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Liabilities For Design Defects In A Collaborative, Integrated, Digital Age, Juan Jonnathan Bravo, Jaime Gray Nov 2013

Liabilities For Design Defects In A Collaborative, Integrated, Digital Age, Juan Jonnathan Bravo, Jaime Gray

Jonnathan Bravo Venegas

The purpose of this article is to address the new challenges concerning liabilities arising from errors or defects in construction projects that employ new design methods and techniques such as BIM and new collaborative project delivery systems. Following an examination of some relevant legal issues, with particular emphasis on the Peruvian Civil Code, the authors propose that parties should clearly establish in their agreements the scope of work or services and the liability each of them should bear.


Presentation Slides - “Built To Suit” As An Instrument For The Business Constrution Or Renovation In The Contemporary Era: Definition, Characteristics And The Real Estate Receivables Certificates (Rerc)”, Claudia Ribeiro Pereira Nunes Oct 2013

Presentation Slides - “Built To Suit” As An Instrument For The Business Constrution Or Renovation In The Contemporary Era: Definition, Characteristics And The Real Estate Receivables Certificates (Rerc)”, Claudia Ribeiro Pereira Nunes

Claudia Ribeiro Pereira Nunes

The construction or renovation is a high economic value investment to the entrepreneur. In many cases, this values disbursement, without prompt financial returns required to carry out the establishment construction or restructuring, hinders its own growth. Justified this work, therefore, implies the need to understand the Built to Suit and its relation to the Real Estate Receivables Certificates (RERC).The aim of this essay is to understand Built to Suit in Contemporary Era. The specific objectives are, after a brief historical analysis of the contract: (i) to outline the definition, (ii) submit their characteristics and special clauses, and (iii) understand the …


Quantum Meruit For The Subcontractor: Has Restitution Jumped Off Dawson's Dock?, Doug Rendleman Feb 2013

Quantum Meruit For The Subcontractor: Has Restitution Jumped Off Dawson's Dock?, Doug Rendleman

Doug Rendleman

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Arbitration, Women Arbitrators And Sharia, Mohamed Raffa Dr. Feb 2013

Arbitration, Women Arbitrators And Sharia, Mohamed Raffa Dr.

Mohamed Raffa Dr.

So, can the Arbitrator be a woman? Omar, the third Khalipha in Islam after Prophet Muhammad, actually appointed a female judge. Today, across the various Muslim countries, there are female judges in almost every Muslim country except in Saudi Arabia. There are about 70 female Iraqi judges, 10 female judges in the UAE, 20 in Egypt female judges and Arbitrators, Nigeria recently appointed the first female Chief Justice in Africa as well as it has one of the largest National Associations of Women Judges; with more in other Muslim Countries including Indonesia and Malaysia.


Greenbacks For Building Green: Does A Lender For Sustainable Construction Projects Need To Make Adjustments To Its Current Practices?, Darren Prum Jan 2013

Greenbacks For Building Green: Does A Lender For Sustainable Construction Projects Need To Make Adjustments To Its Current Practices?, Darren Prum

Darren A. Prum

In the development of real property, the availability of money to secure construction resources becomes an important factor for success. The construction loan plays a central role in providing funds to erect a building on real property, but a lender faces numerous exposures that might result in a loss. In evaluating a project to determine its viability and to uncover any exposure it might present, a lender will conduct an extensive underwriting review process and will use mitigation techniques through the construction loan agreement and disbursement requirements to reduce the perceived risks to an acceptable business level, for those developments …


The Next Green Issue: Considering Property Insurance For The Green Building, Darren A. Prum Jan 2013

The Next Green Issue: Considering Property Insurance For The Green Building, Darren A. Prum

Darren A. Prum

As government policies across the country try to encourage more environmentally friendly buildings, the next green issue facing the owners of the completed structure is obtaining the proper insurance coverage to protect their investment. A typical property insurance policy covers the costs to reconstruct or replace property damaged as the result of a casualty, so the Insurance Service Organization and other carriers offer specific green building endorsements in an effort to augment the underlying property policy. However, these buildings maintain unique characteristics, which becomes relevant to the owner and policy underwriter as well as other stakeholders like the holder of …