In a recent real estate case, a court dismissed a lawsuit by a buyer to require the seller to sell him the property because the court found that the agreements between the parties contained in text messages and emails were unenforceable. This raises a significant concern over the enforceability of changes or amendments to construction contracts made by text or email, especially ones that will take a long time to perform.
Read moreBlockchain: Automating Construction Contract Performance and Legal Notifications
In my most recent article for Construction Executive I discuss what blockchain is and explore how it can (and likely will) be used in the future to automate the performance and administration of construction contracts and how it could be used to automate legal notices. The possibilities are endless!
Read moreHow to Keep Text Messages from Changing Your Contract Terms
A project manager’s cell phone chirps as she is on a busy jobsite. She glances down and sees that it’s the electrical subcontractor on the project asking a question about running wire in a different location to accommodate another trade’s work. She looks at the plans and texts back that the change is fine and to proceed. The electrician moves forward with the work. The following month, the electrician submits a change order for some additional time and materials required by running the wire in a different location, claiming the change was approved by the project manager. Was it?
Read moreUsing Emerging Technologies Smartly and Properly
Earlier this year I had the opportunity to co-author an article in the American Fire Sprinkler Association’s Sprinkler Age magazine with Chris Johnson, the CEO of Piper Fire Protection. It covers a lot of topics, and I hope you enjoy it.
Read moreTechnology, Contracts, and Jobsite Safety
While there can be no doubt that technology makes construction safer and more efficient, you must also properly account for it in planning and contracting for a project.
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