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#96:  Payment Bond Sureties and "Pay-if-Paid" Subcontracts

NH Construction Law

If the principal is a general contractor with a “pay-if-paid” clause in its subcontracts, must a subcontractor wait for the general contractor to be paid before it can collect on a payment bond? No New Hampshire case has yet considered whether the same result obtains under state law, but the same logic applies.

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#127:  Subcontract "Flow Down" of Prime Contract Terms

NH Construction Law

Commercial construction subcontracts frequently incorporate by reference provisions of the prime contract between the owner and the general contractor, often with language requiring the subcontractor to assume toward the general contractor all duties owed by the general contractor to the owner. Where does New Hampshire stand on all of this?

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#84:  Owners' Third Party Beneficiary Rights Against Subcontractors

NH Construction Law

If we look no further than this language, the first of these two methods of establishing third party beneficiary status appears to be a perfect fit in the usual owner-contractor-subcontractor relationship: through his subcontract, the subcontractor (promisor) is rendering a performance that the general contractor (promisee) owes to the owner.

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#137:  Liability for Negligent Selection of Subcontractors

NH Construction Law

Thus far, in New Hampshire at least, this rule has been applied only to personal injury, not to property damage. Subcontracting to someone with scant experience but who “talks a good game” likely won’t cut it. 2017 WL 2501138 at *2 (E.D. ’” Arthur v. Holy Rosary Credit Union , 139 N.H.

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#98:  Good Faith Limits on Termination for Convenience

NH Construction Law

A recent New Hampshire Superior Court case applied the covenant to restrict a contractor’s right to terminate a subcontractor “for convenience” – the ultimate exercise of discretion – before the subcontractor even starts work, simply in order to try to obtain a better price. Ambrose Development, LLC , No.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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100% electable sales factor for multi-state corporations (increasing from 80% to 100% between 2014 and 2017). Rural: Capital investment of at least $1 million and at least 5 new jobs. 100 million has been allocated annually beginning in fiscal year 2009-2010 through 2016-2017 on a first-come first-served basis.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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The increase is to occur in equal increments over a four year period, between 2014 and 2017. percent, between 2014 and 2017. This new 30 percent lower rate makes Arizona’s rate one of the five lowest in the country. Commercial Property: Reduced by 10 percent, the commercial property assessment ratio will be 18 percent by 2017.

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