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Construction
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November
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Reed Smith Trauner Consulting Services, Inc. Goldberg & Connolly PinnacleOne |
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This Month's Articles |
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| Terminating a Sub for Defective Work:
Beware of the Consequences If Not Done Correctly S. Miles Dumville, Edward B. Gentilcore, Reed Smith |
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| There may come a time on a construction project
where repeated defective or delinquent work by a contractor or
subcontractor will result in the owner or general contractor giving
serious consideration to terminating the problem contractor for
default. Nevertheless, termination should be considered a drastic
action and caution must be exercised, especially when the poorly
performing contractor is attempting to continue its performance.
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| Schedule Analysis – Cracking the Code
(Part 1 of 3) William A. Manginelli, Trauner Consulting Services, Inc. |
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| Construction is risky business. And while
today’s construction projects may be safer than they were in the
past, the financial risks continue to be great. Today’s
construction projects are bid under fierce competition with little
margin and require the coordination of many trades under demanding
conditions and challenging timeframes. Often, everything does
not go according to plan and the parties to the construction
contract find themselves at odds. [ Read More... ]
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| When The Federal Government Goes Too
Far Henry L. Goldberg, Goldberg & Connolly |
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| A recent Court of Federal Claims decision has
confirmed the current federal law concerning (1) when a government
inspection becomes overly burdensome to a contractor; and (2) when
such “burdensome inspections” constitute a breach of the
government’s duty to: (a) exercise good faith and (b) not to
hinder contract performance. [ Read More... ]
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| Scheduling Specifications – Do They
Work? Ian Cartwright, PinnacleOne |
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| In this article, presented in three parts, I
invite your participation in a research project that will evaluate
the question, “Do scheduling specifications work?” and attempt to
provide some useful conclusions on this extremely important and
troublesome aspect of project/ construction management. [ Read More... ]
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