Construction Cost Estimating

SEPTEMBER 19, 2015

Concrete foundation estimator (CFE) is considered as the most useful and powerful productivity tool specifically designed for all contractors , owner-builders and homeowners to ease & augment the estimating and bidding processes for concrete projects. Basic, cataloging only trades and it’s cost. Also include overhead and discount.

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Best Practices Construction Law

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The contractor won a bid to construct a water system in two local counties. Upon completion of the project, the owner sent contractor a check marked “Final Payment,” but the check did not compensate the contractor for its increased construction costs as a result of the delays or for the extra-contractual project expansion.

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Construction and Infrastructure Law

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Labor Code §§ 1020-1022), and the inability to maintain a lawsuit to recover compensation for their work. At the end of a project, a prudent owner will also review its contractor’s license status from the date of the bid through final completion. & Prof. Code §§ 7028, 7028.6, 7117, and Cal. Bus & Prof. 3 rd 988 (1991).

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Best Practices Construction Law

JUNE 21, 2022

2008), wherein a government contractor sought compensation for being barred from a military base for 41 days following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The APTIM decision expressly addresses the Sovereign Acts defense, which ultimately denied the contractor’s claim for additional compensation. Geren , 550 F.3d 3d 1368 (Fed.

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Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 22, 2017

FALSE: Traditional methods such as design-bid-build and even design-build, are wasteful and cost more in the long run than Integrated Project Delivery (for new construction) and Job Order Contracting (JOC) for renovation, repair, and minor new construction. LEAN Construction & LEAN Facilities Management Management Myths.

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Construction Dive

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

An owner-directed suspension is usually expressly compensable, with the elements of compensation defined in the contract. Featured in this Week’s Construction Claims Advisor:Suspension of Work Distinguished from Standby or DelayContractor Should Have Priced Utility Work Prior to Bid'

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Safety Services Company

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

After all, safety first, bidding next. Qualification – Completing the Annual Update is necessary for contractors to maintain a prequalified status to bid and work on projects. 2023 was a year of resilience, pressure, and economic uncertainty for our industry. Naturally, many contractors (like you!)

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Construction Business Owner

MARCH 16, 2021

It uses a multiparty agreement to define responsibilities, roles, compensation and rights. Connected construction tools bring in data and workflows across multiple solutions such as estimating software, bidding software, design models and project management software.

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Construction Dive

JANUARY 22, 2014

Sometimes contractors request additional compensation for complying with the project owner’s interpretation of the specifications. On competitively bid public works contracts, the time to question the specifications is prior to submitting a binding bid. The law, however, follows common sense.

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Construction and Infrastructure Law

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The land taking process in Texas involves a hearing on the just and adequate compensation of the property. Further, Texas Central will need to construct the railway, which will involve a substantial construction project leading to bids, and later the project management and monitoring of the railway construction.

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Construction Superintendent Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Association officials said that many firms are changing the way they operate, recruit and compensate, but cautioned that chronic labor shortages could have significant economic impacts absent greater investments in career and technical education.

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Pro Builder

JULY 30, 2021

Some days you may have to remind them that they pay workers’ compensation premiums, too, and participation in safety education and enforcement is in their own best interests. Ensure bid packages are accurate and complete. That’s for starters, but without those, your purchasing department has no chance of getting the bid package right.

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Construction and Infrastructure Law

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

The land taking process in Texas involves a hearing on the just and adequate compensation of the property. Further, Texas Central will need to construct the railway, which will involve a substantial construction project leading to bids, and later the project management and monitoring of the railway construction.

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Pro Builder

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

What was believed to be a commodity—two identical packages that could be purchased on bid-price alone—turned out to have some real differences. The lowest bid price turned out to be the highest total cost. Bid Price and Total Cost, Another Example. That’s $80 of the $200 bid price advantage right there. . Communication.

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Safety Services Company

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Your EMR is the number insurance carriers look at when determining what you’ll pay for a Workers’ Compensation premium. The National Council of Compensation Insurance (NCCI) looks at the national average of claims within a given industry and assigns that average the number 1.0. Another company in the same industry has an EMR of.80.

