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Digital Builder Podcast Ep 22: How Specialty Contractors Can Navigate Contracts & Get Paid On Time

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Best practices for handling change orders. For this reason, construction professionals must find better ways to craft and negotiate agreements. Karalynn also emphasizes the importance of negotiating who takes on certain risks and liabilities. We discuss: The current state of construction contracts.

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The Real Lemon in the Bunch: Understanding Pay-If-Paid Clauses in Construction Contracts

Best Practices Construction Law

The subcontract between the general contractor and the concrete subcontractor contained the following clause: “The obligation of contractor to make payment under this agreement, whether a progress or final payment, or for extra or change orders or delays to the work, is subject to the express condition precedent of payment from the owner. ”.

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Commercial Construction Tips: Six Best Practice Resolutions for 2011

HardHatChat

I’m sure some of you don’t have the time to draft a list of resolutions, so I’ve done it for you – you can thank me later. With your commercial general contractor on the front lines of all design plans and in charge of selecting the engineer and architect, you greatly reduce the risk for unnecessary change orders.

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The Life-cycle of a Job Order Contract

Building Information Management

The Contract Specialist drafts the a “JOC Request for Proposal” , assigned a project number, and obtains appropriate approvals and signatures. The Contract Specialist e-mails a copy of the RFP to the contractor and other stakeholders, and adds the project/”task order” to the “Active” status.

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The Real Lemon in the Bunch: Understanding Pay-If-Paid Clauses

Best Practices Construction Law

The subcontract between the general contractor and the concrete subcontractor contained the following clause: “The obligation of contractor to make payment under this agreement, whether a progress or final payment, or for extra or change orders or delays to the work, is subject to the express condition precedent of payment from the owner.”.

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A Primer on MasterFormat & Improving Construction Project Collaboration

Building Information Management

design/negotiate/build). design/negotiate/build). 00 52 16 Agreement Form – Cost-Plus (design/bid/build or design/negotiate/build). 00 52 17 Subcontract Form – Cost-Plus (design/bid/build or design/negotiate/build). 00 63 36 Field Order Form. 00 63 46 Construction Change Directive Form.

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A Primer on MasterFormat & Improving Construction Project Collaboration

Building Information Management

design/negotiate/build). design/negotiate/build). 00 52 16 Agreement Form – Cost-Plus (design/bid/build or design/negotiate/build). 00 52 17 Subcontract Form – Cost-Plus (design/bid/build or design/negotiate/build). 00 63 36 Field Order Form. 00 63 46 Construction Change Directive Form.