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7 Steps to Successful Project Closeout

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Common project closure problems may delay a completion date and final payment. Problems like delayed change orders, poor communication and lost paperwork may make it harder to close out a project on time. A detailed project closeout checklist helps resolve problems to close on time. The reverse bell curve.

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Contractors: What is UETA and Why Should You Care?

Best Practices Construction Law

In particular, I think we are going to find an increase in disputes when it comes to the use of emails as a means of communication among project members. First, email communications tend to be sent "off the cuff" without creating a draft of the communication that can be reviewed by team members. Image: Sean MacEntee.

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LOL! OMG. HUH? Court Finds That Text Message Can Form Binding Contract

Best Practices Construction Law

The transaction involved numerous discussions and emails, including four drafts of a letter of intent from Buyer to Seller for purchase of a piece of property. None of the drafts of the letter were signed by Buyer. Your claim is a story, and it must be told based upon the contemporaneous records on the project.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Beane didn’t achieve success by drafting players based on his emotional judgments or media-based hype. Committing Intentional Project Communications. Better Project Management through Better Communication. change orders. construction management. construction management software. Management.

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Construction Business Owner Blogs

Construction Business Owner

Field changes and conditions were scribbled on note pads. In that relatively short time frame I am able to draft an email from 30,000 feet and send it into the ether to any number of project team members. Committing Intentional Project Communications. Better Project Management through Better Communication.

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Contractors: Do You Have a Cell Phone Policy? Is It Time for an Upgrade?

Best Practices Construction Law

Given the legal risks involved with your superintendents, project managers and other employees, you should should be adequately prepared. Are change orders being discussed by text? And did you think about use of personal email accounts by your project members? Do you even have a cell phone policy?

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Relationship between the designer and the contractor

Construction Business Owner

Many of the contractors immediately shot down the concept with the age old line of questioning that pertains to the architects’ inability to draft an affordably reproduced plan and a perceived desire to be the next Frank Lloyd Wright on a modest budget. Committing Intentional Project Communications. change orders.