Smith, Currie & Hancock's Common Sense Construction Law (eBook)

A Practical Guide for the Construction Professional

John M. Mastin, Eric L. Nelson, Ronald G. Robey (Herausgeber)

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2019 | 6. Auflage
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
9781119540182 (ISBN)

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The #1 construction law guide for construction professionals

Updated and expanded to reflect the most recent changes in construction law, this practical guide teaches readersthe difficult theories, principles, and established rules that regulate the construction business. It addresses the practical steps required to avoid and mitigate risks-whether the project is performed domestically or internationally, or whether it uses a traditional design-bid-build delivery system or one of the many alternative project delivery systems.

Smith, Currie & Hancock's Common Sense Construction Law: A Practical Guide for the Construction Professional provides a comprehensive introduction to the important legal topics and questions affecting the construction industry today. This latest edition features: all-new coverage of Electronically Stored Information (ESI) and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD); extended information on the civil False Claims Act; and fully updated references to current AIA, ConsensusDocs, DBIA, and EJDC contract documents. Chapters coverthe legal context of construction; interpreting a contract; public-private partnerships (P3); design-build and EPC; and international construction contracts. Other topics include: management techniques to limit risks and avoid disputes; proving costs and damages, including for changes and claims for delay and disruption; construction insurance, including general liability, builders risk, professional liability, OCIP, CCIP, and OPPI; bankruptcy; federal government construction contracting; and more. 

• Fully updated with comprehensive coverage of the significant legal topics and questions that affect the construction industry
• Discusses new project delivery methods including Public-Private Partnerships (P3) and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD)
• Presents new coverage of digital tools and processes including Electronically Stored Information (ESI)
• Provides extended and updated coverage of the civil False Claims Act as it relates to government construction contracting

Filled with checklists, sample forms, and summary 'Points to Remember' for each chapter, Smith, Currie & Hancock's Common Sense Construction Law: A Practical Guide for the Construction Professional, Sixth Edition is the perfect resource for construction firm managers, contractors, subcontractors, architects and engineers. It will also greatly benefit students in construction management, civil engineering, and architecture.

SMITH, CURRIE & HANCOCK LLP was founded in 1965. With offices in Atlanta, Georgia; Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina; Fort Lauderdale, Florida; San Francisco, California; Tysons, Virginia; and Washington, D.C., the firm has nationally recognized practices in the areas of construction law, construction insurance, government contracts, and environmental law. The firm represents clients in all 50 states, as well as Puerto Rico, Mexico, Canada, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia.

JOHN M. MASTIN, JR. is a Partner at Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP. John has extensive, real-world experience in construction design and engineering, as well as the resolution of construction disputes involving, among other things, contract interpretation, contract changes, schedule delays, acceleration, differing site conditions, and proving costs and damages.

ERIC L. NELSON is a Partner at Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP. Eric practices in the areas of construction law, energy, federal construction procurements, infrastructure, and healthcare markets. He has extensive experience with U.S. federal construction issues, such as the False Claims Act, small business programs, cost and pricing, compliance, Miller Act, Green and sustainable construction, and requests for equitable adjustments and claims.

RONALD G. ROBEY is a Partner at Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP. Ronald specializes in the areas of construction law, insurance, and government contracts and has extensive experience with small and disadvantaged business issues in the federal and state procurement systems and with false claims in federal and in state procurement.

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SMITH, CURRIE & HANCOCK

Committed to the Construction Industry

During the span of more than 50 years, Smith, Currie & Hancock has developed a nationally recognized practice focused on the construction industry and the variety of legal issues facing that industry. Representing private and public clients working or located in all 50 states, as well as Puerto Rico, Mexico, Canada, Central and South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa, construction contract law has been a principal practice area since its founding.

