Patrick Welch | Snell & Wilmer Last year, the Nevada Legislature adopted more rigorous requirements exclusively applicable to Nevada residential improvement contracts involving single-family residences. See Nevada Revised Statutes (“NRS”) 624.970 and Assembly Bill No. 39 (2023 Regular Session Approved: June 2, 2023); see also NRS 624.455 (defining the term, “single family residence.”). This new statutory scheme seeks to… Continue reading New Requirements for Nevada Residential Improvement Contracts – What Nevada Licensed Residential Contractors and Homeowners Need to Know
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Liquidated Damages v. Actual Damages – Which Is the Better Choice?
Christine Baglioni | Dowditch & Dewey Liquidated damages provisions are common to all types of agreements, from leases to construction contracts. While liquidated damages provisions may appear “boilerplate” and full of legalese, they profoundly impact how much a party may collect in the event of breach. Liquidated damages is an agreed-upon dollar amount that a… Continue reading Liquidated Damages v. Actual Damages – Which Is the Better Choice?
Contractor Successfully Recovers Costs Associated with Government-Mandated COVID-19-Related Quarantine
Douglas L. Patin and Winni Zhang | BuildSmart On October 2, 2024, the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals released a copy of their opinion in Chugach Fed. Sols., Inc., ASBCA No. 62712, 2024 WL 4542405 (Oct. 2, 2024). In this case, the board found entitlement for an operations and maintenance contractor for complying with a government-mandated,… Continue reading Contractor Successfully Recovers Costs Associated with Government-Mandated COVID-19-Related Quarantine
Get the F*** Off My Site! Court Upholds Verbal Contract Termination
John Mark Goodman | BuildSmart An Idaho court has confirmed an arbitration award for a general contractor who left a project and did not return after being told by the owner to “get the f*** off my site.” The case involves the construction of five buildings within 200 days. Dissatisfied with the contractor’s progress, the… Continue reading Get the F*** Off My Site! Court Upholds Verbal Contract Termination
Snooze You Lose? Enforcement of Notice and Timing Provisions
Cornelius F. “Lee” Banta, Jr. | ConsensusDocs Deadlines are an inescapable part of the construction industry. Bid deadlines. Submittal deadlines. Material delivery deadlines. Substantial completion. Final completion. And so, inevitably, fighting about deadlines becomes a necessary byproduct. Was the deadline really a deadline? Was the schedule slippage on the critical path? Should there be an… Continue reading Snooze You Lose? Enforcement of Notice and Timing Provisions