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The Dotted Line: 2023’s top legal issues

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Construction Dive’s award-winning column examined the major legal topics facing contractors this year, including new regulations, avoiding disputes and the burgeoning role of artificial intelligence.

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The Dotted Line: Putting together the pieces of a modular project contract

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Despite prefab's popularity, many legal aspects of the dynamic building method are still being sorted out among industry and legal experts. Until then, the dotted line is sometimes a blurred line.

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The Dotted Line: Legal steps for shutting down a dangerous jobsite

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Standard construction contracts provide options to protect workers and help mitigate additional costs.

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The Dotted Line: Legal trends to watch in 2024

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Contracts are evolving in an era of persisting supply chain problems, inflation and cyber risks, construction attorneys say.

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The Dotted Line: How to get payment from slow-paying general contractors

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Construction legal experts say there are a number of tactics subcontractors can use — ranging from politeness to state laws — to collect money owed to them.

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The Dotted Line: Change orders often spark conflict, but they don’t have to

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While disputes between contractors and design teams are growing, planning and communication can mitigate this friction, legal experts say.

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The Dotted Line: Mitigating the risks of technology

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It's all about the allocation of risk, legal experts explain. Humans are responsible for computing errors just as they would be for a bulldozer mishap.

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