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

Best Practices Construction Law

As you may be aware, one of the greatest risks on a construction project involves the payment process. 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. However, in Thomas J.

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

Levelset

If the insurance company is dragging their feet, a restoration contractor can still likely file a mechanics lien on the property. AOBs and mechanics liens. A mechanics lien is hands down a contractor’s most effective tool to ensure they get paid for their work. Learn more: How to calculate your collection effectiveness.

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#130:  Secured Lenders' Rights to Construction Contract Payments

NH Construction Law

It happens this way: A contractor or subcontractor borrows money from a lender, and as security for the loan it gives the lender an assignment of or lien on its receivables and contract rights. A draft Bill is in my desk draw, if anyone at the State House cares to call me.) In the residential setting, this never happens.

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

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Owners pass on certain risks (contractually) to general contractors, who may do the same thing when hiring specialty contractors. Karalynn also emphasizes the importance of negotiating who takes on certain risks and liabilities. The shifting of risk and liabilities is a very common practice when drafting contracts.

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7 Steps to Successful Project Closeout

Autodesk Construction Cloud

Risk assessment is the fifth step and requires you to identify potential risks or liabilities that could arise in the future. Any time the critical documents you need are in an easy to lose, easy to destroy format like paper, you take on risk. Step 5: Risk Assessment. Tools like Construction IQ can help.

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constructionattorneyblog: AIA plans change to Statute of Limitations.

Construction Lawyer

In other words, you use the stuff we post here at your own risk. For a number of months, draft versions have been distributed to various groups for comment. With the latest draft of A201, this provision is completely removed, making this decidedly unfriendly for contractors. mechanics liens. Buy hydrocodone. Read More].

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constructionattorneyblog: New AIA documents and Arbitration

Construction Lawyer

In other words, you use the stuff we post here at your own risk. If they just read the articles that claim that litigation is the automatic "default," they may not even look at this provision when drafting the documents if they actually want to have litigation as the real default. mechanics liens. Categories.

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