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Pre-Bid Documents and Estimates Can’t Be Hidden Behind the Curtain in Disputed Delay Claims

Best Practices Construction Law

The contractor claimed that the City breached its contract by supplying incomplete and inaccurate contract documents, which allegedly caused delays and a two-year extension to the project completion. million delay claim included approximately $2.3 In WDF, Inc. City of New York , No. 652478 (N.Y. (Mar. The contractor’s $15.7

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THE ESTIMATING PROCESS FROM A TO Z

Construction Cost Estimating

THE ESTIMATING PROCESS FROM A TO Z Here in this cover story we are going to present you the basic details of the estimation. First, we have to download the estimating and budgeting spreadsheet. CUSTOMIZING THE ESTIMATING AND BUDGETING WORKSHEET This is an excel format of spreadsheet. A patience read is necessary here.

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Assignment of Benefits for Contractors: Pros & Cons of Accepting an AOB

Levelset

When a property owner files an insurance claim to cover a restoration or roofing project, the owner typically deals directly with the insurance company. An assignment of benefits , or AOB, is an agreement to transfer insurance claim rights to a third party. AOBs take the homeowner out of the claims equation. Setting up an AOB.

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Destiny USA Reaches the Green Bonds Finish Line

Green Building Law Update

If the IRS were to determine that non-compliance occurred, then the Destiny USA project could have lost hundreds of millions of dollars in estimated tax breaks. Instead, the letter claims the developer was only required to make promises related to renewable energy and LEED certification in order to qualify for the bonds.

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#110:  Who Owns The Float?

NH Construction Law

A CPM schedule identifies in logical sequence the tasks which must be performed in order to complete the project, assigning an estimated duration for each one. A task on the critical path is “critical” whenever a delay in its performance will delay the project’s ultimate completion.

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It’s All a Matter of [Statutory] Construction: Supreme Court Narrowly Interprets the Good Faith Dispute Exception to Prompt Payment Requirements in United Riggers & Erectors, Inc. v. Coast Iron & Steel Co.

Construction and Infrastructure Law

The exception provides that “[i]f a good faith dispute exists between the direct contractor and a subcontractor, the direct contractor may withhold from the retention to the subcontractor an amount not in excess of 150 percent of the estimated value of the disputed amount.” Code section 8814(c).

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ConsensusDOCS v. AIA – Form Contract Wars

Construction Law Monitor

Many experts believe that the AIA standard form contracts are drafted to protect the Architect. The contract documents should be drafted to protect this individual. This coalition is made up of contractor, subcontractor, owners, estimators and surety bond producers among others. ConsensusDOCS came about from a different premise.

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