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Green Building Law Update

JULY 2, 2017

There is no dispute that the 1980 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, commonly known as Superfund, has failed to clean up more than a small fraction of the nation’s worst hazardous waste sites. President Obama acknowledged the 37 year old federal program’s flaws while seeking more funding.

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Best Practices Construction Law

JANUARY 22, 2018

The contractor won a bid to construct a water system in two local counties. Upon completion of the project, the owner sent contractor a check marked “Final Payment,” but the check did not compensate the contractor for its increased construction costs as a result of the delays or for the extracontractual project expansion.

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Best Practices Construction Law

JUNE 15, 2016

When you deal with construction claims, many believe that the largest component of any request for additional compensation is generally labor costs. A contractor generally bids a scope of work based upon certain assumptions regarding labor costs and labor productivity. Out of sequence work. Restricted site access. Cumulative impact.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Extracting key ratios from financial statements and safety metrics from OSHA filings allows builders to gauge a subcontractor’s short-term and long-term health — and empower estimators with the data they need to make more informed bidding decisions. . FINANCIAL RATIOS: LIQUIDITY . Quick Ratio . Formula: Net Income / Total Revenue .

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Chianelli Estimating

AUGUST 6, 2020

The tendency to adjust their bid estimating will inadvertently produce many business failures. Insurances; Workers compensation, General Liability, Risk. The Freelance Estimating option can be a good first step in solving those monthly anchored indirect costs and can increase the likelihood of winning your bid. . Legal expense.

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Construction Business Owner

DECEMBER 9, 2011

In fact, project managers should worry about implementing more safe practices because it can affect the way they bid on jobs. A safe work environment is one of the most straight forward ways to decrease workers compensation expenses. Production and quality are generally put first with safety generally being an after thought.

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Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 31, 2021

Traditional contracting methods such as design-bid-build, and even somewhat newer developments such as design-build typically involve the non-owner participants providing lump-sum price based an owner’s proposed requirements. Furthermore, compensation is performance-based and depended upon the final outcome.

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Fieldwire

AUGUST 31, 2023

Because subcontracts are negotiated rather than bid upon, you may not need bonds for subcontracts. If the project isn’t finished due to events outside of your control — or if payment negotiations between the general contractor and primary client break down — you may be caught waiting for compensation on finished work and used materials.

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Construction Cost Estimating

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

was purposely intended to enhance and make the process simpler for estimating and bidding on concrete jobs. Concrete Foundation Estimator 1.1.1

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Construction Marketing Ideas

APRIL 11, 2016

There are narrow exemptions from workers compensation insurance requirements in Ontario for independent contractors working on residential renovation projects (directly contracted by the live-in homeowner, and not covering fix-ups for landlords). The contractor bids low on jobs, based on avoiding certain regulatory costs.

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Pro Builder

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The flexibility of the sealant and backer rod will compensate for that differential movement. They have management systems that ensure these and other details are specified on every set of construction documents and that subcontractors determine their bids (or should) on those details. J-channel detail. .

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Constructonomics

OCTOBER 3, 2010

Some jurisdictions also require the use of bid bonds to guarantee that a bidding contractor will enter into a project contract if selected by the owner. If the contractor cannot provide the obligee with appropriate reparation, then the surety can be accountable and could be left paying compensation up to the bond’s full value.

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Levelset

OCTOBER 13, 2022

If you’re bidding on contract work, you will likely need a COI per terms of a legal agreement. You may be seeking to work for a local, state, or federal government, and these bodies will want to know that you carry liability insurance before you’re awarded — or even considered — for a bid. Why a certificate of insurance matters.

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Autodesk Construction Cloud

AUGUST 21, 2023

So, reevaluate your current compensation packages and strive to offer highly competitive salaries and benefits. Such programs can come in the form of: diversity training better recruitment practices mentorship opportunities inclusive policies employee resource groups compensation reviews and more. Already have initiatives in place?

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