About This Blog and About Substantial Completion
How this blog works. The idea is simple: We're in a friendly pub sharing a round of beer and talking about construction law. As we talk, you have questions. And I answer them here in this blog talking like an ordinary and reasonably educated person, not a lawyer - straight and to the point, without the technical jargon and esoteric legalese.
Imagine turning to me and saying, "Hey, Josh, I'm going to hire a contractor to build a movie theatre for me. "Substantial completion" is really important isn't it? But what does that really mean? And I need to make sure my contract identifies when the work is substantially complete. Right? How do I do that?"
I don't reply with a filibuster about Section 9.8 of the 2007 edition of the American Institute of Architects's A201 General Conditions of the Contract For Construction or any of that stuff you can read in nearly any book about construction law (nearly any book - it really is in just about every one). Instead, I turn to you and say something like.....
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Imagine turning to me and saying, "Hey, Josh, I'm going to hire a contractor to build a movie theatre for me. "Substantial completion" is really important isn't it? But what does that really mean? And I need to make sure my contract identifies when the work is substantially complete. Right? How do I do that?"
I don't reply with a filibuster about Section 9.8 of the 2007 edition of the American Institute of Architects's A201 General Conditions of the Contract For Construction or any of that stuff you can read in nearly any book about construction law (nearly any book - it really is in just about every one). Instead, I turn to you and say something like.....
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