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Slow As A Turtle? Florida Court Finds “No Damages for Delay” Clause Has Limits

By Matthew DeVries on June 22, 2022
Posted in Case Law, Regional Construction

My commute home last night took longer than usual. It was not excessive traffic, an accident, or a stalled car.  Rather, the cause of my delayed commute was a turtle: one single turtle crossing the road, holding up about 30 cars for what seemed like an eternity. (Never mind the fact that no one got…

Say This Three Times Fast: Sequestration, Construction and Contractor Claims!

By Matthew DeVries on March 6, 2013
Posted in Best Practices

No doubt you have heard, read or seen reports about the sequestration process.  As part of the Budget Control Act of 2011, Congress passed and President Obama signed into law an automatic, indiscriminate process of across-the-board budget cuts called sequestration. Earlier this week, the Washington Post had a great blog post called The Sequestration: …

Top 20 Contract Issues for Contractors and Subcontractors (Part 2)

By Matthew DeVries on February 8, 2012
Posted in Contract Docs, Document Management, Project Management

After yesterday’s post, I received an email from a reader saying that the post was SWEET.  Thanks for the comment! (This picture is for you!)  To start a SOUR trend, today I am going to address terminations and changes.

In this second part of a four-part series, I will share some of the contract issues…

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