Mediation and You Alternative Dispute Resolution - An Update Trenders in Alternative Dispute Resolution
Arbitration and You The Effect of Arbitration on Bond Sureties Chapter 93A Damages in Arbitration
Recovering Attorney's Fees in Construction Cases - When and How?
How to Limit Dispute Over Backcharges
Bankruptcy Losers
Quotations - When Do They Become Contracts? Bidding Private Projects - Withdrawal vs. Enforcement of Bids
Unfair or Deceptive Business Practices Chapter 93A Damages in Arbitration
Daily Job Records Visual Records Help Control Your Litigation Costs Signed Slips Letters Document Management
Good Faith and Fair Dealing As a Contract Requirement Contract Provisions Requiring Changes in Writing Interpreting Contract Language - What Courts Look At Termination for Convenience - The Risk to Contractors Flow Down Clauses - Their Purpose and Effect Involuntary Agreements Not to Sue the Architect Surety Ratification Agreements - Potential Pitfalls
Quantum Meruit Recovery Recovering Against the Designer for Misleading Plans and Specifications Consequential Damages - What are They and When Recoverable Contractor's Recovery Where Breach Prevents Full Performanc
Delay Claims on Public Construction Delay, Overhead and Eichleay
The Indemnification Trap
Builders Risk - Who Needs It? When Your Insurer Reserves the Right to Disclaim Coverage Liability Policies - What's an "Additional Insured"?
Liquidated Damages - Not Penalty Damages Liquidated Damages - An Update
Battle of the Forms Round One: What Do You Mean I Can't Recover All My Damages? Battle of the Forms Round Two: How to Get Your Terms and Keep Theirs Out Material Suppliers - Bond Insecurity
The New Massachusetts Lien Law - Better Payment Security on Private Work Lien Waiver - Too High a Price for Payment Lien Bonds - Their Use and Purpose Mechanic's Lien Update
Contract Notice Provisions - Beware
Improving Safety and Surviving OSHA
Laws Limiting Overtime on Massachusetts Public Projects
Payment Provisions That Can Mean No Payment Joint Checks - Advantages & Dangers Pay-If-Paid - The Scorecard Retainage - The Last Most Difficult Payment Losing the Right to Payment - Failure to Complete Contract Work When a Check Becomes a Release The Pitfalls of Payment Releases Security Options When You've Lost Bond or Lien Rights
Bond Security on Federal Jobs - The Miller Act Payment Bond Security on Public Projects Bonds provided by Subcontractors on Public Building Projects - Who Benefits? Payment Security in a Nutshell Public Work Payment Bonds FAQs
When Performance Becomes Impossible or Unfeasible - Who Bears the Risk? Substantial Completion - What You Don't Know Could Cost You
Prevailing Wages - The Risk of Non Compliance
Public Bid Mistakes - Can the Bid Be Saved? Withdrawing Bids on Massachusetts Public Projects Debarment - Cause and Effect Recent Decisions by the Attorney General on Public Bidding Bid Protests on Massachusetts Public Projects Bid Bonds on Public Projects - When Are They Incomplete? Changes to the Miller Act Public Construction Reform
Delay Claims on Public Construction Direct Payments - From Owner to Subcontractor Appropriations on Public Jobs - Show Me the Money! Administrative Appeals of Contractor Claims on Public Projects - How Has it Worked for Contractors? Project Labor Agreements - Their Use and Effect on Public Projects Penalty Interest for Late Payments on Massachusetts Public Projects False Claims and Whistleblowers The Perils of Presenting False Claims on Public Projects A Contractor's Right to Use Equal Materials on Massachusets Public Projects Project Labor Agreements - An Update The Right to Payment for Stored Materials on Public Projects - And the Reality Public Construction Reform Update
Shop Drawings and Material Submittals
Ambiguous Specification Requirements - Who Pays? Proprietary Specifications The New AIA General Conditions and Subcontract Forms Supplementary General Conditions - Bidder Beware
Time Limitations on Lawsuits - How Long Is a Contractor Exposed?
Differing Site Conditions - What You Don't Know Shouldn't Hurt You
Temporary Heat - Who Gets Left in the Cold?
Workers Compensation Premiums - Out of Sight and Out of Control Worker's Comp. - What Happens When an Employer Fails to Provide Coverage