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Risk Management - How to Manage Your Risk
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
In the March Building Blocks we take a close look at risk management and how to best manage your risk.
Indemnification Clauses in Design Professional Agreements - Why or Why Not?
Thursday, February 16, 2023
The February 2023 issue of the Building Blocks covers indemnification clauses.
Project Delivery Methods - What Project Owners and Their Design Professionals Need to Know
Tuesday, January 10, 2023
Since a selected construction “project delivery method” directly impacts the success of a project, an understanding of which approach is central to design professional services. Read the January Building Blocks ...
Scope Creep & How It Impacts the Bottom Line in an A/E Practice
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
The December Building Blocks Newsletter article is "Scope Creep & How It Impacts the Bottom Line in an A/E Practice"
SPOILAGE OF EVIDENCE IN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY LITIGATION: A DOCUMENT THAT AN ARCHITECT/ENGINEER WISHED THEY DIDN’T HAVE
Thursday, November 10, 2022
In their professional practices, architects and engineers (A/E's) generate a tremendous amount of information in the form of various and numerous types of documents. Read the November issue which covers documents...
Arbitration of a Construction Dispute - A View From a Risk Manager's Desk
Monday, October 10, 2022
In last month’s DesignPro Insurance Group’s risk management article I outlined the course of a construction industry dispute in litigation. In contrast, the dispute track outlined here is for arbitration, as opposed to...
A VIEW FROM A RISK MANAGER’S DESK – AN ARCHITECT/ENGINEER IN LITIGATION
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
From time to time, my client architects/ engineers (A/E's) may end up in litigation on one of their design and/or construction projects. The dispute track outlined here is for litigation, as opposed to arbitration or...
PRO BONO SERVICES: RISK MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS FOR ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
The term "pro bono," which is short for pro bono publico, is a Latin term that means "for the public good." Although the term is used in a variety of different contexts to mean “the offering of free services,” it has a...
RENOVATING, REMODELING OR REBUILDING - RISK MANAGEMENT FOR DESIGN PROFESSIONALs
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
As a company grows, or a residential owner seeks to update their house, a building normally begins to show signs of age. The older building may no longer be energy efficient, it may look worn down, it may no longer meet...
Supplanting Another Design Professional in the Course of a Project
Thursday, June 16, 2022
For our purpose relating to design professionals, “supplanting” defined, means to supersede (another) and to take the place of and serve as a substitute for, especially by reason of a need. Continue reading the June...