Construction Law and Contracts

Construction Law and Contracts

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National Construction Law Manual - 4th Edition Free Shipping on this item! Published by: BNi Building News ISBN: 1-55701-392-6 404 Pages, 8-1/2 x 11, Shipping Weight: 2.00 lbs. Here you’ll find in-depth coverage of just about every legal term someone may throw at you, what the true meanings of these terms are, and how they may apply to you in a construction business. Covers contracts, competent parties, legal object, letters of intent, certainty, consideration, illusory contract, mutual assent, offer and acceptance, delivery, contracts without words, options, duress, bidding, modification of forms, owner’s damages for defective construction, contractor’s damages for breach by owner, warranties, and just about every legal issue a contractor can face. Includes sample contracts, forms, and agreements. $72.95	Simplified Guide to Construction Law Published by: BNi Building News ISBN: 1-55701-396-9 298 Pages, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2, Shipping Weight: 0.78 lbs. Here you’ll find easy-to-read, paragraphed-sized samples of how the courts have viewed common areas of disagreement – and litigation – in the building industry. You’ll read about legal problems that real builders have faced, and how the court ruled. This book will tell you what you need to know about contracts, torts, fraud, misrepresentation, warranty and strict liability, construction defects, indemnity, insurance, mechanics liens, bonds and bonding, statutes of limitation, arbitration, and more. These are simplified examples that illustrate not necessarily who is right and who is wrong – but who the law has sided with. $35.95	Construction Forms & Contracts Published by: Craftsman Book Company ISBN: 0-934041-85-7 400 Pages, 8-1/2 x 11, Shipping Weight: 2.22 lbs. 125 forms you can copy and use – or load into your computer (from the FREE disk enclosed). Then you can customize the forms to fit your company, fill them out, and print. Loads into Word for Windows, Lotus 1-2-3, WordPerfect, Works, or Excel programs. You'll find forms covering accounting, estimating, fieldwork, contracts, and general office. Each form comes with complete instructions on when to use it and how to fill it out. These forms were designed, tested and used by contractors, and will help keep your business organized, profitable and out of legal, accounting and collection troubles. Includes a CD-ROM for Windows™ and Mac. $41.75
Contractor's Plain-English Legal Guide Published by: Craftsman Book Company ISBN: 1-57218-106-0 272 Pages, 8-1/2 x 11, Shipping Weight: 1.50 lbs. For today's contractors, legal problems are usually hidden, like snakes in a swamp. This book shows you where to find them before they find you. You're less likely to need a $200-an-hour guide with a law degree if you follow the simple directions in this easy-to-read guidebook. It gives you directions on the simple tasks you can do yourself without the help of a lawyer, as well as point out to you when you may actually need a "pro" to take your case. For the price of about 15 minutes in a lawyer’s office you'll have a guide that will make many of those visits unnecessary. You'll find directions for starting a business, what to put in every contract, how to collect what's owed you, what laws affect your jobs, what to do about job injuries, how to file a lien that holds up, how to handle warranties, and where you’re liable for subcontractors.The Contractor's Plain-English Legal Guide includes a FREE CD-ROM with all the legal forms shown and explained in the book, plus extra forms with filled-out copies as examples. Install the forms to your hard drive, fill them out, print, and send to your customers. Or print them out blank and fill in by hand. [Find out more] $49.50	The Contractor’s Legal Kit Free Shipping on this item! Published by: Craftsman Book Company ISBN: 1-928580-13-0 352 Pages, 8-1/2 x 11, Shipping Weight: 2.00 lbs. Stop "eating" the costs of bad designs, hidden conditions, and job surprises. Set ground rules that assign those costs to the rightful party ahead of time. And it’s all in plain English, not "legalese." For less than the cost of an hour with a lawyer you’ll learn the exclusions to put in your agreements, why your insurance company may pay for your legal defense, how to avoid liability for injuries to your sub and his employees or damages they cause, how to collect on lawsuits you win, and much more. It also includes a FREE computer disk with contracts and forms you can customize for your own use. $69.95	Construction Law & Contracts