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CIC Newsletter - 2009

• NEW -- January 1, 2009:  Court Rules on Extra Work and Delay Claims
  By Alexander A. Miuccio, Esq. and Adam W. Downs, Esq.
  Of the many problems that contractors must struggle with, obtaining compensation for extra work and delays are some of the most common.  Contracts will frequently contain a “no-damages-for-delay clause” and the procedures necessary to obtain change orders for extra work.  Courts will usually enforce the no-damages-for-delay clause and deny recovery when a contractor fails to comply with the contract’s change order requirements, despite the contractor’s performance of change order or extra work.  Read more...