Construction business handbook
By: Robert F. Cushman.
Publisher: b Aspen Publishers
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Construction industry -- Law and legislation -- United States; Construction contracts -- United States
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Working together : the constrcution industry, its lawyers, and consultants / Robert S. Peckar; title: Taxes and the construction industry / Steve G. Pugleise; title: Contract administration / Gordon L. Postle; title: Guarantees of performance / John W. Hinchey; title: Insurance coverage for construction projects / Fred Muse, Edmund M. Kneisel; title: Selecting and negotiating the appropriate architectural or engineering contract / Mary Kay Monville; title: Construction contracts between owners and contractor/construction managers / Simon Santiago; title: Pitfalls of subcontracts from the subcontractor's point of view / David R. Hendrick, William D. Flatt; title: The enforceability of harsh contract language in construction contracts / Roy Powell; title: Value-based procurement system / Alan S. Bachman; title: Vendor-led engineering : procure, construct (EPC) projects / Ross Altman, Richard Pearce; title: Avoiding environmental pitfalls : an environmental primer for construction professionals / John Wilcox, Hugh H. Marthinsen; title: Construction bid errors / Michael N. O'Connell; title: Changes and extras / Bruce H. Schoumacher; title: Delay damages / Richard F. Smith, Scott D. Gray, W. Stephen Dale; title: Differing site (changed) conditions / Thomas E. Abernathy IV, C. Michael Shull; title: Contingent payment clauses : subcontractor rights when owner doesn't pay / R. Harper Heckman; title: Obtaining extensions of time / Thomas Philip Wilson; title: Construction failures / Bruce W. Ficken; title: Exceptions to no damage for delay clauses / Garth Snider; title: White collar crime and the construction industry / George Newhouse, Jeffrey S. Sinek; title: Liquidated damages / Kyle E. Hart; title: Liability of the architect-engineer to the contractor and sub-contractor / Russell S. Bonds; title: Federal and state false claims acts and public construction projects / Daniel D. McMillan; title: Contractors' rights and remedies when an owner breaches the contract / Julie A. Doherty, Scott A. Johnson; title: Labor law in the construction industry / Tom Cole, Anthony B. Haller; title: Indirect, consequential, and punitive damages / Jeffrey R. Cruz, Robert A. Rubin, David P. Lipari; title: Claims handling in the construction industry / Joel Brown; title: Security of information technology infrastructures / Kevin H. Reis; title: Mechanics liens on public projects / David Pugh; title: Claims against bonding companies / Laurence Schor, Joseph A. McManus, Jr.; title: Surety bonds / Terrence Brookie; title: How and when to file a federal contract claim / Tom Burke; title: Arbitration of construction disputes / Stanley P. Sklar; title: Taking control of the arbitration process / Robert L. Meyers III; title: Construction E-business systems / Josh Ritti; title: Obtaining financial aid from your surety / Joe Getz; title: Rights of the surety under the general indemnity agreement / Harvey C. Koch; title: Rights of the bank and the surety to unpaid contract balances / Hugh E. Reynolds, Jr.; title: Bankruptcy proceedings and other solutions available to a financially distressed enterprise / Greg Miller, Henry DeWerth-Jaffe.