Articles 40 - ConsensusDocs

When Construction Defects Appear, Don’t Choose Between Rebuilding and Building Your Case

By: Curtis Martin Co-Managing Partner, Peckar & Abramson. When construction defects occur during construction, they intensify pressure from a schedule that may already be tight. Defects must be analyzed, confirmed,…

When do hard-nosed negotiations become coercion? Or, when should you feel unlucky?

By: Stan MillanJones Walker, LLP “You can’t go to a negotiating table pointing a gun, but you’ve got to keep it over your shoulder.” Joe Slovo Conflict in…

When Is the Price Right? Setting the GMP for Design-Build

When contracting for design-build, ConsensusDocs offers options. The ConsensusDocs 410 Design-Build Agreement [Cost of the Work with a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP)] is the most popular within ConsensusDocs. Contractually, the…

When the Contractor’s Right to Offset Gets Nixed by the State

By: Lauren P. McLaughlin, Esq. & Raziye Andican, Esq. Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP. Disputes frequently arise at the end of a project between subcontractors and general contractors regarding offset.…