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

Best Practices Construction Law

And yet we see a claim for delays and extras filed at the end of a construction project that challenges these very contract provisions. Lend Lease Construction (Sept. for breach of contract for nonpayment, claims for delay damages and enforcement of its lien rights. 1, 2020) (PDF). Question: Do you know any similar cases?

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Leasing Equipment in Louisiana? How To Protect Your Lien Claim

Construction Law Monitor

You are in the business of leasing heavy equipment to contractors. There is likely no answer for you under the lien law – unless you filed a notice of lease agreement with the owner within the appropriate time frame. If the job is private and not public, you must also provide a copy of the lease to the contractor.

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Phase l Assessments for Tenants are the Hottest Environmental Issue in 2020

Green Building Law Update

The potential applicability of the BFPP protection to a tenant who leases contaminated or formerly contaminated real estate has been the subject of debate for the decades since the CERCLA’s enactment. economy, when in any given year the vast majority of real estate transactions are leases and not contracts of sale. . § 9601 et seq.,

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Tenant’s New Defense to Hazardous Substance Liability

Green Building Law Update

The potential applicability of the BFPP protection for a tenant who leases contaminated or formerly contaminated real estate and improvements has been the subject of debate for the decades since the CERCLA’s enactment. Phase l ESAs will now become much more common in commercial and industrial leasing.

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I Just Read my 1000th Phase I Environmental Site Assessment this Year

Green Building Law Update

The potential applicability of the BFPP protection to a tenant who leases contaminated or formerly contaminated real estate has been the subject of debate for the decades since the CERCLA’s enactment. economy, when in any given year the vast majority of real estate transactions are leases and not contracts of sale. . § 9601 et seq.,

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Tenants Order Phase l to Avoid Hazardous Substance Liability

Green Building Law Update

The potential applicability of the BFPP protection to a tenant who leases contaminated or formerly contaminated real estate and improvements has been the subject of debate for the decades since the CERCLA’s enactment. Phase l ESAs are now becoming much more common in commercial and industrial leasing.

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How to Get Paid on New Jersey Public Projects

Levelset

In the event of a payment dispute, contractors file claims against the payment bond instead of against the property itself. New Jersey bond claim laws & liens on contract funds. Ensuring rights on these claims requires preliminary notice to be sent. The same information applies to lien on contract funds claims.