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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Construction Specifier

JANUARY 13, 2025

Without a quantifiable specification to convey contract requirements, project teams will continue to be handed polished concrete floors that are ripe for change orders and expensive to maintain. The industry urgently needs a specification framework that is measurable, verifiable, and defensible. and B101.4. based in Portland, Ore.

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Lets Build

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Over time, this leads to injuries, time off work, and workers’ compensation claims. Many construction firms saw a drop in contracted projects in 2020 due to COVID-19, making equipment ownership less viable. Its production produces 90% fewer carbon emissions than traditional bricks and another masonry. Exoskeleton workwear.

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Levelset

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Errors and omissions (E&O) insurance covers contractors against financial loss resulting from mistakes, errors, or claims of negligence. While general liability insurance covers against claims related to injury or property damage, errors and omissions insurance protects from lawsuits related to financial loss.

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Best Practices Construction Law

MAY 17, 2018

Although information is transmitted instantaneously in today’s environment, proof of receipt of that information (often called “Notice”) remains subject to some very strict rules imposed by contract, case law or statute. Notice of Claims. The trial court denied that motion and the Court of Appeals reversed.

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Construction Dive

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

The policies insure against personal injury or property damage caused by an occurrence during the contractor’s performance of the work. There is no coverage for liability the contractor assumed under a contract or agreement. But do the policies cover the work itself? Insurers certainly don’t intend them to.

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Best Practices Construction Law

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Whether you are required by contract or law, purchase and maintaining the appropriate coverage can help you avoid catastrophe on your project. In that case, the contractor and subcontractor (and their insurance carriers) were pointing the finger at each other for injuries sustained by an employee of the subcontractor.

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Construction Lawyer

APRIL 3, 2012

The cases with which he has been involved are varied and wide-ranging and include personal injury, breach of contract, criminal defense, commercial disputes, and consumer fraud. Federal Court dismisses subs claim against GC because of arbitration provision. If the net recovery on the claims were to exceed $4.3

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Levelset

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

When it comes to protecting your contracting business from claims and lawsuits, it can be tough to know what type of insurance you should purchase. Liability insurance protects your business against claims for damages caused by you and your workers, if you have any. General liability insurance.

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Levelset

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

You can practice safety and use common sense on the job, but there’s no way to predict when accidents or injuries might occur. Carpenter’s insurance is a financial instrument that helps protect your business if accidents, injuries, or illnesses occur in a work-related capacity. What is carpenter insurance?

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Levelset

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Unlike general liability insurance — which protects contractors when their work leads to bodily injury or property damage — professional liability offers coverage in situations when their work causes another party to lose money. Professional liability insurance protects against claims related to professional negligence.

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Levelset

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Plumbing contractor’s insurance may help your business stay afloat if accidents or injuries occur on the job. A plumbing contractor’s insurance policy covers claims for property damage, but it may also help defend against lawsuits resulting from a work-related incident. Worker injury. How do I get plumbing insurance?

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Levelset

AUGUST 24, 2022

Builder’s risk insurance, typically used by general contractors, covers property damage to a building under construction, while general liability insurance covers costs associated with third-party injuries or property damage caused by contractors. . Covers contractors against accidents, property damage, and in some cases, libel.

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Levelset

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Construction contracts often require that each hired specialty contractor maintain a minimum level of insurance coverage, and a COI will reflect that status. If you’re bidding on contract work, you will likely need a COI per terms of a legal agreement. There are a few parties that might require a COI from your contracting business.

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Construction Lawyer

APRIL 19, 2009

The cases with which he has been involved are varied and wide-ranging and include personal injury, breach of contract, criminal defense, commercial disputes, and consumer fraud. Economic Loss Doctrine bars Nevada claims against Architect. In Terracon Consultants Western, Inc. Mandalay Resort Group, 2009 WL 790364 (Nev.,

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Construction Lawyer

AUGUST 30, 2007

The cases with which he has been involved are varied and wide-ranging and include personal injury, breach of contract, criminal defense, commercial disputes, and consumer fraud. False Claims lands Engineer in jail. Listed below are links to weblogs that reference False Claims lands Engineer in jail : Recent Posts.

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Levelset

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

First-party insurance Third-party insurance Definition First-party insurance provides reimbursement to the insured individual or business for covered claims during the coverage period. The roofer’s general liability insurance covers claims related to injuries related to the customer’s fall. Third-party insurance examples.

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Construction and Infrastructure Law

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

The basis for the second holding is that the discovery rule of accrual is based in equity, whereas a disgorgement claim is not intended to compensate claimant for any injury, but to punish the unlicensed contractor, and therefore is not subject to equitable considerations.

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Construction Lawyer

MARCH 16, 2012

The cases with which he has been involved are varied and wide-ranging and include personal injury, breach of contract, criminal defense, commercial disputes, and consumer fraud. DESPITE HAVING TWICE SIGNED CONTRACT, CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVE NOT NECESSARILY OBLIGATED TO PERSONALLY ARBITRATE. Merrill Lynch , 2012 U.S.

