{"id":901900,"date":"2023-11-17T16:53:09","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T23:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/?p=901900"},"modified":"2023-11-17T16:53:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T23:53:13","slug":"quick-note-october-1-2023-changes-to-floridas-construction-statutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/quick-note-october-1-2023-changes-to-floridas-construction-statutes\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Note: October 1, 2023 Changes to Florida&#8217;s Construction Statutes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>David Adelstein | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridaconstructionlegalupdates.com\/quick-note-october-1-2023-changes-to-floridas-construction-statutes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Florida Construction Legal Updates<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Effective October 1, 2023, there were changes to Florida\u2019s statutory scheme dealing with\u00a0<strong>construction projects<\/strong>. This includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/lien-law-florida-under-construction\/\">Florida\u2019s Lien Law<\/a>. A copy of these changes can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridaconstructionlegalupdates.com\/quick-note-october-1-2023-changes-to-floridas-construction-statutes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">[here]<\/a> which identify additions in blue and deletions with strikethroughs. \u00a0No different than before, if you have questions or concerns as to your statutory rights on a construction project, do the prudent thing, consult a construction lawyer. \u00a0A construction lawyer can help you understand changes to the applicable statutory scheme or how the statutory scheme pertains to your rights. This is important because you want to make sure you understand statutory changes that apply to your work and rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A noteworthy change, bolded in blue below, is that there is&nbsp;<em>now<\/em>&nbsp;a basis to lien for a contractor performing&nbsp;<strong>construction management services<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cwhich include scheduling and coordinating construction and preconstruction phases for the construction project, or who provides program management services\u201d:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fla. Stat. s. 713.01 (8)<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cContractor\u201d means a person other than a materialman or laborer who enters into a contract with the owner of real property for improving it,\u00a0\u00a0or who takes over from a contractor as so defined the entire remaining work under such contract. The term \u201ccontractor\u201d includes an architect, landscape architect, or engineer who improves real property pursuant to a design- build contract authorized by s. 489.103(16).\u00a0<strong>The term also includes a licensed general contractor or building contractor, as those terms are defined in s.489.105(3)(a) and (b), respectively, who provides construction management services, which include scheduling and coordinating preconstruction and construction phases for the construction project,or who provides program management services, which include schedule control, cost control, and coordinating the provisionor\u00a0procurement of planning, design, and construction for the construction project.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Adelstein | Florida Construction Legal Updates Effective October 1, 2023, there were changes to Florida\u2019s statutory scheme dealing with\u00a0construction projects. This includes Florida\u2019s Lien Law. A copy of these changes can be found [here] which identify additions in blue and deletions with strikethroughs. \u00a0No different than before, if you have questions or concerns as&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/quick-note-october-1-2023-changes-to-floridas-construction-statutes\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Quick Note: October 1, 2023 Changes to Florida&#8217;s Construction Statutes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-901900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-2","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Quick Note: October 1, 2023 Changes to Florida&#039;s Construction Statutes - Advise &amp; 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