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Commercial Construction Best Practices: Debunking Construction Change Order Myths

HardHatChat

Commercial construction change order myths. If I had a dollar for every time I had to set the record straight on commercial construction costs and change orders… I would still have this job. There’s a misconception that general construction contractors love change orders. But, I would also be a lot richer.

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Payment Applications 101: A Guide to Pay Apps in Construction

Fieldwire

Change orders : A change order is a written agreement between the owner or architect and the contractor that changes the contract amount, work requirements, and/or schedule. Conditional lien waivers : A lien waiver is a document that waives the signing party’s right to file a mechanics lien.

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Mayer Building Company for Subcontractors: Payment Guide & Resources

Levelset

Digging deeper into company processes for payment, change orders, lien waivers, and more will give you a sense of what to expect while working with them. . Upon receipt of payment, subcontractors must submit an executed lien waiver. Download Mayer Building Company’s sample change order form.

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Court Recognizes Day-to-Day Changes Are Compensable Despite Contractual Waivers

Best Practices Construction Law

The owner-contractor agreement contains a “no damages for delay” clause; a clause requiring that all changes be in writing before work is performed; and a clause requiring partial lien waivers and releases with each periodic payment. The project involved the new construction of three buildings in Durham, North Carolina.

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Washington Law Protects Contractors from Dangers of Frivolous Lien Statute

Construction Law Monitor

A quick word from the construction law case files: The Court of Appeals, Division 1, out in Washington state, has refused to deem a construction lien as frivolous based upon the complexity of the construction contract at dispute. Issues of substance of the lien (i.e. Issues of substance of the lien (i.e. of Washington v.

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Construction Forms for excel

Construction Cost Estimating

Office Forms for Construction : Transmittal, Submittal Log, Minutes of Meeting, FAX Cover, FAX Log, Memo, Memo - Log, Phone Log, Phone Conversation Record, Insurance Verification Log, Petty Cash, Project Payment Summary, RFI - Request for Info, RFI Request for Info Log, Financial Statement, Bar Schedule, Insurance Specifications, Request for Substitution, (..)

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#66:  Labor Inefficiency Costs: Who Pays? How Much?

NH Construction Law

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.

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