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The following are various articles and presentations that we hope you find interesting and informative. (Please note that some of these articles are in PDF format and require a PDF reader to view. If you don't have a reader the following link will direct you to a free download site) Acrobat Reader


Pro-Active Change Order Management
This article was presented by Frank Kettlewell and published by the AACE at its 47th Annual Meeting. The paper explores various current change order contract languages and presents enhancements that can be incorporated to lessen, if not completely eliminate, the “Haggle Factor” between the owner and the contractor.

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Scheduling Specifications
Construction Planning and Scheduling (AREN 4466) University of Colorado (Boulder) class lecture presented by Frank Kettlewell.

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PACING – An Excuse for Concurrent Delay?
This article was written by Tom Finnegan and Ron Rider and addresses the issue of Contractor pacing its work that results from keeping pace with delays caused by the owner and are not concurrent delays to the project.  

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Interpreting and Enforcing Unsigned Contracts
This article caught our particular interest because of a claim that we were involved with related to an unsigned construction contract.
Written by Michael J. Cook (Sherman & Howard L.L.C.) and Bret R. Gunnell this article explores how courts are likely to interpret and enforce unsigned construction contracts and provides helpful suggestions to owners, contractors and subcontractors for avoiding undesirable results in such circumstances.

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(Check back as we will be continually adding interesting articles related to proactive construction and claims.)