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Construction Law for Design Professionals, Construction Managers and Contractors

By Justin Sweet, Marc M. Schneier, Blake Wentz

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CONSTRUCTION LAW FOR DESIGN PROFESSIONALS, CONSTRUCTIONS MANAGERS AND CONTRACTORS is a condensed -- and completely revamped -- version of the bestselling authority on engineering law, LEGAL ASPECTS OF ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING AND THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS (now in its 9th edition) by Justin Sweet and Marc M. Schneier. For this new book, the authors have directed the text at engineering, architecture and construction management students. Given the authors' long and deep understanding of the intersection between the law and the construction industry, professors and students can trust this text is unparalleled. The addition of Blake Wentz to the author team emphasizes the commitment to the field.

A new 2017 Update includes the latest changes regarding relevant industry associations, regulations, and codes of ethics. The supplement includes hard copies of AIA A101-2017; A101-2017, Exhibit A; A201-2017; A401-2017; and B101-2017, as well as the most recent code of ethics of: the American Institute of Architects (AIA); the American Institute of Constructors (AIC); the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA); and the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA). The book’s website has the updated EJCDC C-520, C-700, and E-500 documents.

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CONSTRUCTION LAW FOR DESIGN PROFESSIONALS, CONSTRUCTIONS MANAGERS AND CONTRACTORS is a condensed -- and completely revamped -- version of the bestselling authority on engineering law, LEGAL ASPECTS OF ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING AND THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS (now in its 9th edition) by Justin Sweet and Marc M. Schneier. For this new book, the authors have directed the text at engineering, architecture and construction management students. Given the authors' long and deep understanding of the intersection between the law and the construction industry, professors and students can trust this text is unparalleled. The addition of Blake Wentz to the author team emphasizes the commitment to the field.

A new 2017 Update includes the latest changes regarding relevant industry associations, regulations, and codes of ethics. The supplement includes hard copies of AIA A101-2017; A101-2017, Exhibit A; A201-2017; A401-2017; and B101-2017, as well as the most recent code of ethics of: the American Institute of Architects (AIA); the American Institute of Constructors (AIC); the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA); and the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA). The book’s website has the updated EJCDC C-520, C-700, and E-500 documents.

The text is greatly shortened from the larger book, focusing on the legal issues of particular interest only to engineering, architecture and construction management students.

Fewer reproductions of judicial decisions, which can be difficult for non-law students to read.

Fuller, yet simplified, explanations of legal concepts, such as negligence and strict products liability.

Virtually every chapter begins with a Scenario: a description of a hypothetical project. That Scenario is referred back to throughout the chapter to provide concrete illustrations of concepts discussed. The students are shown how abstract legal principles are applied in a specific, factual setting. The instructor may easily modify the Scenario to fit the teaching needs of the particular class.

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Chapters

Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Preface
About the Authors
Part A. A Legal Framework of the Design and Construction Process
Part B. The Main Actors: The Owner, Constructor, and Design Professional
Part C. Project Delivery Methods
Part D. Performance Disputes

