Running a construction business means you must frequently enter into contracts with suppliers, subcontractors and your employees. You want your contracts to be strong and enforceable to ensure timely project completion and to reduce issues. You may find that as your...
Construction Contracts
Your construction contract needs a liquidated damages clause in it
It’s an unfortunate truth of large construction projects that conflicts arise. Deliveries meet delays or don’t conform to the agreed-upon terms, workers perform substandard work and subcontractors fail to come through like they promised. There’s a particular clause...
Avoiding material deficiencies in construction
While construction defects do sometimes happen in California, material deficiencies are a lot less common in a developed country such as the U.S., where there is plentiful access to durable, high-quality materials. Still, some manufacturing companies may choose to go...
Mediation versus arbitration in construction contracts
When two parties discuss entering into a construction contract, the fact that disputes may arise during the construction process may be entertained. However, do these disputes automatically mean a trip to court is necessary? Not always. Parties in California executing...
Include these points in your construction contract
When you're drawing up a contract for a construction project, you have to ensure that it protects your interests. This doesn't have to be difficult, but you do need to include the important information so that you can enforce it if you have to down the road.The...
The basics about contracts
Most construction companies in California depend on the terms and conditions of contracts to form the basis of their business relationships with landowners, vendors, contractors and suppliers. Indeed, most businesses of any kind will depend on contracts in this...
How can breach of a construction contract lead to litigation?
With California being the most populous state in the country, there are all kinds of construction companies involved in many different projects at any given time. These companies are oftentimes in competition with one another, but there are also many times when they...
$1.65-billion RFQ for California high-speed rail construction
A high-speed rail link connecting San Francisco and Los Angeles has been in the pipeline for a long time but the work has not picked up much pace. With the 2022 deadline for this project not too far away, the federal government is threatening to take away the funds...