New edition! The bestselling guide——accessible, authoritative, and up-to-date Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP’s Common Sense Construction Law is an outstanding resource that equips construction professionals and the attorneys who advise them with all of the crucial legal facts related to today’s construction projects–from bidding to completion.Up-to-date with reference to the new American Institute of Architects documents, this Second Edition brings you new material on environmental concerns, labor law, design-build issues, recent federal practices on contractor selection, alternative dispute resolution techniques, and more. In plain English, the book defines all of the important legal terms and concepts, informs you of your rights and responsibilities under the law, tells you what you need to know to avoid common legal pitfalls, and helps you to avoid unwelcome legal surprises that can cripple a project or kill a business. Complete with useful checklists, sample forms, and summary points, this Second Edition of Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP’s Common Sense Construction Law is an invaluable guide for construction industry professionals.
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New edition! The bestselling guide——accessible, authoritative, and up-to-date Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP’s Common Sense Construction Law is an outstanding resource that equips construction professionals and the attorneys who advise them with all of the crucial legal facts related to today’s construction projects–from bidding to completion.Up-to-date with reference to the new American Institute of Architects documents, this Second Edition brings you new material on environmental concerns, labor law, design-build issues, recent federal practices on contractor selection, alternative dispute resolution techniques, and more. In plain English, the book defines all of the important legal terms and concepts, informs you of your rights and responsibilities under the law, tells you what you need to know to avoid common legal pitfalls, and helps you to avoid unwelcome legal surprises that can cripple a project or kill a business. Complete with useful checklists, sample forms, and summary points, this Second Edition of Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP’s Common Sense Construction Law is an invaluable guide for construction industry professionals.
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SMITH, CURRIE & HANCOCK LLP is one of the most highly respected construction law firms in the world. The lawyers who coauthored this book represent a broad range of experience in both public and private construction law, federal government contracts, and labor law. They represent contractors, owners, subcontractors, architects, engineers, suppliers, sureties, and others in claims, arbitration, and litigation throughout the United States and the world.
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Great overview, but lacks some depth in places,
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This review is from: Smith, Currie & Hancock's LLP's Common Sense Construction Law: A Practical Guide for the Construction Professional, 2nd Edition (Hardcover)
This book was used as the text for a Construction Law case I took in law school. Overall I found the book to be very good. It was clear, concise, well written, and easy to understand. It also brought a pretty wide range of topics into the mix, and provided a fair amount of places to go for additional information (by way of case law). If I had to complain, and for the purposes of this review I will, I would make two comments: 1) There are areas where a little more depth would be nice. Frankly, I don't think the scope of this book really includes in-depth analysis on anything so this might be a non-issue for many folks. I just found that there were a few times (a very few) when I was looking for more information. 2. This book does a really nice job incorporating definitions for new terms into the text. However, there are a LOT of new terms and a glossary would have beeen a nice addition to the text.
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An outstanding work -- easy to follow, yet powerful. It delivers in-depth coverage of current law on hot construction topics. As a General Contractor, I found the book very helpful. I strongly recommend it. The industry has become so litigious that you cannot afford to not know.
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A great introduction to Construction Law for any aspiring Project Manager or Construction Professional.
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The bidding process is often the general contractor's first exposure to the particular project and the owner of that project. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Miller Act, Court of Federal Claims, Comptroller General, Claims Court, Code Ann, Court of Claims, New York, Spearin Doctrine, Aetna Cas, American Institute of Architects, Contract Disputes Act, Constr Corp, Uniform Commercial Code, Continental Heller, Economic Loss Rule, Executive Order, Federal Arbitration Act, Federal Publications, Statute of Frauds, Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, Davis-Bacon Act, Eager Construction Company, General Accounting Office, Jones Constr New!
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The bidding process is often the general contractor's first exposure to the particular project and the owner of that project. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Miller Act, Court of Federal Claims, Comptroller General, Claims Court, Code Ann, Court of Claims, New York, Spearin Doctrine, Aetna Cas, American Institute of Architects, Contract Disputes Act, Constr Corp, Uniform Commercial Code, Continental Heller, Economic Loss Rule, Executive Order, Federal Arbitration Act, Federal Publications, Statute of Frauds, Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals, Davis-Bacon Act, Eager Construction Company, General Accounting Office, Jones Constr New!
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