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Negotiating Material Escalation Clauses

By: Jeanne M. Harrison Associate, Smith Currie & Hancock LLP. Negotiating Material Escalation Clauses I recently bought a new home. One thing I noticed during my house search: new homes are…

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New Certification Requirements for Veteran-Owned Small Business Concerns and Service-Disabled Veteran-owned Small Business Concerns Seeking Public Procurement Contracts

Effective January 1, 2023, Veteran-Owned Small Business Concerns (VOSBs) and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concerns (SDVOSBs) will be required to obtain Small Business Administration (SBA) certification to participate in any…

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New Consensus Contract Template Offers Lean Practices to Enhance Design-Build Project Delivery

By: Jason Ebe Partner, Snell & Wilmer. Lean construction aims to minimize waste of materials, time and effort and increase the productivity and effectiveness of construction work. ConsensusDocs (“CD”), a…

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New ConsensusDocs 242 Design Professional Change Order Form Helps Facilitate Compensation for Changes in Design Services

ConsensusDocs is publishing a new ConsensusDocs 242 Change in Services and Compensation, a change order for design services by a design professional. In the design and construction industry, one thing is…

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New Decision Creates Mandatory Litigation Stay in Favor of Arbitration

On June 23, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States in Coinbase, Inc. v. Bielski held that all federal courts must stay litigation proceedings while a motion to compel arbitration is…

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New Executive Order Calls for Review on Contractors’ Use of Temporary Foreign Labor

Lori Ann Lange Partner and Sabah Petrov, Associate Peckar & Abramson, P.C.                 In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its detrimental impact on American workers, on August 3, 2020,…

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New Master Subcontract Agreement by ConsensusDocs

By: Brian Perlberg, Executive Director, ConsensusDocs The ConsensusDocs Coalition just published the new Standard Master Subcontract Agreement Between Constructor and Subcontractor and the Standard Project Work Order. The master agreement…

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New Opportunities for “Small” Construction Contractors as SBA Adjusts Its Size Standards Again Due to Unprecedented Inflation

Thanks to the SBA’s November 17, 2022 adjustments to the size standards and monetary thresholds, a number of construction contractors will be able to retain their “small” status, and more…

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New OSHA’s New Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) Shines A Light on the Value of ConsensusDocs Contract Language

By: Brian Perlberg, Executive Director of ConsensusDocs Coalition & AGC Senior Counsel. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has just issued an emergency temporary standard (ETS) to require…

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