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

Autodesk Construction Cloud

In a perfect world, a contract should include a clear set of instructions that conveys well-defined expectations to all parties concerned. This episode of Autodesk’s Digital Builder podcast addresses the most common challenges with contracts and how simple adjustments can ensure you fully understand what you’re signing.

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

Best Practices Construction Law

Contractors have a means of shifting the risk of non-payment by the owner to its subcontractor by including a certain payment provisions in the subcontract agreement. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit concluded that a “pay if paid” clause in a subcontract was not ambiguous and, therefore, enforceable against the subcontractor.

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Job Order Contract Execution Guide – Sample Template

Job Order Contracting

A Job Order Contract Execution Guide is a required element for any successful, best management practice JOC Program. JOB ORDER CONTRACT (JOC) EXECUTION GUIDE. The contract may consist of a collection of proposed institutional facilities type projects. The JOC will remain in effect for one year from date of contract award.

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Job Order Contract Program Implementation

Job Order Contracting

Work execution and contract administration. It’s generally considered that numerous and repetitive renovation, repair, maintenance, and/or sustainability work, and minor new construction with a minimum annual volume of $2M is appropriate for job order contracting. Development of acquisition/procurement approach. Monitoring.

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Experts Offer Plenty of Advice during WPL Webinar on Subcontractor Delay Claims

Construction Dive

There are several steps that subcontractors should take if they want to maintain their rights to file delay claims, Navigant Construction Forum Executive Director James Zack said during a webinar that WPL Publishing held earlier this month. Zack and Navigant Consulting Inc. ” Read more.

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Can Change Orders Jeopardize Bond Protection?

Construction Dive

The bonds incorporate the terms of the construction contract or subcontract by reference. And those contracts authorize alteration through change orders. But what if the surety discovers that the change order process has radically altered the contract it originally agreed to cover? ” Read more.

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The Best Way for Trade Contractors to Stay Out of the Courtroom

Pro Builder

You can avoid legal trouble by managing client expectations with a simple yet comprehensive contract. And the best way to do that is with a contract. . A contract doesn’t have to be long and confusing to be effective, practically or legally. The shorter, easier, and more concise a contract is, the better it protects you.