Subject: Construction Claims Advisor
From: "Paul Levin" <[email-masked]>
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Find out why hundreds of contractors, construction managers, owners, attorneys and consultants rely on Construction Claims Advisor every week for the latest in legal developments, court rulings and insider tips.  Our readers understand how to save money and improve contracting success by avoiding the mistakes of others.

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Each week, Construction Claims Advisor (www.constructionclaims.com) provide recent court decisions on why contractors are winning or losing their claims in court.  You'll read about:

Multimillion-dollar cases, like the $8.34 million appeal over a denied delay claim in the construction of the U.S. Embassy in Venezuela. It was “a classic case of an end-of-job claim,” we wrote, “involving critical path method scheduling, a litany of anecdotal incidents, alleged defective or impossible specifications, and lost labor productivity.”

Legal slip-ups, like M.A. Mortenson v. Acting Secy. of the Army, in which Mortenson’s own testimony helped lead to the loss. We suggested simple steps Mortenson could have taken that might have led to a win.

Developing case law, like the recent J.A. Jones v. Lehrer-McGovern-Bovis case, where a state supreme court allowed exceptions to the no-damage-for-delay clause and let a cardinal-change trial go forth for access delays and disruptions, even though the building itself did not change much.

Onerous Owners, like how a California School District tried to force a contractor to perform a $786,000 line item it obviously left out of its bid.  The judge held for the contractor.  And... a Colorado court awarded treble damages to homeowners in a townhome project for construction defects the developer refused to correct.   In the embassy case, the Board rejected as not credible a schedule analysis prepared by the government's well-known expert because it ignored known government delays.

In addition to the case summaries, each weekly issue contains practical tips you can immediately use to deal with everyday issues, including material price escalations, warranties, pricing, schedule analysis, and more.  And all back issues are available free!

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Nowhere can you get more timely information or better value that will quickly pay for itself then Construction Claims Advisor, winner of the 2004 Construction Writers Association's Award for Newsletter Excellence.  Subscribe today at   http://www.constructionclaims.com/subscribe/ccnews.html.

Paul Levin
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