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You Need a Green Building Consultant (Who Speaks for the Trees)

Green Building Law Update

Whether that query is from a Fortune 1000 businesses or an architect, the answer is the same, have the owner engage an experienced green building consultant as early as possible in the project. My go to move is to recommend Lorax Partnerships based in Baltimore who are among the best of green building consultants we work with.

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Twists and Turbines — A New York Case Highlights an Owner’s Risk When Not Using Full-Wrap EPC Delivery

Constructlaw

CHA Consulting, Inc. , The New York State Thruway Authority (the owner) sued CHA Consulting, Inc. the designer), the Kadney Company (the general contractor), Vergnet (the turbine supplier), and two different site engineers: Prudent Engineering, and Ravi Engineering and Land Surveying (the engineers). 3d 832 (Albany Co.,

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4 Tips for Hiring a Reputable Plumbing Contractor

Construction Marketing

Plumbing contractors are the professionals that are trained to assemble, install and repair water pipes. While hiring a plumbing contractor can help in salvaging your home from a water crisis, it can also worsen a situation. Besides that, there is also the risk other unforeseen damages that can leave you counting losses.

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First-Party vs. Third-Party Insurance: What’s the Difference?

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Third-party insurance , also known as liability or casualty insurance, protects insured individuals or businesses in situations where they may be liable for damages to another person or business — the third party. The general contractor who bought the insurance policy is reimbursed for damages. First-party insurance examples.

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Things Contractors Should Know About Job Order Contracts

Job Order Contracting

Things Contractors Should Know About Job Order Contracts. As a construction contractor considering a Job Order Contract (JOC), it is critical to be aware that all JOCs are not the same. Here are a just a few things contractors should know about job order contracts. Shared risk/reward. Unit Price Book: Do’s.

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Louisiana Court Enforces AIA Wavier of Subrogation to Preclude Carrier’s Recovery

Constructlaw

Fire broke out, resulting in a loss that was paid by the owner’s builder’s risk insurance. The builder’s risk carriers — subrogated to the rights of the owner — then sued the prime contractor, its subcontractor, and sub-subcontractor for negligence. This case involved the restoration of an old building in New Orleans.

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#128:  Waivers of Subrogation

NH Construction Law

2001) (“By shifting the risk of loss to the insurance company regardless of which party is at fault, these clauses seek to avoid ‘the prospect of extended litigation which would interfere with construction.’”) The contractor and therefore the contractor’s liability insurer will be off the hook.