After developing construction and employment law practices in the context of a general-service firm, G. Maynard Smith, Overton A. Currie, and E. Reginald Hancock formed Smith, Currie & Hancock in 1965 to concentrate their practices in those areas in order to provide more effective service to the firm's clients. Having trained and practiced law in the culture created by those three outstanding attorneys, the current members of the firm remain committed to a tradition of providing quality, cost-effective legal services to clients ranging from small, family-owned concerns to multibillion-dollar corporations.

In representing the many construction industry participants competing for and performing public and private construction contracts, we are necessarily involved in a wide variety of legal and business-related issues. The breadth of those issues is reflected by the spectrum of topics addressed in Common Sense Construction Law, sixth edition. The goal of this book is to provide an informative discussion of these topics for the construction professional without all of the specific details of a multivolume legal treatise. To accomplish that task in a practical and meaningful manner, this book reflects the collective efforts of many attorneys drawing on nearly 1000 years of collective experience in the areas of construction law and federal government contracts law.

Many of the firm's attorneys have engineering degrees in addition to their legal education, and several worked in the construction industry prior to obtaining their law degrees. Others joined this firm after military service as government-contracts legal counsel or have extensive training in public procurement. Three members of Smith, Currie & Hancock have served as chairs of the Section of Public Contract Law of the American Bar Association, and another partner has served as the chair of the American Bar Association Forum Committee on the Construction Industry.

Smith, Currie & Hancock has represented clients from the entire spectrum of the construction industry: contractors, subcontractors, construction managers, owners (public and private), architects, engineers, sureties, insurance companies, suppliers, lenders, real estate developers, and others. They include multinational and Fortune 500 companies and trade associations representing billion-dollar industries, as well as local and regional clients. While our attorneys have appeared in numerous reported court decisions and even more arbitrations, our primary goal has been to achieve resolution of differences by communication and agreement rather than formal litigation. Consequently, over the last five-plus decades, we have assisted in the amicable resolution of many more matters than the reported decisions.

In addition to serving clients nationwide, Smith, Currie & Hancock attorneys have published numerous articles in trade magazines and other periodicals and have authored or coauthored dozens of books on construction and public-contract law. Our lawyers maintain an active schedule of lectures and seminars sponsored by various trade associations, colleges, and universities, including the Associated General Contractors of America, Georgia Institute of Technology, Auburn University, the American Bar Association, the Practicing Law Institute, and the Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc.

