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#111:  The "One Year" Warranty: Myth and Reality

NH Construction Law

A common misperception among commercial contractors, particularly those who use standard form contracts, is that their warranty obligations only last for a year. The basic one is found in Section 3.5.1, ” Almost identical language is found in Section 3.8.1 Then there is A201 Section 12.2.2.1, ” Section 3.9.1

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Specifications for design-build projects

Construction Specifier

Greater challenges arise when adapting DBB source documents for design-build. The contractor is required to build the project in complete compliance with the drawings, specifications, and other contract documents (Figure 1). At the time of this writing, most of DBIA’s 26 standard contract documents were published in 2010 and 2012.

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