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QUICK NOTE: PROCURE WORKER’S COMPENSATION IN THE NAME OF YOUR COMPANY IF YOU ARE A GENERAL CONTRACTOR
If you are a general contractor (or the contractor responsible for hiring subcontractors), please make sure to procure a worker’s compensation and employer’s liability insurance policy. Also, don’t think you are “fully covered” if you have worker’s compensation through a professional employer’s organization, otherwise known as a PEO....
RIGHTFULLY RECOVERING UNDER A COBLENTZ AGREEMENT
“In Florida, a party seeking...
TYPE I AND TYPE II DIFFERING SITE CONDITIONS CLAIMS
In government contracting, there is a Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) on differing site conditions. See F.A.R. 52-236-2. This regulation, and the standard, would apply outside of government contracting when you hear about differing site conditions claims.
I. TYPE I DIFFERING SITE CONDITIONS
QUICK NOTE: BURDEN OF PROVING AND DEFENDING ALL RISK PROPERTY INSURANCE CLAIMS
To make a claim under an all-risk policy, the insured must...
CARDINAL CHANGE EXAMINES THE ENTIRE, FACTUAL UNDERTAKING
A recent matter with the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals discusses a cardinal change theory of liability.
A cardinal change “occurs when the government effects an alteration in the work so drastic that it effectively requires the contractor to perform duties...
About The Author
David Adelstein
Phone: (954) 361-4720
Email: Dadelstein@gmail.com
Pages
- About Me (David Adelstein)
- Bid Protests (Florida bid protests and Federal bid protests)
- Construction & Design Defects (and Florida Statutes Chapter 558)
- Construction Contracts
- Construction Liens
- Construction Safety, Workers Compensation Insurance, and Premise Liability Claims
- Delays, Acceleration, and Inefficiency (Lost Productivity)
- Insurance and Performance Bonds
- Payment Bonds Including Miller Act