Contractors make mistakes with words. Contractors make mistakes with numbers. And sometimes, a mistake with words leads to a mistake with numbers.
In Clark Construction Co. v. Alabama Highway Department, a highway contractor tried to withdraw its bid on public contract and have its bid bond returned after it made a mistake on a
As a construction attorney, I have been on both the sending side and receiving side of a request for a time extension. In the construction world of competitive bidding, however, the request for an extension can create problems. Today’s post illustrates one of those problems.
Continue Reading Formal and Informal Bid Extensions on a Construction Project
Not a week goes by that I don’t receive a telephone call or a question from someone asking general bid protest questions. While a bid protest dispute will largely differ based on whether it is a local, state or federal project, here are some ways you can prepare:
Lucidity is defined as clearness of thought or style. In its recent revisions to the A310 (Bid Bond) and A312 (Performance Bond and Payment Bond), the American Institute of Architects (AIA) attempts to provide a clearness of thought and style.
The first publication of AIA’s standard bond form was in 1911. The most