Beaujeaux do Lapouyade | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | November 19, 2017 The saying goes like this, “Say what you mean, and mean what you say.” We all know the business of contract construction is no easy task. But underwriters should go the extra mile to ensure a property insurance policy reads as the… Continue reading Punctuation Placement Could Lead to a Policyholder’s Next Victory
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The Paradigm Shift on Risk in Construction
Joseph A. Cleves, Jr. | Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP | November 7, 2017 Many owners still rely on heavy-handed contracts to provide them with risk certainty. The goal is to reduce their risk by shifting it to designers and contractors. While this approach has a certain logical appeal, it has the paradoxical result of… Continue reading The Paradigm Shift on Risk in Construction
Construction Law Practice Tip: General Contractor Liability for Subcontractor Injury
Pierre Grosdidier | Haynes and Boone LLP | October 26, 2017 AIA Document A201TM, General Conditions of the Contract for Construction (the “General Conditions”), is a form agreement often incorporated into a main contract between an owner and a general contractor.1 The General Conditions place project control squarely in the hands of the general contractor.… Continue reading Construction Law Practice Tip: General Contractor Liability for Subcontractor Injury
Don’t Just Go With the Flow (Down)
John Benjamin Patrick | Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani | November 7, 2017 There are some contract provisions that we see so often that we occasionally stop actually reading them, stop actually thinking about them, and just mentally check the provision off our list of things we expect to see in the contract. They fall into… Continue reading Don’t Just Go With the Flow (Down)
Preparing for the Changes in the New AIA 2017 Forms
Justin L. Weisberg | K&L Gates | November 6, 2017 After a decade, the AIA released new design and construction contract forms in April 2017. Some of the more notable changes to the AIA construction contract documents are summarized below. Probably as a reflection of advancements in the use of technology in the design and… Continue reading Preparing for the Changes in the New AIA 2017 Forms