Job Order Contracting

JULY 21, 2019

Job Order Contracting: Everything Owners and Builders Need to Know. Of course, the question remains… why don’t more real property owners and facilities management teams leverage the benefits of job order contracting? What Is Job Order Contracting? as well as total cost-of-ownership asset management. When Is JOC Used?

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Green Building Law Update

MAY 21, 2017

But contract forms for the sale and purchase of a house are often provided by a local board of realtors and today those forms do not adequately address the new and only now evolving issues arising from a sale with rooftop solar panels. You understand and agree that this is a lease and not a sale agreement.

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Construction Marketing

JULY 11, 2022

If you learn that you need to purchase a surety bond to work as a contractor or to enter into a contract to perform work on a project, here is some information you should know about surety bonds and how they work for contractors. The second category of bonds you will likely encounter as a contractor is contract bonds. Bond Types.

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Building Radar

AUGUST 13, 2024

Contract law is a fundamental aspect of construction projects, ensuring that all parties involved have clear, enforceable agreements. Understanding the key legal considerations in construction contracts can help prevent disputes, manage risks, and ensure successful project completion.

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Green Building Law Update

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

The best way to mitigate risk in your green building project are properly drafted contract documents prepared by this law firm or by another attorney with green building experience. As I posted in this blog less than a year ago, Less than 20% of Green Building Contracts are Properly Drafted. That may sound self serving, but it is true.

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Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 5, 2019

Definition: IDIQ construction contracts are Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity construction agreements that may or may not have associated detailed construction delivery processes and workflows. . MATOC (Multiple Award Task Order Contract) or MACC (Multiple Award Construction Contract) – for larger construction projects.

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Green Building Law Update

AUGUST 16, 2020

Today, the contracts for the sale and purchase of a house are often provided through a multiple listing service usually by a local board of realtors and most of the forms in common use do not adequately address the admittedly new and only now evolving issues arising from a sale with rooftop solar panels.

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Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 28, 2020

This low level of adoption is despite readily available tools and services to support robust LEAN construction frameworks such as Integrated Project Delivery, IPD, for major new construction and LEAN Job Order Contracting, JOC, for repair, renovation, and “minor”new construction.

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Job Order Contracting

MARCH 29, 2017

Best Practice Job Order Contracting. The DOD has long been recognized as the leader in best practice job order contracting. Thus while County, State, and Local Governments in general have a ways to go in deploying Best Practice Job Order Contracting, the potential benefit are certainly worth the effort. Note that for.

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Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

The errors and poor processes result in change orders, project delays, and legal disputes. It is defined within and Lean environment government by a long-term multi-party agreement and associated written Operations Manual / Execution Guide. 10% are due to equipment and/or materials delays, most off which could have been foreseen.

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Best Practices Construction Law

AUGUST 10, 2017

In construction contracts, parties attempt to use plain and ordinary words to describe their respective obligations. As an example, when the parties use the word “shall” in their agreement, they generally understand that the obligation specified is mandatory. And you don’t always mean what you say. Bankers Ins.

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Construction Law Monitor

MARCH 9, 2012

Whether it be a public or private, commercial or residential, and no matter how large or small the project or contractor, the first question I ask any potential client is – where’s the contract? The contract is the cornerstone of any construction project and eventual dispute. A good construction contract will include: 1.The

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Green Building Law Update

MARCH 18, 2018

But contract forms for the sale and purchase of a house are often provided by a local board of realtors and today those forms do not adequately address the new and only now evolving issues arising from a sale with rooftop solar panels. You understand and agree that this is a lease and not a sale agreement.

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Best Practices Construction Law

JUNE 15, 2022

Let’s cut to the chase—Virginia has joined 11 other states that have expressly prohibited “pay if paid” clauses in construction contracts. Many require more than just “pay-if-paid” language in the parties’ contract. If you have construction projects in Virginia, then read on. What’s the difference? What does the Virginia law say?

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Job Order Contracting

OCTOBER 18, 2016

JOB ORDER CONTRACTING (JOC) Operations Manual. The work management office also completes a desk estimate of the project cost to help determine the best method for executing the work request (in-house shops, competitively bid individual contracts or JOC). Contract Administration Functions. Contract Inspection Functions.

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Job Order Contracting

JANUARY 5, 2017

Things Contractors Should Know About Job Order Contracts. As a construction contractor considering a Job Order Contract (JOC), it is critical to be aware that all JOCs are not the same. Here are a just a few things contractors should know about job order contracts. Will you earn a reasonable profit? Army and U.S.

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Job Order Contracting

AUGUST 21, 2018

LEAN OpenJOC(TM) Job Order Contracting has a number of distinct advantages for repetitive repair, renovation, minor new construction and maintenance projects. The Additional Benefits of LEAN OpenJOC Job Order Contracting. Not all implementations of Job Order Contracting are the same. The Origins of IDIQ and JOC.

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Job Order Contracting

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

A Job Order Contract Execution Guide is a required element for any successful, best management practice JOC Program. The following template is provide for sample purposes only and should not be used a legally bidding document without through review and modification by appropriate Owner legal counsel. DEFINITIONS.

