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Paul Levin leads engineers, owners, and construction managers through the complex process of construction contracting, focusing on the prevention, preparation, management, and resolution of construction claims and change orders.<\/p>\n

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4<\/td>\nFOREWORD <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nACKNOWLEDGEMENT <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nPREFACE <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nCONTENTS <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\n1. INTRODUCTION
1-1. Claims Background <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\n1-2. Definition of a Claim
1-3. Purpose of Book <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\n1-4. Public Contracts (Heavy Construction) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\n1-5. Private Contracts (Commercial and Residential)
1-6. Beyond the Contract\u2014Principles of Construction Law <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>\n1-7. Policies and Procedures for Administration
1-7a. Necessity of Procedures for Administrative Relief
1-7b. Basic Procedures for Claims and Change Order Administration
1-7c. Active Claims Policy <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>\n1-7d. Active Claims Program
1-7e. Procedural Roadblocks and How to Overcome Them
1-8. Review of Chapters <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>\n1-9. Owners, Designers, and Their Representatives <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\n2. IDENTIFICATION AND NOTIFICATION
2-1. Claims Consciousness
2-2. Early Identification <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>\n2-3. Identification of Claims and Change Orders
2-3a. Importance of Identification
2-3b. First Requirement of Identification\u2014Knowledge of Contract Documents
2-3c. Frame of Reference <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/td>\n2-3d. Communications
2-3e. Second Requirement of Identification\u2014Familiarity with Legal Concepts and Rights <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>\n2-3f. The Changes Clause <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/td>\n2-3g. Warning Signs of Claim Situations <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31<\/td>\n2-4. Notification of Claims and Change Orders
2-5. Notification\u2014Time Requirements
2-5a. Federal Clauses <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\n2-5b. Private Clauses <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
33<\/td>\n2-6. Late Notice <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
34<\/td>\n2-7. Failure to Notify
2-8. Notification\u2014Problems of Owners <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
35<\/td>\n2-9. Federal Contracts and the Contract Disputes Act
2-9a. Request for Final Decision, Claims Certification <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37<\/td>\n2-9b. Notice Requirements for Appeal of Decision
2-9c. Failure to Request Decision or Certify Claim
2-9d. Appeal of Board Decision <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
38<\/td>\n2-9e. Additional Notes on Claims Certification
2-10. Conclusion <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
39<\/td>\n3. DIFFERING SITE CONDITIONS
3-1. Introduction
3-2. Differing Site Conditions Clause <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
40<\/td>\n3-3. Type One Conditions\u2014Examples <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
41<\/td>\n3-4. Type Two Conditions\u2014Examples <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
42<\/td>\n3-5. Man-Made Conditions\u2014Previous Construction <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
43<\/td>\n3-6. Forces of Nature
3-7. Site Investigation
3-7a. Duty to Investigate: Reasonable Investigation <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
44<\/td>\n3-7b. Disclaimers for Differing Site Conditions <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
46<\/td>\n3-7c. Representations of Conditions Must Be Specifically Incorporated in Specifications <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
47<\/td>\n3-7d. Inadequate Investigation
3-7e. Site Investigation Requirements <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
48<\/td>\n3-8. Summary and Checklist <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
49<\/td>\n4. INTERPRETATION AND REQUIREMENTS OF CONTRACT SPECIFICATIONS
4-1. Introduction
4-2. Rules of Contract Interpretation
4-2a. Background <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
50<\/td>\n4-2b. Reasonableness <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
51<\/td>\n4-2c. Read the Contract as a Whole
4-2d. Language <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
52<\/td>\n4-2e. Custom or Usage <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
53<\/td>\n4-2f. Parol Evidence Rule
4-2g. “Against the Drafter” <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
54<\/td>\n4-2h. Conduct <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
56<\/td>\n4-3. Defective Specifications
4-3a. Introduction <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
