Construction Law Client Strategies: Leading Lawyers on Drafting Proper Contracts, Understanding Legal Rights and Remedies, and Having Success on Behalf of Clients (Inside the Minds)

Construction Law Client Strategies is an authoritative, insider s perspective on the best strategies for interacting with clients to keep construction deals underway, avoid lost time, and produce distinguished results. Featuring partners and chairs from some of the nation s leading firms, these experts guide the reader through the intricacies of developing and understanding the scope of contract clauses including indemnity provisions, claim submission procedures, insurance requirements, change order provisions, and dispute resolution provisions. The authors discuss in detail how to maintain future standing relationships between the contractors, subcontractors, owners, engineers, architects, and suppliers in all aspects of construction project planning, document preparation, and dispute resolution. These top lawyers share tips on how to preserve their clients rights through filing mechanics liens, initiating litigation and recovering monetary damages, and defending against claims seeking dam-ages, as well as how to avoid design defects and negligence while minimizing risks of exposure to claims for personal injury and property damage. Additionally, these vanguards reveal their strategies for assessing major dispute areas such changes to the work, payment for work, defective designs, and project delays and acceleration. The different niches represented and the breadth of perspectives presented enable readers to get inside some of the great legal minds of today as these experienced lawyers offer up their thoughts around the keys to success within this ever-evolving area of law. Inside the Minds provides readers with proven business intelligence from C-Level executives (Chairman, CEO, CFO, CMO, Partner) from the world s most respected companies nationwide, rather than third-party accounts from unknown authors and analysts. Each chapter is comparable to an essay/thought leadership piece and is a future-oriented look at where an industry, profession, or topic is headed