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#89:  COVID-19 as a “Hazardous Substance” Justifying Delay or Suspension

NH Construction Law

For everyone’s protection, construction contracts often contain provisions for suspending work when a hazardous substance is encountered at a job site, with companion clauses governing extensions of time and extra compensation. The AIA’s popular A201 General Conditions (2017), for example, contains these provisions: § 10.3.1

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New Contractor Business Start Up

Contractor Bookkeeping

General Liability and Auto/rental equipment insurance can help protect you and your company against claims for personal injury and property damage, and may provide you with legal defense of those claims. Your contracts need a well-defined scope of work, clear payment terms, a reasonable schedule and a good change order clause.

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Unique Tips To Reduce Construction Company Start Up Stress

Contractor Bookkeeping

General Liability and Auto/rental equipment insurance can help protect you and your company against claims for personal injury and property damage, and may provide you with legal defense of those claims. Your contracts need a well-defined scope of work, clear payment terms, a reasonable schedule and a good change order clause.

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We Reduce Construction Company Start Up Stress

Contractor Bookkeeping

General Liability and Auto/rental equipment insurance can help protect you and your company against claims for personal injury and property damage, and may provide you with legal defense of those claims. Your contracts need a well-defined scope of work, clear payment terms, a reasonable schedule and a good change order clause.

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Mastering construction project management with 6 key strategies

Fieldwire

The right tools help you create rapid estimates for change orders and keep all parties informed of when they can expect delivery. CHANGE ORDERS SOFTWARE Stay on top of all cost impacts with Fieldwire's change orders app. Compare that to the price of a typical worker’s compensation claim at $41,747.

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Pennsylvania Home Improvement Consumer Protection Act: What Residential Contractors Need to Know

Levelset

Also, the contract should state that none of the work, materials, or specs can be changed or altered without a written change order signed by both parties. If there is a down payment or any amount advanced for the purchase of special order materials, those amount must also be included, and listed separately.

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Why is construction so hard?

Fieldwire

If it was easy, we wouldn’t have the highest rate of injuries among all other industries, or one of the highest rates of suicides. Failing to compensate these companies for their expertise only results in them finding ways to get paid later (change orders). It really is hard.