57<\/td>\n4-3b. Suitability of Designated Methods or Materials <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
58<\/td>\n4-3c. Possibility and Practicality
4-3d. Cardinal Changes
4-3e. Disclosure of Knowledge <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
59<\/td>\n4-3f. Cost and Notification Aspects <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
60<\/td>\n4-4. Duty to Seek Clarification
4-4a. Obligation to Notify Owner of Errors or Discrepancies <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\n4-4b. Zone of Reasonableness <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62<\/td>\n4-4c. Two-Step Test <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
63<\/td>\n4-4d. “Not Part of Contract”
4-5. Duty to Inform <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
64<\/td>\n4-6. Duty to Proceed <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
65<\/td>\n4-7. Inspection: Duty to Inspect
4-7a. Improper Rejection <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
66<\/td>\n4-7b. Improper Acceptance <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
67<\/td>\n4-8. Conclusion <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
68<\/td>\n5. DELAYS AND ACCELERATIONS
5-1. Introduction
5-2. Delays\u2014Excusability and Compensability <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
69<\/td>\n5-3. Noncompensable Delays <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
70<\/td>\n5-4. Nonexcusable Delays
5-5. CompensableTime Extensions <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
71<\/td>\n5-6. Compensable Delays <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
73<\/td>\n5-7. Unreasonable Delays
5-8. Delays\u2014Site Access <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
75<\/td>\n5-9. Concurrent Delays <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
76<\/td>\n5-10. Proving Delay and Delay Costs
5-10a. Disruption, Loss of Efficiency, and Loss of Learning Curve
5-10b. Out-of-Sequence Work
5-10c. Ripple Effect <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
77<\/td>\n5-10d. Delays Due to Differing Site Conditions <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
78<\/td>\n5-11. No Damage for Delay Clauses
5-12. Three Types of Acceleration
5-13. Constructive Acceleration
5-13a. Directive Not Required <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
79<\/td>\n5-13b. Notice, Request for Time Extension
5-13c. Explicit Denial of Time Extension Not Required <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
80<\/td>\n5-13d. Identification <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
81<\/td>\n5-14. Proving Delays, Time Extensions, and Acceleration
5-15. Acceleration Costs <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
82<\/td>\n5-16. Conclusion <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
83<\/td>\n6. RECORDS AND DOCUMENTATION
6-1. Introduction
6-2. Types of Records <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
84<\/td>\n6-3. Time Cards
6-4. Cost Account System <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
85<\/td>\n6-5. Production Rates
6-6. Material Receipts
6-7. Schedules
6-8. Cash Flows <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
86<\/td>\n6-9. Correspondence and Transmittal Logs
6-10. Computer (Cost) Reports <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
87<\/td>\n6-11. Daily Reports
6-12. Photographs <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
88<\/td>\n6-13. Special Forms for Claims and Change Order Records <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
89<\/td>\n6-14. Monthly Claims Review <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
90<\/td>\n6-15. Conclusion <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
91<\/td>\n7. USE OF PROJECT SCHEDULES AND THE CRITICAL PATH METHOD IN CLAIMS
7-1. Introduction
7-1a. Description of CPM <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
92<\/td>\n7-1b. Obstacles to Use of CPM for Construction Scheduling <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
93<\/td>\n7-2. Use of CPM in Claims Analysis <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
94<\/td>\n7-3. Pitfalls to Avoid in CPM Claims Analysis <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
96<\/td>\n7-4. Construction of As-Planned Schedule
7-4a. Essential Elements in Constructing the Schedule <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
97<\/td>\n7-4b. Additional Considerations of Schedule Preparation <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
98<\/td>\n7-5. Float
7-6. Float\u2014Early Completion <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
101<\/td>\n7-7. Concurrent Delay
7-8. Voluntary versus Constructive Acceleration <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
102<\/td>\n7-9. Schedule Analysis Techniques for Claims Support
7-9a. Impacted As-Planned Analysis
7-9b. Fragnet (Windows, Chronological Impact) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
103<\/td>\n7-9c. Time Impact Analysis <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
104<\/td>\n7-9d. Collapsed As-Built (“But For”)
7-9e. Comparison Chart of CPM Analysis Methods <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
