Luis Gile Architect

Residential Architect Serving Bucks County and Nearby Communities

Category: Contracts

Effective supplier relationship management

October 27, 2022
Higher price & cost volatility; mitigating the cost effects of the current inflationary environment.

September 29, 2022
Commentary – The Master Builder – How The Role of Architects has Evolved and Where You Can Find the Modern Version of the Master Builder

August 12, 2021
Industry Watch – Pay-When-Paid – A Common but Illegal Term that Exists In Most Construction Contracts.

April 8, 2021
Market Watch – The Corona Virus – How Quarantines Around the Globe Are Impacting Operations and What Owner’s Should Expect When Work Resumes.

March 26, 2020
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.

March 19, 2020
Industry watch – Collaborative Delivery – What Are The Pivotal Clauses of Collaborative Delivery That Shift the Parties From Adversaries to Collaborators.

March 12, 2020
Best Practices – Commercial Terms – The Critical Commercial Terms You Need to Make Your Contracts Stronger.

February 13, 2020
Best Practices – Time and Material Contracts – Why Time and Material Contracts Might Not Be A Viable Contracting Method in the State of California.

February 6, 2020
Best Practice – Design Drawings – Why You Should Never Accept Drawings unless they are labelled, “Issued for Construction”.

January 16, 2020
Best Practices – Retainage – How Contractors are Avoiding Retainage and How it Hurts Owners.

October 3, 2019
Best Practices – Contracts – Why You DON’T Want a Detailed Cost Break-down in Your Stipulated Sum Contract.

September 26, 2019