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Two women are bridging a gap between the construction industry and new technology

July 10, 2017 By Andrew Smith

Across the globe, thousands of millennials are starting businesses on the premise today’s smartphone technology can create new value and disrupt entire industries.

Most of these digital revolutionaries will fail, for the usual reasons: they lacked industry contacts, targeted the wrong market, underestimated users’ resistance to new technology, or couldn’t raise capital in a saturated ecosystem.

But Kitchener, Ont.-based Bridgit has found the formula for disrupting markets. Through deep industry knowledge, a tight focus on customer value, and sheer hard work, its founders — Mallorie Brodie and Lauren Lake — are changing the way the construction industry shares data across Canada and in major U.S. cities.

It’s a mission Lake, 24, has taken personally since she began working in construction while studying structural engineering at Western University in London, Ont. “I showed up on a job site with my iPhone, and got handed a clipboard,” she recalls. The hundreds of inputs required in a major construction project were still being recorded on paper, Excel spreadsheets and Post-It Notes, making sharing this information difficult and costly.

Keep reading this article at: http://business.financialpost.com/entrepreneur/growth-strategies/how-these-women-are-bridging-a-gap-between-the-construction-industry-and-new-technology/wcm/2314374f-7c92-4250-b21b-973f7517fefb?utm

Filed Under: Contracting Tips Tagged With: best value, construction, contract close out, innovation, punch list, technology, woman owned business

Construction contracts: Everything you need to know

November 15, 2016 By Andrew Smith

hardhatContracts are crucial components of the construction process, but they can be among the most complicated and controversial aspects as well.

As the industry shifts to increasingly collaborative project delivery methods and adopts new materials and technologies, construction professionals need to stay up to date on the how the legal landscape is evolving — or not — to ensure their work is verified and protected.

In the latest monthly series of articles published by Construction Dive, an in-depth look at the evolving world of construction contracts and project delivery is presented.

The series covers the period from bidding to close-out, including project delivery and contract type, terms and conditions, and additional factors to keep in mind.  To see all the details, click on this link: http://www.constructiondive.com/news/construction-contracts-resource/429229

Filed Under: Contracting Tips Tagged With: change order, construction, contract close out, contract type, mechanics lien, payment bond, performance bond, project man, subcontracting, terms and conditions

Federal government can revoke acceptance years later and demand replacement of work

September 17, 2015 By Andrew Smith

Many contractors mistakenly think that once the government accepts work and pays for it, that the work is, well, “accepted.”

The FARSome also believe that the one-year warranty provided in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) means that the contractor is in the clear after, well, one year.

Those contractors would be wrong.

In JJK Group Inc. v. VW International Inc., a federal court in Maryland recently ruled that the government could revoke its prior acceptance years later and require the contractor to replace an entire system because the system contained “latent defects.”   The court cited the FAR clauses which provide that the one-year warranty only applies to work that has been “accepted” and that acceptance may be revoked if the government later finds “latent defects.”

Keep reading this article at: http://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/federal-government-can-revoke-12676

Filed Under: Contracting Tips Tagged With: acceptance, contract close out, FAR, latent defects, warranty

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