subject: Importance Of Signing Construction Contracts. [print this page] Signing construction contracts before starting any project may save you from what many would say is a construction flop. Take for instance you have planned a construction of a prime real estate and invested your wealth. It is a posh real estate to be situated on prime land and this project will not only pay you very well, but also bring you lots of work in the future. This could be the one you have been waiting for.
It is a large project prospected to bring business to stand still, with its cool structural designs; it shall incorporate offices, theater, a state of art swimming pool. Many clients have started contacting you and even paying you deposit to acquire office space, other paying for to access to the services within your park. It all sound absolutely great. Everything is going nicely and the clients still enquiring about the affordability and has the zeal to relocate to the new found space. After you start your project, another contractor comes in with claims that the piece of land you are building on is his; from this point you are for a disaster of being sued or even go to jail for a number of reasons. In this context you need a construction litigation attorney to help you juggle about this case, at this juncture there erupts several questions; who is responsible for this menace, who shall pay for damage and is there a legal framework to go about his?
A construction litigation attorney will try to solve the puzzle by trying to identify who was heading the contract, if the project was being headed by your construction company, then you are liable and your insurance company will probably have to pay up the costs. If the project was subcontracted you may still be liable. If you have a back-to-back contract with the contractor that states he had assumed the project, they will assume responsibility for all damages or claims against that specific contractor, and then they will be liable. However, if you have no contract that states that they are liable, sadly to say you are, even though you had hired a contractor to take the project on. You should always seek assistance form a construction litigation attorney to help you sign any contract to ensure you shall not be held responsible for any damage or claim laid thereof at any given time. Construction contracts for event planning are essential, not just with the project site and the workers, but with everyone involved in the project. You are not supposed to draft contracts (probably) without the help of a construction litigation attorney he will guide you to make important decision that will solve any puzzle that may arise in course of the construction project.
