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Conn Kavanaugh

Residential Construction Projects: After Construction (Part 3)

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This article is part 3 of a series of articles discussing common considerations for homeowners before, during, and after a residential construction project. Part 3 focuses on what homeowners should look out for after...more

Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP

Beware Potential Hidden “Warranties” in Contract Documents

Warranties provided to project owners are often some of the most-negotiated provisions in a construction contract. What will the warranties cover? How can they be enforced? Perhaps most importantly: how long will they be...more

Conn Kavanaugh

Residential Construction Projects: Pre-construction Part 1

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This Article is Part 1 in a series of articles discussing common considerations that homeowners should look for before, during, and after a residential construction project. Part 1 focuses on arguably the most important...more

Marshall Dennehey

Caution: The Potential Quagmire of Unwanted Arbitration Clauses Are Often Buried in the Details

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Key Points: Consider including third parties or remote parties to a complaint. Arbitration clauses can appear in various contracts, including product warranties. The potential dangers of agency relationships in construction....more

Winstead PC

2023 Texas Legislative Update: Residential Construction

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HB 2024 - Statute of Repose Shortened to Six Years if a Builder Provides a Warranty - A statute of repose is the outside deadline for a claimant to bring a legal action. For nearly 50 years, Texas has imposed a ten-year...more

Gould + Ratner LLP

Constructing a Data Center: Understanding the Key Issues

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With society’s increased reliance on working remotely, vis a vis through “the cloud” and need for unfettered amounts of storage and processing power, data centers seem to be popping up almost everywhere you turn. In fact,...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Engineering, Procurement and Construction Agreements for Utility-Scale Battery Projects

The negotiation of an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) agreement for a battery energy storage systems (BESS) project typically surfaces many of the same contractual risk allocation issues that one encounters in...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

Georgia Court of Appeals’ Opinion Threatens Construction Warranties Lasting Longer than 8 Years

A recent Georgia Court of Appeals’ opinion applying Georgia’s construction statute of repose (O.C.G.A. § 9-3-51(a)) to contract claims and express warranty claims could threaten construction warranties lasting longer than...more

Stoel Rives LLP

2019 Condominium Warranty Reforms and WUCIOA Clarifications

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The Washington Legislature wrapped up its 2019 session by enacting much-anticipated reform to the condominium implied construction warranties. The warranty reform bill also included important clarifications of the application...more

Porter Hedges LLP

Call-Back Periods In Call-Back Warranties – The Confusion Surrounding Their Effect On Other Warranties In Construction Contracts

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Commercial construction contracts between owners and contractors, such as the form AIA Document A201 contract, often include various express warranties whereby the contractor warrants its work on the project to the owner....more

Brooks Pierce

Growth of Modular Construction Raises New Legal Questions

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A growing number of developers, particularly in the multifamily and hospitality sectors, are using modular construction to reduce construction costs and build projects more quickly and efficiently, with less risk of...more

Troutman Pepper

In Dismissing Homebuyer’s Defective Construction Suit Against Contractor for Lack of Privity, Supreme Court of Utah Cautions...

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Tomlinson v. Douglas Knight Constr., Inc., 2017 Utah Lexis 132 (August 29, 2017) - This case arises out of the construction of a residential property. Lot 84 Deer Crossing (“Lot 84”) purchased the property and contracted...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

The 2017 AIA Changes that Matter to Owners

Last time, we discussed how some of the 2017 revisions to the American Institute of Architects (AIA) form design and construction contracts benefit general contractors. Such revisions added clarity to provisions concerning...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

What's in Your Warranty? A Guide to Avoiding Warranty-Related Surprises

A warranty is meant to protect a purchaser from any faults or defects in goods or services purchased. But warranties are as different as the products and services that they protect. What’s more, because courts interpret...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

The Risky Business of Warranties

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Owners and contractors beware! The warranty you get may not be what you bargained for. Many construction contracts, including widely used industry form contracts, contain two distinct warranties, a general warranty and a...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Real Estate News in Metro DC

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Ballard Spahr’s mixed-use, condominium, and multifamily lawyers are pleased to provide this newsletter to keep you apprised of important developments and trends in real estate law in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. ...more

Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP

Public Owners Held to Warrant Accuracy of Plans to Construction Managers

A recent Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision clarified that public owners on construction management projects impliedly warrant the accuracy of plans and specifications to construction managers. The case, Coghlin...more

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Let Freedom of Contract Ring - NC Supreme Court Upholds Enforceability of Long-Term Express Warranties

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In the summer of 2013, a divided North Carolina Court of Appeals caused a stir in the construction community when it held in Christie v. Hartley Construction, Inc., 745 S.E.2d 60 (N.C. App. 2013) (hereinafter “Christie 1”)...more

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