Statutes of Repose vs. Statutes of Limitations: The Job Dates Contractors Need to Keep
Distinguish limitation, repose, and warranty periods, and preserve the project, discovery, completion, and callback records needed to assess an old claim.
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Contractor Warranties: One Year, Two Years, Workmanship, or Manufacturer Pass-Through?
Separate workmanship promises from product coverage, check mandatory warranty duties, and document start dates, exclusions, claims, and closeout.
Time Is of the Essence vs. Reasonable Time: How Contractors Should Write Schedule Clauses
Define estimated dates, essential milestones, extension rights, notices, and completion evidence so the schedule matches the work actually promised.
Lower-Tier Claims: What to Do When a Sub-Subcontractor or Supplier Demands Payment
Respond to lower-tier payment demands by tracing the contract chain, claim basis, deadlines, assignments, and payment records before money moves.
Stopping Work for Nonpayment: The Notice Sequence Before You Pull Off
Verify payment entitlement and suspension authority, follow notice and cure requirements, protect the site, preserve separate deadlines, and document restart terms.
Liquidated Damages Are Not Penalties: When LDs Hold Up in Court
Review a liquidated-damages clause by its loss basis, trigger, adjusted deadline, extension procedure, remedy overlap, cap, and supporting job records.
Florida Construction Lien Notice to Owner: Get the Form Right
Open the Florida Notice to Owner file at first furnishing: verify claimant role, statutory contents, recipients, service evidence, bonds, and later lien deadlines.
Texas Mechanic's Lien Notices: Monthly Deadlines, Fund Trapping, and Trust Funds
Keep Texas monthly notices, lien filing, reserved funds, homestead formalities, and construction trust-fund accounting on separate calendars.
HICA: California's Home Improvement Contract Act, Decoded
A practical guide to California home improvement contract paperwork, payment limits, changes, cancellation notices, and service-and-repair boundaries.
Right to Cancel: The Federal Cooling-Off Rule Contractors Miss
Screen off-premises consumer sales, prepare the required cancellation packet, calculate deadlines, verify exceptions, and handle cancellation under applicable law.