Primary concern of contractors
- What is the primary concern of contractors when contract provisions address the issue of the ownership of float?
- What defines the start date and what defines the finish date of a contract, with the bracketed time being the project duration?
- How can it be argued that the inclusion of a liquidated damages provision for late completion of a project simplifies matters for the contracting parties?
- To the contractor, what is the significance of the difference between an avoidable delay and an unavoidable delay?
- What types of projects tend to be scheduled in terms of working days? Why?
- In terms of counting days, which type of measure presents the greatest potential for conflict, working days or calendar days?
- What kinds of controls have owners included in their construction contracts to ensure the receipt of realistic schedules of values or schedules of payments from their contractors?
- What distinguishes the last periodic payment from the final payment made to the contractor on most construction projects?
- What are the primary grounds on which the contractor can typically terminate the contract?
- How are owners often assured of receiving realistic schedules from the contractors?