105<\/td>\n7-9f. Other Methods
7-10. Scheduling Expert’s Analysis <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
106<\/td>\n7-11. Conclusion <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
107<\/td>\n8. SUBCONTRACTORS AND SUPPLIERS
8-1. Introduction
8-2. General Contractor’s Performance <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
108<\/td>\n8-3. Contractor-Subcontractor Relationship
8-4. Subcontractor-Owner Claims <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
109<\/td>\n8-5. Suppliers
8-5a. Delays, Drawing Approvals
8-5b. Supplier Purchase Orders <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
110<\/td>\n8-5c. Proprietary Specifications\u2014Contractor’s Right to Substitute <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
111<\/td>\n8-5d. Supplier Schedules
8-6. Documentation of General Contractor Subcontractor\/Supplier Transactions <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
112<\/td>\n8-7. Other Contractor-Subcontractor Issues
8-7a. Severin Doctrine
8-7b. Miller Act <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
113<\/td>\n8-7c. Sponsoring Subcontractor Claims
8-8. Subcontractor-Specific Claims Publications <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
114<\/td>\n8-9. AGC\/ASA\/ASC Standard Form Contract <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
116<\/td>\n8-10. Conclusion <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
117<\/td>\n9. PRICING
9-1. Introduction
9-2. The Two Types of Pricing
9-2a. Description of Forward Pricing and Postpricing <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
118<\/td>\n9-2b. Forward Pricing Is Typically Preferred <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
119<\/td>\n9-2c. Dealing with Risk in Forward Pricing
9-2d. Postpricing
9-3. Total Cost
9-3a. Total Cost and Modified Total Cost <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
120<\/td>\n9-3b. Last Resort <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
121<\/td>\n9-3c. Four Conditions for Total Cost Claim
9-4. Cost Analysis <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
122<\/td>\n9-4a. Actual Cost
9-4b. Reasonable Costs Developed from Existing Job Data
9-4c. Estimating Reasonable Cost <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
123<\/td>\n9-5. The Proposal\u2014Request for Equitable Adjustment
9-5a. General Pricing Philosophy
9-5b. Pricing Elements and Details <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
124<\/td>\n9-5c. Production Rates <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
125<\/td>\n9-5d. Overhead and Profit <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
129<\/td>\n9-6. Use of Forms
9-7. Material Quantities and Prices <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
130<\/td>\n9-8. Impact and Inefficiency Costs
9-8a. How Impact Costs Are Incurred <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
131<\/td>\n9-8b. Specific, Identifiable Extra Work
9-8c. Pricing Inefficiency and Loss of Productivity <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
133<\/td>\n9-8d. Material and Equipment Costs <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
134<\/td>\n9-9. Other Issues of Claims Pricing
9-9a. Interest Costs <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
135<\/td>\n9-9b. Legal Fees, Change Orders, and Claim Preparation Costs <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
136<\/td>\n9-9c. Use of Expert Opinions
9-9d. Critical Path Method Submissions for Payment Purposes
9-9e. Federal Cost Principles <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
137<\/td>\n9-10. Conclusion <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
138<\/td>\n10. NEGOTIATIONS
10-1. Introduction <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
139<\/td>\n10-2. Preparation and Knowledge
10-3. Forward Pricing Claims <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
140<\/td>\n10-4. Preparation for Negotiation Meeting <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
141<\/td>\n10-5. Tactics\u2014Control of the Meeting <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
142<\/td>\n10-6. Tactics\u2014Large Claims <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
143<\/td>\n10-7. Other Negotiation Tactics
10-8. Other Negotiation Considerations <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
144<\/td>\n10-9. Authority to Negotiate
10-10. Conclusion <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
145<\/td>\n11. DISPUTES AVOIDANCE, RESOLUTION, AND ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
11-1. Introduction
11-2. Disputes Avoidance <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
146<\/td>\n11-3. Partnering
11-3a. Partnering Defined
11-3b. History of Partnering
11-3c. Elements of Success <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
147<\/td>\n11-3d. Obstacles to Partnering <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
149<\/td>\n11-3e. Results of Partnering
11-4. Dispute Review Boards
11-4a. Dispute Review Boards Defined <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
150<\/td>\n11-4b. DRB Procedures <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
