NH Construction Law
DECEMBER 30, 2023
Many construction contracts and subcontracts, both residential and commercial, provide that any addition or deletion from the scope of work described in the contract must be documented by a written change order. Does that failure doom additional compensation (or credit) for an agreed upon change to the work? Holden, Inc.
NH Construction Law
MARCH 24, 2018
Given the importance of nailing down any changes to an original scope of work along with their price and schedule effects, many construction contracts require change orders to be in writing, and even define change orders as written instruments. Should he suspend work, and risk being in breach? Section 7.2.1
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Job Order Contracting
FEBRUARY 20, 2021
The errors and poor processes result in change orders, project delays, and legal disputes. Inaccurate granular costs for material unit costs, labor rates, major equipment costs, construction equipment will lead to gross errors in project costs and lead to unreliable schedules & increase overall risk of cost and schedule over runs.
Job Order Contracting
OCTOBER 11, 2017
Changing work flows and business relationships, restructuring how organizations interact and are compensated is a requirement. Neither can be accomplished through a third-party, i.e. a consultant, without risk of poor performance and/or increased potential for mismanagement. The buck stops with owners.
Federal Construction Contracting Blog
APRIL 21, 2022
Unfortunately, the construction industry could not employ the remote workplace, and projects continued to require hands-on personnel who could not socially distance as a practical matter and were at greater risk for contracting COVID. Workers were fearful for their families and understandably concerned about themselves.
NH Construction Law
APRIL 26, 2018
Sometimes this unanticipated time/space compression is the owner’s fault, in which case the general contractor/construction manager and its subcontractors will likely be entitled to increased compensation by change order or otherwise -- and to a mechanic’s lien if that increase is not paid.
Pro Builder
MARCH 29, 2022
A good purchasing professional must understand the construction process, local building codes, risk management, the enterprise resource planning system, schedules, the installing trades in a given market and the materials they use, alternative materials that could be used, their cost drivers, and so on—all while being an excellent negotiator.
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