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Design-Build Insurance, Warranties and Consultant Liability: What Owners Should Check
Design-build concentrates responsibility in one party. That only protects you if the party is insured for it. What to check on insurance, warranties and consultant liability before you sign.
Carolee Turner
Sep 136 min read


Construction Scope Changes: What Really Happens to Your Schedule and Cost
Construction scope changes do not damage projects. Late decisions, undocumented changes and unpriced time do. Here is what a change really costs in schedule, disruption and ripple effect.
Carolee Turner
Sep 136 min read


Drawings and Field Conditions: Who Is Responsible When They Do Not Match?
When drawings and field conditions conflict on a commercial construction project, responsibility is decided by your delivery model, your order of precedence clause and your notice provisions - not by who found the problem first.
Carolee Turner
Sep 136 min read


GTA Construction Pricing: What Construction Activity Is Telling Us
Five construction signals shaping GTA office and industrial pricing right now, what each means for rents, and why this is a window of opportunity rather than a long-term condition.
Carolee Turner
Feb 182 min read


Commercial Construction Bidding: I Risked a Seven-Figure Project to Save $60,000
Five minutes to verify a late trade number, withdraw a seven-figure bid, rebuild the form and resubmit. Why the safe move and the right move are almost never the same move.
Carolee Turner
Jan 141 min read
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