Part A. A Legal Framework of the Design and Construction Process

Chapter 1. American Legal System
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1.1. The Importance of Law ↗
1.2. The Federal System ↗
1.3. Constitutions ↗
1.4. Legislation ↗
1.5. The Executive Branch and Administrative Agencies ↗
1.6. Courts: Common Law and the Concept of Precedent ↗
1.7. Courts: The Judicial System ↗
Federalism and the Court System ↗
1.8. The Litigation Process ↗
Hiring an Attorney: Role and Compensation ↗
1.9. Non-Public Sources of Law ↗
Contracting Parties ↗
1.10. International Contracts ↗
Review Questions ↗
Chapter 2. Forms of Business Association and Employment
2.1. Forms of Business Associations: Overview
2.2. Sole Proprietorships
2.3. Partnerships
Introduction
2.4. Corporations
Introduction
2.5. Professional Corporations, Limited Liability Companies (LLC), and Limited Liability Partnerships (LLP)
2.6. Joint Ventures
2.7. Unincorporated Associations
2.8. Loose Associations: Share-Office Arrangement
2.9. Professional Associations
2.10. Forms of Employment: Introduction
2.11. The Agency Relationship
2.11A. Introduction
2.11B. Policies Behind Agency Concept
2.11C. The Principal–Agent Relationship
2.11D. Agent Binding the Principal: Actual versus Apparent Authority
2.11E. Disputes between Principal and Third Party
2.11F. Disputes between Agent and Third Party
2.12. The Employment Relationship
2.12A. Workers’ Compensation
2.12B. Employee Leasing Companies
2.12C. Unions and Labor Disruptions: The Picket Line and Project Labor Agreements
2.13. Independent Contractors
Review Questions
Chapter 3. Contracts: From Formation to Breach
3.1. Relevance
3.2. The Function of Enforcing Contracts: Freedom of Contract
3.3. Contract Formation
3.3A. Definitions
3.3B. Mutual Assent
3.3C. Consideration and Its Substitute: Promissory Estoppel
3.3D. Reasonable Certainty of Terms
3.4. Defects in Contract Formation
3.4A. Defects Affecting Mutual Assent
3.4B. Defect in Formal Requirements: Need for a Writing
3.5. What Is the Contract?
3.5A. Contract Completeness and the Parol Evidence Rule
3.5B. Judicially Determined Terms
3.6. Contract Interpretation
Basic Objectives
3.7. Contract Breach
3.7A. Definition
3.7B. Material Breach
3.7C. Future Breach: Prospective Inability and Anticipatory Repudiation
Review Questions
Chapter 4. Remedies for Contract Breach: Focus on Construction Disputes
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Types of Remedies for Contract Breach: Overview
4.3. Specific Decrees and Declaratory Judgments
4.4. Money Awards
Compensatory Damages
4.5. Limits on Recovery
Causation
4.6. Damages Specific to Construction Disputes: Introduction
4.7. Contractor versus Owner
4.7A. Project Never Commenced
4.7B. Project Partially Completed
4.7C. Project Completed
4.8. Owner versus Contractor
4.8A. Project Never Begun
4.8B. Project Partially Completed
4.8C. Defective Performance: Correction Cost or Diminished Value?
4.8D. Delay
4.9. Single Recovery Rule: Claims against Multiple Defendants
4.10. Owner/Design Professional Claims
Review Questions
Chapter 5. Torts: Legal Relations Not Arising from Contract
5.1. Relevance to the Construction Process
5.2. Tort Law: Introduction
5.2A. Definition
5.2B. Function
5.2C. Threshold Classifications
5.3. Negligence: The Societal Concept of Reasonable Conduct
5.3A. Elements of Negligence Claim
5.3B. Standard of Conduct: The Reasonable Person
5.3C. Duty
5.3D. Causation
5.3E. Protected Interests and Emotional Distress
5.3F. Defenses to Negligence: Assumption of the Risk and Contributory Negligence
5.3G. Claims against Government Defendants
5.4. Misrepresentation
Intentional or Negligent
5.5. Interference With Contract or Prospective Advantage
5.6. Premises Liability: Duty of the Possessor of Land
5.6A. Relevance
5.6B. Traditional Rule Based on Status
5.6C. Modern Rule and Restatement (Third) of Torts
5.6D. Defenses to Premises Liability
5.7. Employment of Independent Contractor
Generally
5.8. Products Liability
Strict Liability
5.9. Tort Remedies
Compensatory Damages
5.10. Limits on Tort Liability for Pecuniary Losses: The Economic Loss Rule
5.10A. Introduction
5.10B. Development of the Economic Loss Rule
5.10C. Permutations of the Economic Loss Rule
Review Questions
Chapter 6. Regulation of Land and the Construction Process
6.1. Regulation: A Pervasive Presence
6.2. Limits by Private Action: Restrictive Covenants in Subdivision Developments
6.3. Protection of Neighboring Landowners
Soil Support
6.4. Zoning: The Mechanism for Land Use Control
6.4A. Euclidean Zoning: The Premise of Local Control
6.4B. Societal and Environmental Concerns
6.4C. Constitutional Limits on Land Use Controls
6.5. Environmental Law
6.5A. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
6.5B. Superfund: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA)
6.5C. State Law
6.6. Regulation of the Design Content and Construction Process
6.6A. Permits
6.6B. Building Codes
6.6C. Building Inspections
6.7. Safety
6.7A. State Safe Workplace Statutes
6.7B. Occupational Safety and Health Laws
6.7C. Tort Law
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