Construction Contract Claims, Changes, and Dispute Resolution is the go-to handbook for those involved in the prevention, preparation, management, and resolution of claims and change orders on construction projects. For more than 40 years, engineers, contractors, owners, and construction managers have turned to this practical guide and its straightforward, clear approach to solving challenges in construction claims and changes. Thoroughly revised and completely updated, this third edition adds the expertise of more than 30 attorneys and construction consultants who are recognized authorities in the field. Their contributions merge principles of construction law with practical advice. Topics include: identification and notification; differing site conditions; interpretation and requirements of contract specifications; records and documentation; project schedules and the critical path method; subcontractors and suppliers; pricing; negotiations; dispute avoidance, resolution, and alternative dispute resolution; and termination. Discussion of delays, time extensions, acceleration, and mitigation of project delays has been expanded to two chapters. New topics in this edition include impacts on labor productivity; bonds and liens; insurance issues, and alternative project delivery. The general guidelines and legal principles provided in this book were shaped by the outcome of federal and heavy construction cases and will prove invaluable to those in the private sector, local governments, and commercial construction.
Chapter 1:
Introduction
Paul Levin
Pages: 1–11
Chapter 2:
Claim Identification and Notification
Joseph A. McManus and Karlee Starr Blank
Pages: 13–67
Chapter 3:
Differing Site Conditions
Marilyn Klinger
Pages: 69–90
Chapter 4:
Interpretation and Requirements of Contract Specifications
Brian W. Bennett and Jonathan M. Blocker
Pages: 91–116
Chapter 5:
Construction Project Delays and Time Extensions
Thomas D. Fertitta Anthony L. Nedinsky and Jeffrey G. Gilmore
Pages: 117–137
Chapter 6:
Acceleration and Mitigation of Project Delays
Christopher M. Burke and Michael J. Harris
Pages: 139–152
Chapter 7:
Records and Documentation
Robert M. Freas and W. Wesley Grover
Pages: 153–174
Chapter 8:
Use of Project Schedules and the Critical Path Method in Claims
John C. Livengood
Pages: 175–200
Chapter 9:
Impact on Labor Productivity from Claims and Change Orders
William Ibbs and Paul L. Stynchcomb
Pages: 201–242
Chapter 10:
Subcontractors and Suppliers
Christopher M. Anzidei
Pages: 243–258
Chapter 11:
Pricing Construction Claims and Change Orders
Donald Harrington
,R. Brent McSwain ,Rex Snyder and James L. Giles
Pages: 259–320
Chapter 12:
Negotiations
Kathleen O. Barnes
Pages: 321–345
Chapter 13:
Dispute Avoidance and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Adam K. Bult ,David W. Halligan ,Jonathan Pray and James G. Zack
Pages: 347–385
Chapter 14:
Termination of Construction Contracts Dorothy E. Terrell and Nicholas J. Surace
Pages: 387–398
Chapter 15:
Bonds and Liens Rebecca Glos
Pages: 399–409
Chapter 16:
Insurance Issues: Construction Claims of a Different Nature
Scott C. Turner
Pages: 411–430
Chapter 17:
Alternate Project Delivery: Claims in Design-Build, Guaranteed Maximum Price, and Other Delivery Methods
Richard E. Burnham and Mark F. Nagata
Pages: 431–457
