Claims Site Subcontracting 
Construction Enquirer
JUNE 22, 2023
HM Revenue & Customs is turning the spotlight on claims for rising materials costs under the industry’s CIS tax scheme. With the recent pricing volatility, subcontractors may argue they had no choice but to pay higher prices in order not to return to site empty handed. “We ”
Construction Dive
APRIL 10, 2013
By Bruce Jervis Two recent cases involving the waiver of subcontract “pay-if-paid” clauses illustrate the uncertainty of enforcing these provisions. In one case, the prime contractor waived the right to enforce the clause against the subcontractor. In the other case, the contractor narrowly averted a waiver.
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Construction Dive
MAY 21, 2014
By Bruce Jervis Unimpeded physical access to the site is essential for a contractor’s efficient performance of the work. Yet, the property that affords site access is almost always controlled by others – the project owner, public authorities or other third parties. They are provided to the contractor for information only.
Construction Dive
OCTOBER 21, 2012
There are several steps that subcontractors should take if they want to maintain their rights to file delay claims, Navigant Construction Forum Executive Director James Zack said during a webinar that WPL Publishing held earlier this month. Zack and Navigant Consulting Inc. ” Read more.
Best Practices Construction Law
JULY 31, 2013
The prime contractor, Wilson, subcontracted the paving work (including the resurfacing of existing runways and paving of new runways) to Foster. Months later, Foster returned its equipment and crew to the job site, but no grading was complete for paving at that time. The Lesson. Image: US Army Corp of Engineers.
Constructlaw
MARCH 10, 2023
a Connecticut court considered for the first time whether the performance of warranty work tolls the statute of limitations on payment bond claims. s (ALS’s) bond claim because ALS admitted that it last performed non-warranty work on the project more than one year before filing suit, meaning the statute of limitations barred its claim.
Safety Services Company
MARCH 5, 2013
In the letters, Barminco claimed the performance was in violation of the company’s “core values of safety, integrity and excellence.” The dismissal letters forbid any of the group from being “subcontracted by Barminco at any site domestically and globally.”.
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