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Construction Lawyer

JANUARY 30, 2006

The cases with which he has been involved are varied and wide-ranging and include personal injury, breach of contract, criminal defense, commercial disputes, and consumer fraud. " The court held that the homeowners did not fit within this definition and the normal ten year contract statute of limitations applied.

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Construction Law Monitor

MARCH 15, 2011

The case is important because it carved an exception to the economic loss rule, which typically prohibits a tort claim between contracting parties when the claims arises out of a failure to perform contractual obligations. Henry Construction, Inc. Or in other words, completely undermine the economic loss rule?

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Construction Lawyer

MAY 2, 2012

The cases with which he has been involved are varied and wide-ranging and include personal injury, breach of contract, criminal defense, commercial disputes, and consumer fraud. Construction Contracts arbitration provision is separable, based on Rent-A-Center. The contract contained four paragraphs related to arbitration. Section

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Building Radar

JULY 15, 2024

It covers bodily injury, property damage, and personal injury claims that arise during the course of a project. A critical aspect of CGL is the completed operations coverage, which protects against claims made after project completion. For more details on CGL insurance, visit Construction Coverage.

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Constructlaw

MARCH 1, 2022

Bean Sprouts LLC, a Pennsylvania excavator, performed work on military bases in Alabama and California under contracts with LifeCycle Construction Services LLC, a Virginia prime contractor. The parties had repeatedly contracted with one another on out-of-state projects since 2017.

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Levelset

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Completed operations insurance covers property damage or injury caused by work that a contractor performed in the past. The coverage kicks in when: The contract has been completed All of the work has been completed The work has been put to its intended use. Examples of completed operations claims. Deck collapse. Coverage limits.

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Levelset

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

There are several related terms that are commonly confused in insurance policies and construction contracts. The policyholder will also have certain duties to perform if an insurance claim is incurred and reported. AI endorsements are often required as part of the construction contract. What does additional insured cover?

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Safety Services Company

OCTOBER 9, 2017

It reflects your company’s past injury and illness incidents and lets the insurance carrier calculate future risk. The National Council of Compensation Insurance (NCCI) looks at the national average of claims within a given industry and assigns that average the number 1.0. The insurance carrier will examine your past claims.

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NH Construction Law

APRIL 26, 2024

“An agreement to arbitrate may be unenforceable if pursuing a claim in arbitration is so cost prohibitive that it prevents a party from vindicating its rights.” In Lennar a homeowner sued his builder for personal injuries that he blamed on a construction defect, seeking in excess of $1,000,000 in damages. ” Id.

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Best Practices Construction Law

MAY 18, 2018

on safety policies, OSHA and regulatory compliance, contracts, disputes, and all areas where law and construction intersect. “To Last week marked the end of Construction Safety Week 2018 , a combined effort by the Construction Industry Safety (CISI) group and the Incident and Injury Free (IIF) CEO Forum.

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Levelset

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

However, the types of policies and their limits (the maximum amount claims can pay out) are limited. A general liability insurance policy protects the policyholder from claims of property damage or bodily injury caused by the contractor or its employees. How to ensure subcontractors are covered.

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Levelset

AUGUST 5, 2022

With so many policies on a project, there’s a good chance that coverage is overlapped, and a claim could cause insurers to battle with each other over who’s at fault. These base policies protect the project from third-party bodily injury and property damage claims, as well as worker injury claims.

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Building Radar

AUGUST 22, 2024

Safety and Workplace Injuries One of the most pressing concerns in construction is the risk of workplace injuries. Contractual Disputes Contracts are the backbone of any construction project, outlining the scope of work, timelines, payment schedules, and responsibilities. Common Construction Liability Issues 1.

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NH Construction Law

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Owner/borrowers like it as well; preventing the contractor from getting ahead of them in payments incentivizes proper contract performance, and a set of professional eyes to determine whether the contractor’s draw requests are justified is a welcome feature. Nor does a negligence claim against the inspector appear promising.

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NH Construction Law

APRIL 24, 2019

In this respect it is unlike the statute of limitations, RSA 508:4 , whose three-year clock does not start ticking until the claim “accrues” -- which may be more than three years after the breach of duty occurs if the breach and resulting injury were neither discovered nor reasonably discoverable until later.

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Pro Builder

JULY 27, 2020

As a result, the home builder could be considered a joint employer, potentially making them liable for employment law violations by a trade partner or for negligence or an injury caused by a subcontractor’s employees. Travers, a labor and employment attorney and partner in the Jacksonville, Fla., office of Akerman. .

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NH Construction Law

AUGUST 11, 2018

Who is liable for injuries to the sub’s employees in such cases? He couldn’t sue A&M due to the Workers’ Compensation Law’s exclusivity provision, but he could and did sue the GC and the owner, claiming that they owed him a duty to maintain a safe working environment. The recent case of Grady v.

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NH Construction Law

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Suppose a design professional administering a construction contract advises the owner that a problem with the project is due to a construction defect when, in fact, it is the result of the professional’s own design error. Gould , 74 N.H. Bergeron , 110 N.H Ford , 118 N.H. Interpole, Inc. , 2d 109, 113 (1st Cir.

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