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Market Watch – The CoronaVirus – When is a Global Pandemic a Force Majeure Event?
A couple of weeks ago, I published an article discussing some of the additional costs Owners might see in the wake of the global CoronaVirus outbreak and government ordered quarantine. In that article, I…
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Market Watch – The CoronaVirus – Is Construction an Essential Business?
Ever since the CoronaVirus landed on the United States it’s impact has been uncertain. Having witnessed the impact it had in China, we collectively braced for impact, but I don’t think anyone thought it…
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Industry Watch – Collaborative Delivery – How You can Achieve the Benefits of Collaborative Delivery Using Conventional Contracts.
A couple of week’s ago we took a close look at the most relevant case studies for Collaborative Delivery projects published by the AIA and the Minnesota School of Architecture. We found that each…
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Market Watch – The Corona Virus – How Quarantines Around the Globe Are Impacting Operations and What Owner’s Should Expect When Work Resumes.
If you have been reading this blog consistently for the past few weeks, you probably were expecting this week’s article to be the fourth and final installment detailing my talk from the ProcureCon Conference…
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Industry watch – Collaborative Delivery – Case Studies Of Collaborative Delivery – What They Tell Us and Why Standard Forms of Agreement May not be Right For You.
Over the last two weeks we have been exploring collaborative agreements. Two weeks ago, I gave you a brief overview of the difference between the AIA’s two collaborative delivery contract models. Last week, I…
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Industry watch – Collaborative Delivery – What Are The Pivotal Clauses of Collaborative Delivery That Shift the Parties From Adversaries to Collaborators.
Last week I provided a brief overview of the two contracting models the AIA classifies as collaborate delivery. We reviewed the nuances between Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) and Single Purpose Entities (SPE). I even…
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Industry watch – Collaborative Delivery – How Contract Templates For Collaborative Agreements Are Structured and Why You Might Choose Not To Use Them
In late January of this year, I attended and spoke at the ProcureCon Facilities Conference. You can read my review of the conference here. The subject I addressed during my talk was Collaborative Delivery.…
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Best Practices – GC led Design Build – Why This is the Worst Contracting Model And You Should Never Use It.
No matter how many times I counsel against using a contractor to lead design-build projects there is always someone who rationalizes away all of the negatives. I have written about General Contractor led Design…
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Industry Watch – Responsibility Standards – How the Public Sector is Getting Smart About Qualifying Contractors.
In an article posted January 29th, 2020, Mark Cavitt writing for the Oakland Press tells us about a new resolution adopted by the County of Oakland Michigan which impacts the way the County awards…
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