OUR ATTORNEYS

• Raziye Andican—B.A., History, Interdisciplinary Concentration, Law and Society, College of New Jersey (cum laude); Phi Alpha Theta (History Honor Society); J.D., American University, Washington College of Law, (cum laude); staff writer, American University Business Law Review. Bar membership: Virginia, District of Columbia, and New Jersey
• William L. Baggett, Jr.—A.B., Dartmouth College (magna cum laude); Phi Beta Kappa; J.D., Vanderbilt University; articles editor, Vanderbilt Law Review. Law clerk to the Honorable Albert J. Henderson, Senior Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Bar membership: Georgia, and Tennessee
• Philip E. Beck—B.S., University of Tennessee (high honors); M.B.A., University of Tennessee; J.D., University of Tennessee; Order of the Coif; Moot Court Board; Omicron Delta Kappa; Beta Gamma Sigma; Phi Kappa Phi. Law clerk to the Honorable Houston Goddard, Tennessee Court of Appeals. Coauthor, “The Owner Contemplating Litigation and Its Alternatives,” Construction Litigation: Representing the Owner (John Wiley & Sons, 1984; 2d ed., 1990); “The Contractor Contemplating Litigation and Its Alternatives,” Construction Litigation: Representing the Contractor (John Wiley & Sons, 1986; 2d ed., 1992); “Construction Contracts,” Real Estate Transactions Handbook (John Wiley & Sons, 1988, 2d ed., 1993; 3d ed., 2000). Bar membership: Georgia, Florida, and Tennessee
• James K. Bidgood, Jr.—B.S., Civil Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology; M.B.A., Phillips University; J.D., Emory University (with distinction); Emory Law Journal; Order of the Coif. Served in USAF. Frequent lecturer on topics relating to avoidance and resolution of construction and environmental disputes, and “green” construction. Coauthor, “Hidden Legal Risks of Green Building,” Florida Bar Journal (March 2010). “Cutting the Knot on Concurrent Delay,” Construction Briefings (February 2008). Regional Coordinator, State Public Construction Law Source Book (CCH 2002). Bar membership: Georgia
• Shannon J. Briglia—B.S., Finance, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; J.D., George Mason University School of Law. Member, George Mason University Law Review. Pro se law clerk for judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division. Bar membership: Virginia, Maryland, and District of Columbia
• James F. Butler, III—A.B., Duke University; J.D., University of Kentucky School of Law. Mediator for the American Arbitration Association and a member of its Construction Industry National Panel of Arbitrators. Contributing author, Design-Build Contracting Handbook, Alternative Clauses to Standard Construction Contracts and The AGC Environmental Risk Management Procedures Manual. Bar membership: Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Texas, Arkansas, Washington, New York, and North Carolina
• Sarah K. Carpenter—B.S., Civil Engineering, Lehigh University (magna cum laude); B.S., Integrated Business and Engineering, Lehigh University; J.D., College of William & Mary; lead articles editor, William & Mary Law Review; Honors in legal research, writing, analysis, trial practice, and client relations; Graduate Research Fellow. Bar membership: Florida, and District of Columbia
• Sarah E. Carson—B.A., History, Emory University; J.D., Catholic University School of Law. Leads Raleigh, North Carolina office. Frequent lecturer and author of articles regarding women-owned small business and other federal contracting issues. Bar membership: North Carolina, Georgia, and District of Columbia
• Robert C. Chambers—Managing Partner of Smith, Currie & Hancock, LLP.; B.S.C.E., Georgia Institute of Technology (high honors); M.S.C.E. (study emphasis: geotechnical engineering); J.D., University of Georgia (magna cum laude); Order of the Coif. Coauthor, “Changed Conditions,” Construction Briefings, No. 84-12; “Changed Conditions II,” Construction Briefings No. 2000-9, Federal Publications Inc.; Contributor, Environmental Construction, Special Opportunities and Special Risks Involving Hazardous Materials and Toxic Substances in Construction Subcontracting (John Wiley & Sons). Bar membership: Georgia, and District of Columbia
• Y. Lisa Colon—B.A., History and Political Science, University of Miami; J.D., University of Miami School of Law (cum laude); article and comments editor, International and Comparative Law Review. Frequent lecturer and presenter on updates in construction law, public bidding, contract clauses, design-build projects and public-private partnerships (P3s). Bar membership: Florida
• Joseph J. Dinardo—B.S., Biology and Chemistry, Palm Beach Atlantic University (summa cum laude); J.D., Cumberland School of Law; LL.M., International Business Transactions, Emory University School of Law; casenote editor, Cumberland Law Review. Frequent lecturer on lien law, collections, and a variety of construction-law topics. Bar membership: Georgia, and U.S. Patent and Trademark Bar
• Karl Dix, Jr.—B.S., Economics with major concentrations in Accounting and Decision Science, Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania (magna cum laude); J.D., Specialization in International Law from Cornell University (cum...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.9.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Steuern / Steuerrecht
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Bauwesen
• Schlagworte: AIA • Architecture • Baubetrieb • Bauingenieur- u. Bauwesen • Baurecht • Civil Engineering & Construction • Civil Engineering & Construction Special Topics • ConsensusDocs</p> • Construction contracts • Construction Disputes • construction insurance • construction law • Construction Management • CPM • DBIA • Design-Build • EJDC • Electronically Stored Information (ESI) • Engineering • False Claims Act • Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) • IPD • <p>construction • P3 • Public-private Partnerships • Scheduling • Spezialthemen Bauingenieur- u. Bauwesen
• ISBN-13: 9781119540182 / 9781119540182