by Kent Holland | Sep 19, 2019 | Newsletter Article
A prime contractor failed to timely submit subcontractor change orders to the project owner, thereby depriving subcontractor of compensation for additional work. This constituted a bad faith breach of the prime contractor’s duty to the subcontractor. This entitled the...
by Kent Holland | Jun 11, 2014 | Newsletter Article
By Richard J. Long, P.E. Long International, Inc. Imprecise wording on change order forms often causes problems relating to what costs are included in the agreed price for the change. Contractors may argue that the change order language,...
by Kent Holland | Oct 9, 2012 | Newsletter Article
Two design-build cases decided by the federal district courts in Virginia dismissed suits by subcontractors to recover for extra or changed work they performed, because even though there was no question that the work was performed and that the prime contractor and...
by Kent Holland | Mar 28, 2012 | Newsletter Article, time limits
Where a general contractor failed to follow contract procedures to submit a time extension request, a city was entitled to collect liquidated damages from the contractor despite the fact that the city caused the delay. Since the contractor failed to follow the...
by Kent Holland | Jan 12, 2012 | Newsletter Article
A design-build contractor that entered into a fixed-price contract to upgrade the heating, air conditioning and ventilation (HVAC) system in college dormitories satisfactorily performed all the work it was contracted to do, but also performed significant additional...
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