An Owner can be responsible for causing a delay and later collect liquidated damages against the contractor.
Industry Watch – Concurrent Delays – How One Sentence in a Contract Can Limit Your Rights.
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.
Best Practices – Standard Form Agreements – The World’s Equivalent to the AIA
There are a number of organizations around the world that also offer standard construction forms.
Best Practices – Supply Chain Integrity – How to Avoid Spending Your Time Fighting Fires.
Create a pool of suppliers that cover the broad spectrum of services.
Best Practices – An Open Discussion About an Architect’s Liability. What is a Rip and Tear Clause?
Rip and Tear clauses establish the Architect's liability to pay for costs that the Owner may incur.
Case Study – Nine Billion Dollar Project ABANDONED!
This is not a case anyone would want to emulate. This is a case to be regarded as the perfect storm of what NOT to do in construction.
Change Orders – How to Plan, Mitigate, and Minimize the impact of Changes on Your Construction Projects.
Change Orders - How to Plan, Mitigate, and Minimize the impact of Changes on Your Construction Projects.
Case Study – Standard of Care – A Lesson on how to Avoid Conflicts and Ensure Your Architect Meets Your Expectations.
The standard verbiage from the AIA is so vague and open to interpretation that it hurts both parties.
Case Study – Strategic Application of Pricing Models – A Lesson in How to use Cost Plus with GMP to Reduce Risk and Time in Design and Construction.
Case study demonstrating how pricing models solve procurement problems.
Progressive Procurement – Should Private Industry Consider Social Value in Procurement?
an Act to require public authorities to have regard to economic, social and environmental well-being in connection with public services contracts
Penalties and Bonuses – How To Avoid Project Delays and Incentivize Timely Completion.
Punitive delay claims are unenforceable and are likely to be overridden by the courts.
Procurement Corruption – Six Practices Your Company Should Avoid to Prevent Collusion and Corruption.
Even unregulated privately held businesses need to be aware of certain soft practices that may be signs of collusion between their employees and Vendors.