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5 Legal Documents All Construction Business Owners Should Use

Construction Business Owner

While there are several documents that contractors use regularly, there are also other lesser-known legal documents that owners may find useful. The following five standard legal agreements are worth considering to help clean up your contract processes.

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Good Faith and Fair Dealing: The Essence of Construction Agreements

Constructonomics

On construction projects, contractors, owners, and subs will fire contract language back and forth like missiles in what gets to be an arms race of legalities that negatively affects projects by creating panic and anxiety. Things get much more muddled when contract language, and legalities are entered into the mix. Berkeley.

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PREPARING CONTRACT (TENDER) DOCUMENTS

The Constructor

The contract documents A contract is an agreement between two parties which they intend to be legally binding with respect to the obligations of each.

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New Legal Guide and Resource For Your Construction Business

Construction Marketing

Whether just starting out or operating for years, there are many legal obligations and issues that confront a small business owner. The Small Business Legal guide from Legal Services Link provides information on the top ten areas business owners need to address to ensure their businesses are legally protected.

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City of Hartford to pay $10M to settle contractor termination case

Construction Dive

The mayor of the Connecticut city said the agreement will end a seven-year legal saga over the Colorado Rockies’ Minor League ballpark.

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Buying a LEED Certified Building Is Easy But.

Green Building Law Update

That being the case, then why has the GBCI Change Of Owner Agreement been uploaded into LEED Online only 700 times since February 2015? So, GBCI even provides a form, making affecting the change in their system easy, but the Change of Owner Agreement form is little used. according to Susan Dorn, the General Counsel of USGBC and GBCI.

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15 Tips For Starting Your Own Roof and Guttering Business

Construction Marketing

9) Legality and Taxes. You can also hire a lawyer to help you out with other legal requirements such as service agreements. Overall, starting a roofing and guttering business requires a thorough business plan, legal steps, and marketing. For a sole proprietorship business, you can’t use your name. Corporation .

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