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CONSTRUCTION DELAYS: WHICH METHOD SHOULD BE USED TO CALCULATE DELAY?
Posted on 4 July, 2021
If you need to prove and allocate construction project delays, you should engage a scheduling consultant qualified with CPM (critical path method) analysis. You should also engage counsel to assist in preserving your rights, as well as presenting and maximing your arguments for delay.
There are numerous...
DETERMINING OCCURRENCE FOR INJURY UNDER COMMERCIAL GENERAL LIABILITY POLICY WITHOUT APPLYING “TRIGGER THEORY”
Posted on 26 June, 2021
Oftentimes an occurrence in a commercial general liability policy is defined as “an accident, including continuous or repeated exposure to substantially the same general harmful conditions.” It is this occurrence that causes the bodily injury or property damage that may be covered by the policy.
An interesting non-construction...
PRIVATE STATUTORY CAUSE OF ACTION UNDER FLORIDA’S UNDERGROUND FACILITY DAMAGE PREVENTION AND SAFETY ACT
Posted on 20 June, 2021
Florida’s Underground Facility Damage Prevention and Safety Act is set forth in Florida Statutes Chapter 556. Any owner or operator of underground infrastructure as well as contractors that perform underground excavation and demolition operations are familiar (or, need to be familiar) with this Act...
ANTICIPATORY REPUDIATION OF A CONTRACT — THE PROSPECTIVE BREACH
Posted on 12 June, 2021
There are instances where a party can engage in the anticipatory repudiation of their obligations under a contract. In essence, this is basically a party prospectively breaching the contract by repudiating their obligations in the contract.
A prospective breach of contract occurs where there is absolute repudiation by one of...
TERMINATING CONTRACTS FOR CONVENIENCE — “JUST BECAUSE”
Posted on 5 June, 2021
Termination for convenience provisions are important provisions to include in construction contracts. These are provisions that allow a party to terminate the contract for ANY REASON. No cause is needed to exercise the termination for convenience provision. In other words, the terminating party does not have to demonstrate the other...
About The Author
David Adelstein
Phone: (954) 361-4720
Email: Dadelstein@gmail.com
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- About Me (David Adelstein)
- Bid Protests (Florida bid protests and Federal bid protests)
- Construction & Design Defects (and Florida Statutes Chapter 558)
- Construction Contracts
- Construction Liens
- Construction Safety, Workers Compensation Insurance, and Premise Liability Claims
- Delays, Acceleration, and Inefficiency (Lost Productivity)
- Insurance and Performance Bonds
- Payment Bonds Including Miller Act