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Construction Marketing

JANUARY 24, 2022

While you are not legally obligated to offer health plans to these workers, you can still choose to. Instead, 1099 workers are paid based on your agreement with them. The level of control the employer legally has over how the worker performs tasks. Do Employers Have to Provide Health Insurance to Contracted Employees?

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Job Order Contracting

MARCH 3, 2018

Any information provided it NOT intended as any form of legal guidance. AB-14 Public contracts: job order contracting. AB 1431 – Permits Job Order Contracting for K-12 Districts. Authorizes job order contract to all K-12 school districts, that have entered into project labor agreements, for public works over $25,000.

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cnstrctr

JANUARY 4, 2020

A construction contract is a tool that you can use to help outline these requirements. What exactly is a construction contract, how can it be used and what are the different types? A construction contract is a document that outlines the roles and responsibilities between two or more parties on a project. Lump Sum Contracts.

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Green Building Law Update

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

The reason for the dearth of court cases is not that there are no disputes and differences arising from green building design and construction, but rather that many, if not most of the contracts in sustainable construction require mandatory arbitration, in lieu of a judicial contest. Legal scholars can have at it.

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Job Order Contracting

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Setting up a Job Order Contract Using Best Management Practices involves a mix of strategic and operational steps including a gap analysis of current and planned outcomes. . d) An indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (task order) contract which provides for the use of negotiated, definitive, bilateral orders (i.e.,

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Building Information Management

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

This is an example of Job Order Contracting from a legal perspective and that of a school district in Texas. This is NOT intended as ANY form of legal advice or counsel, but simply to share information relative to efficient construction project delivery methods. SELECTING A CONTRACTING METHOD; 2. source: [link].

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Job Order Contracting

JUNE 19, 2020

Many, if not most, public sector procurement professionals view their role as simply shuffling paperwork to enable the bidding and contracting of construction firms as quickly as possible. The faster the process is complete the better. All that is required is owner leadership, commitment, and competency.

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Levelset

MAY 16, 2022

This Act has a fair amount of rules and requirements that must be followed on home improvement projects, specifically when it comes to the terms of their contracts. There are a few provisions that every construction contract should have. PA home improvement contracts: What’s required? Contract price.

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CivilJungle

AUGUST 8, 2022

Legal Documents Required for Purchase of Property. But we must avoid the problem and legal situation by checking the documents required for buying property. Every construction work begins with legal approval. Sale Agreement. Only after the sale agreement can we tell the sale of custody becomes finished.

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Constructonomics

MAY 2, 2014

And don’t think you’ll get legal fees in a settlement – it just won’t happen. So if an owner owes you 50% of a contract value, you probably owe about 80% of that money to subs and suppliers (if you’re a GC of course), so now you’re left with no money after you pay the lawyer. So play it cool.

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Constructlaw

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

District Court for the Southern District of Illinois recently enforced a partially executed agreement to arbitrate where the party that failed to countersign demonstrated assent through its acts and conduct. Spirtas countered that the TPA was not a valid and legally binding arbitration agreement because SGLC never countersigned it.

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Constructlaw

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

District Court for the Southern District of Illinois recently enforced a partially executed agreement to arbitrate where the party that failed to countersign demonstrated assent through its acts and conduct. Spirtas countered that the TPA was not a valid and legally binding arbitration agreement because SGLC never countersigned it.

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Construction Business Owner

AUGUST 18, 2011

In a way, a surety bond is like insurance; it is a three-part agreement between the contractor, the organization requiring the bond (e.g. This agreement ensures that a contractor will perform all of the duties they agreed to in the bid they placed, abiding by the terms of that government-sanctioned project. August 2012. April 2012.

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Best Practices Construction Law

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Contractors have a means of shifting the risk of non-payment by the owner to its subcontractor by including a certain payment provisions in the subcontract agreement. The subcontractor argued that the prime contract between the owner and the contractor defined the cost of work to include “payments made” to subcontractors.

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CivilJungle

DECEMBER 26, 2020

Introduction of Tort Vs Contract. A tort , in common law jurisdiction, could be a tort (other than a breach of contract) that causes an applicant to suffer loss or hurt, leading to legal liability for the one that commits the act. A contract is lawfully enforceable as a result of it meets the wants and approval of the law.

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Best Practices Construction Law

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

under Contract No. KBR) made material misrepresentations in its proposal, rendering the fully-performed contract void ab initio. Background: The contract in question, executed on July 9, 2013, was for the construction of an Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System site in Deveselu, Romania, with a firm, fixed-price amount of $134,211,592.

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Best Practices Construction Law

JUNE 27, 2012

Last month, ConsensusDOCS released an entirely new online platform to deliver its construction form contracts. ENR journalist Johanna Knapschaefer wrote a good piece about " ConsensusDOCS Contract Library Takes to the Cloud, " where she described the real-time collaboration needed for contract negotiations.

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Construction Law Monitor

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Joint check agreements are very popular in the construction industry. In fact, many folks mistakenly believe that joint check agreements are exclusively a construction industry instrument. Perhaps the joint check agreement is the most misunderstood and dangerous document you can confront on a construction project.

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Construction Marketing

MARCH 24, 2021

5) Contract protection. A well-written contract will lay out clear responsibilities which a commercial builder is more likely to abide by, as well as any reparations due your way if the contract is breached.

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