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A trick used by tier one construction companies that could cost you

Name: A trick used by tier one construction companies that could cost you
Uploaded: 2022-10-11T08:04:11+00:00
Duration: 35 s
Channel: Cian Brennan
Description: Tier-one construction contractors sometimes bury a clause that makes you settle disputes in a different state than where your project is. This forces…

11 Oct 2022 · 1 min

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Tier-one construction contractors sometimes bury a clause that makes you settle disputes in a different state than where your project is. This forces expensive travel and legal fees if something goes wrong. Always check that the applicable law matches your project's location.

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Here's a sneaky trick that tier 1 contractors sometimes put into your construction contract. So oftentimes if you're in the US or Australia or somewhere like that where different states have different laws and regulations to other states, what can happen is if the applicable law in your contract isn't the state that you're working in, you could find yourself in a situation where if there is any sort of dispute, you've got to fly to somewhere crazy to resolve the dispute, which makes it almost impossible to resolve it. So make sure the applicable law in your contract makes sense for the project that you're working on and makes it easy for you if you've got a dispute.