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IDIQ Construction Contract Guide

Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting (JOC) – for the numerous renovation, repair, sustainability, and minor new construction projects, averaging $50,000-$100,000+ up several million dollars bases upon project complexity and associated design requirements. No ability to subcontract—limited to trade specified in the contract. T and M Disadvantages.

Contract 100
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#105:  Nonmutual Arbitration Agreements

NH Construction Law

Many construction contracts and subcontracts provide for arbitration of disputes. A legal doctrine called “mutuality of obligation” – or in lay terms, if both sides are not bound, neither side is – comes into play here. Some of them give just one of the parties an option to require arbitration. See DiMercurio v.

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Additional Insured Status: Playing the Speak-Out Game on a Construction Project

Best Practices Construction Law

In that case, the contractor and subcontractor (and their insurance carriers) were pointing the finger at each other for injuries sustained by an employee of the subcontractor. The subcontract also required the subcontractor to include the contractor as an “Additional Insured” on its policy.

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Subcontractor’s Failure to Strictly Comply With Notice Provision Costs $200,000

Best Practices Construction Law

” The appellate court held that the letters and emails relied upon by the trial court “did not strictly comply with the contractual notice requirement, since they did not contain verified statements of the amount of delay damages allegedly sustained by the plaintiff and were unsupported by documentary evidence.”

Claims 82
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Job Order Contract Program Implementation

Job Order Contracting

It’s generally considered that numerous and repetitive renovation, repair, maintenance, and/or sustainability work, and minor new construction with a minimum annual volume of $2M is appropriate for job order contracting. Technical, purchasing, and legal personnel attend the conference. ECONOMIC PRICE ADJUSTMENT. Competitive Range.

Contract 100
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Between A Rock and A Hard Place: How the Severin Doctrine May Relate to Your Statute of Limitations Period

Best Practices Construction Law

United States held that “if plaintiffs had proved that they, in the performance of their contract with the Government[,] became liable to their subcontractor for the damages which the latter suffered, that liability, though not yet satisfied by payment, might well constitute actual damages to plaintiffs, and sustain their suit.”

Claims 63
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Patented Precast Shaves Costs on Korean Highway | ENR.

ENR Construction

Sustainability. Freyssinet’s $30-million subcontract entails building the tunnel in an open trench. Building Types. Construction Methods. Haiti Reconstruction. Economic Stimulus. -->. Safety & Health. Banking & Credit Crisis. --> Companies. Project Delivery. Ethics & Corruption. Economic Stimulus. -->. Associations.

FAQ 51