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Coronavirus & Construction: Protect Your Rights And Your Business
needed to complete a project. Add extra time provisions into your contracts. Request compensation or alleviation from your duties when there are disruptions to the supply chain. Issue change order requests. As you’re working on projects and issues related to the coronavirus crop up — whether they directly affect you or not — put in a change order request. You want to take care of this upfront so no one can say that you didn’t give notice. Document that you expect your work to be impacted and you expect to be compensated for any impact. Keep all paperwork. Even if it seems insignificant, keep it. If your supplier is telling you there will be a delay due to the coronavirus, or they want you to pay a premium to get the material delivered on time, or you need additional labor, make 2 3
As we enter the cold weather months, coronavirus cases are spiking across the country. Many industries have been affected. Going into the spring, we are likely to see more negative impacts within the construction industry. I’ve been speaking with clients who want to get ahead of this. There are several steps you can take to protect yourself as the coronavirus, once again, brings challenges to our communities. Here are four things to consider: Keep an eye on the supply chain. 1 When you’re entering into new contracts, take a look at the supply chain and anticipate how it might be affected. Many of our clients are able to start the project and begin preliminary work, but as outbreaks occur, they have a ripple effect on supply chains. You may soon find yourself unable to get the materials
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