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Pre-Bid Documents and Estimates Can’t Be Hidden Behind the Curtain in Disputed Delay Claims

Best Practices Construction Law

The contractor claimed that the City breached its contract by supplying incomplete and inaccurate contract documents, which allegedly caused delays and a two-year extension to the project completion. ” My littlest chuckled. The contractor’s $15.7 million delay claim included approximately $2.3

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New Sustainable Projects Exhibit in 2017 AIA Contract Documents

Green Building Law Update

Last week the American Institute of Architects released the 2017 edition of the A201 family of contract documents, including updated versions of the AIA’s documents developed for the design-bid-build delivery model. The previous version of the design-bid-build contract documents included a Sustainable Project version.

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Top ten software for estimating and bidding

Construction Cost Estimating

Sage facilitates you to produce bids rapidly, precisely and positively with takeoff and cost databases. Sage Estimating also facilitates forecasting the labor, raw material and other overhead costs so that the contractors can arrange & deliver correct bids. Besides, customized reports can also be generated.

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An Introduction to the Different Types of Construction Drawings

Autodesk Construction Cloud

The winning contractor is bound by all of the contract documentation, including the construction drawings. They are not usually a part of the official contract documents, and may occasionally be produced during the course of construction as necessary. Interested in streamlining your document management?

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Construction is NOT complex…. People are. Successful Construction Project Delivery Requirements

Job Order Contracting

What documentation, forms are required? Who assesses the impact of the proposed changes? Who reviews the proposed change and its impact for initial approval ? How is the change implemented? What information is used in the process?

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You Can’t Treat Construction Claims Like Your Grandkids

Best Practices Construction Law

Interestingly, this contractor had performed other contracts at Fort Detrick involving deep foundations that happened to be design-bid-build contracts containing unit prices for excavation. As appellant concedes, design risk is transferred to contractors in the design-bid context, but not the risk of DSCs.

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Coordinating specifications with an owner’s Division 00

Construction Specifier

In other instances, mixing different items can have adverse results, and may need expert guidance (the author acknowledges the advice and comments on drafts of this article from Gerard Cavaluzzi, Esq., Consequences of improperly coordinated construction documents. vice-president and general counsel at Kennedy/Jenks Consultants, Inc.,