Category: Legally Speaking

By: Craig Martin, Construction attorney with Lamson Dugan & Murray

The “punch list” is to help contractors remember to double check some of the major construction clauses. Contract language can make or break a project. It’s important to review the entire contract, but the “punch list” identifies some key provisions that merit extra attention. Includes the following:

• Contracting Parties
• Contract- Documents
• Scope of Work
• Pay-if-Paid/Pay-When Paid
• Change Orders
• Delay Damages
• Indemnification
• Termination Clauses
• Dispute Resolution

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By: Craig Martin, Construction attorney with Lamson Dugan & Murray

At the end of every year, I schedule meetings with my construction clients to go over their prime and sub- contracts. I specifically ask them to bring the last three contracts they signed with owners and subcontractors because I want to know how that contract has been patched and modified over the past year. I have found that contrac- tors add clauses to their contracts, much like a patchwork quilt, and these “new” clauses may very well conflict with other parts of the contract. View More →