Substantial completion is the single most important date of any project.
Category: Contracts
ProcureCon Facilities – Facilities’ Secret Weapon: How To Manage Your Construction Supply Chain And Benefit From Self-Performing Contractors
You can download a PDF version of my ProcureCon presentation here.
Commentary – Modular Construction – How the Industry Continues to Mix Delivery Models with Means and Methods and How it will Never Advance Because of It.
Design for Manufacturing and Assembly is a delivery model that could, “change the industry…to build better quality housing on time and at speed.”
ProcureCon Facilities 2019 – What Will We Share At This Year’s Conference?
ProcureCon Facilities is the only procurement conference dedicated to facilities services. This year they have a jam-packed agenda.
Industry Watch – Contract Law – How New Amendments to Construction Law Could Cause Owner’s to Lose Their Rights!
While these stories may be from outside of your region, all of them address the global issue of contractor payments.
Best Practices – Architectural Services – How to Negotiate Your Architect’s Rates?
Once you have a short list of candidates based on qualifications, (and ONLY then) you can consider price.
Industry Watch – Ebert Construction – How Greed and Mismanagement Brings Down One of NZ’s Largest Builders.
Subcontractors like Hardware Direct were being exercised by Ebert right up until the day the announcement was made.
Best Practices – Self-Performing Contractors – Do Self-Performing Contractors Improve Your Bottom Line?
Self-performance does create additional revenue streams for the general contractor and you do need to address this.
Best Practices – Standard Form Agreements – Why AIA Contracts May Not Be Right For You?
The AIA is the predominant source for standard forms, but it isn’t the only source.
Industry Watch – AIA Contracts – Why You May Not Be Able to Close Your Contracts This November.
This latest 2017 edition of the AIA Contract Documents is the sixteenth edition of these documents.