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Client’s Decision to Change Project Design During Construction, Contrary to their A/E’s Professional Judgement

Here is the December 2023 issue of the Building Blocks - A Case Study of the Fox Guarding the Chicken Coop.

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Legalese in Professional Construction Industry Agreements

Legalese contains long, wordy, complicated sentence structures utilizing passive voice and obsolete formalisms, and the usage of Latin, archaic or unnecessarily long words when simpler and clearer language exists. (Even...

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Should an Architect or Professional Engineer Retain a Surveyor & Geotechnical Consultant for their Projects?

It would be very poor risk management if the architect or engineer would agree to their client’s request for this scope of services for their project. Read the entire article in the October Building Blocks Newsletter.

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As-Built Drawings vs. Record Drawings. Does it Matter What We Call Them?

It is not hard to imagine, even with the smallest building, that no construction project is built exactly without any changes from its design. That being said, this risk management article is meant to encompass the...

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A Risk Management Conversation with A.I.

This month Eric O. Pempus, FAIA, Esq., NCARB explores A.I. and his personal experience of having a risk management conversation with Chatbot. With much focus on the safety of A.I. in the news recently, this is a timely...

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Peer Review of Professional Design Firms

This is Part 2 of a two-part series covering the topic of peer review. This month we will cover peer review of professional design firms.

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Exploring the Benefits of Project Peer Review.

This is Part 1 of a two-part series covering the topic of peer review. This month we will cover peer review of projects.

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A DESIGN PROFESSIONAL’S INTERPRETATIONS & DECISIONS RELATING TO THEIR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR’S WORK

The construction phase of a project is where the “rubber meets the road.” An architect/engineer (A/E) has many responsibilities while their project is being built. One of those responsibilities is to observe the work of...

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Expert Witnesses in Design & Construction Disputes

Unfortunately, disputes do arise on design and construction projects. It is not possible to list what circumstances can go wrong. From a legal perspective, the allegations can include breach of an agreement between the...

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Risk Management - How to Manage Your Risk

In the March Building Blocks we take a close look at risk management and how to best manage your risk.

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