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How Improved Change Order Communication Can Reduce Risk for all Stakeholders

Construction Business Owner

Put your most valuable employees back to work by automating manual change order processes. Despite so many other advancements in the construction industry, the traditional change order process is still one of the biggest headaches in commercial construction. change orders. Rotator Image. Greg Seldon.

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Change Directive v. Change Order v. Construction Change

Best Practices Construction Law

When you are dealing with changes on a project, they can be classified, treated, reviewed, and compensated on a different basis. Perhaps the best description is included in Tennessee Department of Transportation’s new specifications (pdf) that were release earlier this year.

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Fraud as an Exception to the Economic Loss Doctrine: Changing Trends in Colorado and Tennessee

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And Weitz ultimately refused change orders and payment for Commercial Painting’s extra work. Commercial Painting was not the first Tennessee court to consider whether fraud must be an exception to the Economic Loss Doctrine. For Commercial Painting, this meant more work had to be completed in a shorter period of time.

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Google Scholar Provides Outstanding Preliminary Legal Research

Best Practices Construction Law

A couple of years ago I worked on a case for a road builder which had a claim against the Tennessee Department of Transportation. Suppose you want to research whether a written change order requirement can be waived under Tennessee law. All opinions include their official citation and include page breaks and page numbers.

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Contractors: What is UETA and Why Should You Care?

Best Practices Construction Law

For example, did you know that your email communications can be used to establish an enforceable contract, change order, or settlement? In Tennessee, there is the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA) that applies to electronic records and electronic signatures relating to a transaction.

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If You Settle Your Construction Dispute, Have You Really Settled It?

Best Practices Construction Law

The Court of Appeals of Tennessee recently addressed this issue in McNeese v. Whether you are talking about a change order, outstanding payment application, or claim for delay damages, your agreement on a dispute may be binding depending on the circumstances. Within minutes, they were fighting again. Williams, No.

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Behind the Build: Interview with Jonathan Mabe, Assistant Project Manager, Eckardt Group

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I went to the University of Tennessee, but haven’t graduated. We’re able to import our budgets, track change orders, and more. . We also do some service work, but we primarily focus on hospitals and data centers. Walk us through your career and what led you to becoming an Assistant Project Manager.