151<\/td>\n11-4c. DRB Costs
11-4d. DRB Effectiveness and Success <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
153<\/td>\n11-4e. International Applications
11-4f. Other Considerations of DRB Procedures
11-4g. DRB Summary <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
154<\/td>\n11-5. Escrow Bid Documents
11-6. Geotechnical Design Summary Report <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
155<\/td>\n11-7. Arbitration <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
156<\/td>\n11-8. Mediation <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
157<\/td>\n11-9. Other ADR Methods
11-9a. Minitrials <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
158<\/td>\n11-9b. MedArb
11 -9c. Summary Trials before the Boards of Contract Appeals
11-9d. Hybrids of Mediation
11-10. Alternative Dispute Resolution Act and the Federal ADR Experience <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
159<\/td>\n11-11. Formal Administrative and Judicial Dispute Resolution <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
160<\/td>\n11-11a. Federal Contracts <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
161<\/td>\n11-11 b. Private Contracts and State and Local Public Contracts
11-11c. Mechanics’ Liens
11-12. Conclusion <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
162<\/td>\n12. TERMINATION
12-1. Introduction
12-2. Federal Clauses <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
163<\/td>\n12-2a. Termination for Default <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
164<\/td>\n12-2b. Termination for Convenience <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
166<\/td>\n12-2c. Notice of Termination
12-3. Private Clauses
12-3a. Termination for Cause <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
167<\/td>\n12-3b. Suspension for Convenience
12-3c. Termination by Contractor <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
168<\/td>\n12-4. Conclusion <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
169<\/td>\n13. CONCLUSION
13-1. The Claims, Changes, and Dispute Resolution Process
13-2. Roles of Construction Team <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
171<\/td>\n13-2a. Contractor’s Role
13-2b. Designer’s Role
13-2c. Owner’s and Owner’s Representatives’Roles
13-3. Role of Alternative Dispute Resolution <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
172<\/td>\n13-4. Legal Considerations <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
173<\/td>\n13-5. Use of Experts
13-6. Claims Consciousness <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
176<\/td>\nAPPENDICES
1. Contract Disputes Act of 1978\/FAR 33.2 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
181<\/td>\n2. Relevant FAR Clauses\u2014Subparts 52 and 33 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
203<\/td>\n3. AIAA201 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
209<\/td>\n4. EJCDC Selected Clauses (1910-8) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
220<\/td>\n5. Site Investigations Report Form <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
222<\/td>\n6. Restatement of Contracts <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
223<\/td>\n7. Overtime Statistic References <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
224<\/td>\n8. Daily Production Report Form <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
225<\/td>\n9. Change Order Initiation Form <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
228<\/td>\n10. Change Order Status Report <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
229<\/td>\n11. Schedule Cover Letter <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
230<\/td>\n12. ACG\/ASA\/ASC Selected Clauses <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
237<\/td>\n13. Flat Rate System <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
239<\/td>\n14. Pricing Formats <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
240<\/td>\n15. Pricing Checklist <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
241<\/td>\n16. Productivity Charts
Construction Operations Learning
Chart <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
242<\/td>\nCrowding Loss Curve
Efficiency Loss <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
243<\/td>\nComposite Effects of Crew Overloading
Unproductive Labor at Crew Overloading <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
244<\/td>\nBLS#917 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
245<\/td>\nCumulative Effect on Overtime <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
246<\/td>\n17. Cost Principles\u2014F.A.R. Clauses <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
255<\/td>\n18. ASBCA ADR Sample Forms <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
262<\/td>\n19. DART Declaration <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
264<\/td>\n20. Index to Legal Citations <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
268<\/td>\nBIBLIOGRAPHY\/REFERENCES <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
270<\/td>\nINDEX
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271<\/td>\nE
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