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In our last post, we began examining how the preferred legal forum for many builders, suppliers, developers and homeowners is not litigation, but rather arbitration. Indeed, we spoke about how the majority of the contracts in the construction industry contain...
While you might imagine that the vast majority of construction disputes involving builders, suppliers, developers and homeowners are resolved via litigation, this isn't necessarily the case.Indeed, many of the contracts entered into between these types of parties...
While the process of purchasing a home is an exciting time for anyone, it can be especially thrilling when the prospective homeowner gets to see their future domicile being built from the ground up. Indeed, those who choose to build a new home are able to derive some...
In today's post, we'll conclude our ongoing series discussing what the Occupational Safety and Health Administration calls "construction in reverse," meaning the demolition process.To reiterate, our motivation in discussing this important topic over the last several...
Even though we are less than two weeks into the new year, projections on the state of the construction industry in 2016 are already beginning to emerge and, thus far, the forecast looks promising. Indeed, one highly influential trade group, the Associated General...
In our previous post, we started discussing how the demolition process entails much more than just swinging a wrecking ball, wielding some sledgehammers and picking up the pieces. Indeed, we explored how the Occupational Safety and Health Administration calls...
For real estate developers, the only thing perhaps more exciting than breaking ground on a new project is witnessing the demolition of the structures standing in the way of realizing their dream.It's important for real estate developers and anyone else involved in...
In our last post, we started discussing how Sunshine State homeowners victimized by unscrupulous and otherwise insolvent contractors may be able to secure some measure of justice via the Florida Homeowners' Construction Recovery Fund.To recap, this is a last resort...
In recent posts, we've been discussing how homeowners can protect themselves from being victimized by otherwise unscrupulous contractors. However, what happens when homeowners not only fall victim to contractors, but are otherwise unable to secure any sort of monetary...
Last time, our blog started discussing how homeowners need to be on guard for those scenarios in which licensed contractors whose services are retained for construction or remodeling projects fail to pay subcontractors or material suppliers.That's because it could...