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Defining Diligence & Scope of Work

Construction Business Owner

The errors and/or omissions related to engineering and architectural designs, land surveys, construction management and technical consulting are just a few of the areas where problems can lead to significant professional liability issues.

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How Do You Find the Right Project Coverage?

Construction Business Owner

No matter whether it is designed to protect owners, architects, engineers or general contractors, the securing of project professional liability coverage can be complicated. Professional liability exposure exists for the construction period plus the applicable Statute of Repose, often meaning a total of 10 or more years.

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Beyond the Check-Engine Light

Construction Business Owner

By contrast, any delay in the process can subject contractors to delays, cost overruns and liability issues. To enable the many steps in a construction process to stay properly sequenced and on schedule, intricate vehicle timing is essential. This is an area in which robust telematics systems can provide a tremendous advantage.

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5 Steps to Empower Subcontractors for LEED Success

Construction Business Owner

It may also be their most potent liability, with enormous climate and environmental repercussions. One Deloitte analysis notes: “The engineering and construction (E&C) industry has noticed that many customers are becoming sustainability-conscious and placing greater pressure on developers to lower the carbon footprint of new builds.”

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Florida Engineers Gain Liability Protection in Storm Damage Inspection

ENR Construction

New law, which takes effect July 1, also extends to other practitioners and first responders in the state

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Professional liability insurance rates for architects and engineers expected to be stable in 2017

BD+C

Insurance premiums for architects and engineers professional liability stabilized in 2015 after three straight years of moderate increases. The survey of 14 insurance companies that write more than 75% of the architects and engineers liability (A&E) policies in the U.S.

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Insurance expert: Managing green liability risk not so different from 'normal' risk mitigation

BD+C

Worries about legal liability have long dogged the sustainable building movement, but insurance expert Karen Erger (Locton Companies) and attorney Eric Singer (Ice Miller LLP) say sustainability lawsuits are caused by the same types of issues that have always prompted clients to sue AEC firms. read more. "The