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Construction Contracts

  • Business

    Managing Sudden Price Hikes

    Are you prepared to deal with unanticipated price increases so you don’t have to absorb a major financial hit?

    10 MIN READ
  • Business

    Partnering With Architects

    4 MIN READ
  • Business

    Buying In To Design-Build

    3 MIN READ
  • Business

    A Practical Guide to Construction Law

    12 MIN READ
    Hands down better than just a handshake. The new, online edition of the Contractor’s Legal Kit includes editable construction agreements and forms, plus a User’s Guide that amounts to a basic legal education for building contractors.
  • BUILDER

    Fortifying the Future: How the Construction Industry Is Tackling Its Labor Shortage

    5 MIN READ
  • Koley - Jessen

    Getting Paid: Five Recommendations for Building Contractors

    1 MIN READ
  • Business

    Builder Round Table: Contracts

    1 MIN READ
  • Business

    Why I Switched to Cost-Plus

    9 MIN READ
    In this photo (above), the author tiles a backsplash. (The completed kitchen is shown further down in this article.) . His company, Jon Beer Contracting, self performs almost everything it can to control quality.
  • Business

    Contract Focus: Implied-Warranty Disclaimers

    1 MIN READ
  • How To

    Legal Best Practices for Navigating a Volatile Lumber Market

    1 MIN READ
  • Remodeling

    A Punch List That Won’t Knock You Out

    6 MIN READ
  • JLC

    An Alternative to Free Estimates

    1 MIN READ
    A Comprehensive Project Evaluation (CPE) includes design drawings, a detailed job scope, photos of the exisiting structure, and a cost analysis. When presenting this to the clients, the author withholds the final cost of the project until the clients understand all the services that his company, DBS Remodel, will provide. While this investment amount is derived from a careful estimate of every task and labor hour, it is presented as simply as possible as a lump sum.
  • Business

    Seven Steps for Creating a Flawless Job Scope

    12 MIN READ
    The author takes quality jobsite notes, jotting down what is not included, what to tear out (t/o), any perceived difficulties, and general site conditions. Here, for a recent finish basement remodel, he checked off the items with red check marks as he brought them into his job scope and estimating program (applying hours and quantities to do each task).
  • The National Law Review

    The Implications of COVID-19 for Home Improvement Contracts

    2 MIN READ
  • Business

    Legal Questions Surrounding COVID-19 Every Builder Should Be Asking

    1 MIN READ
  • Remodeling

    Pay for Results, Not Possibilities

    1 MIN READ
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  • The Lien Zone

    What Should be in Every Construction Agreement

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  • Business

    The Indemnification Dance

    3 MIN READ
    Indemnification is both a sword and a shield.
  • Remodeling

    How to Reduce Costs When Hiring a Remodeler? First, Define ‘Costs’

    2 MIN READ
  • Remodeling

    Plug Those Profit Drains With Paper

    2 MIN READ
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    Introducing Attainable Zero: A JLC Case-Study Home

    6 MIN READ
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