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Reading Between the Lines: What the Subcontract Really Says

ASA/FASA Essentials of Contract Evaluation Podcast Series-Year 1

Release Date: 09/24/2008

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This podcast helps construction subcontractors:

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In this episode, construction subcontractors:

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This podcast helps construction subcontractors:

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In this podcast for construction subcontractors:

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• Understand how the law defines a construction subcontractor’s and its customer’s rights when an unanticipated event beyond their control hinders contract performance.

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In this podcast, construction subcontractors can learn about:

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Identify the construction defect risks that subcontractors deal with in typical construction warranties. Identify and understand the strengths and weaknesses in how the trade association form subcontracts delegate warranty risks for subcontractors. Determine practical ways to minimize the risks of warranty claims by ensuring that you have and protect your "right to cure" defects that may arise.

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Identify and understand ramifications of implied and express warranties. Identify how industry forms, including the ASA-endorsed ConsensusDOCS documents, treat express warranty responsibilities. Determine practical ways to respond to, and protect your company from, unfair warranty obligations.

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Identify how express delegations of design risk work in practice and why this knowledge can protect subcontractors from costly mistakes. Identify how industry forms, including the ASA-endorsed ConsensusDOCS documents, treat express delegations of design. Determine practical ways to respond to, and protect your company from, inappropriate delegations.

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Identify common ways owners and architects try to disclaim responsibility for design risk, and what this means for subcontractors. Identify and understand how the trade association form subcontracts delegate design risk. Determine practical responses and resources you can use to minimize the risk of design disclaimers.

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