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Commercial Construction Projects: What You Need to Know About Construction Contracts and Liens

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Case Study

Phase One: Evaluating the Parcel and Due Diligence

Phase Two: Drafting the Purchase Agreement and the Construction Contracts

Phase Three: Protecting Against and Litigating Construction Liens
Presented at 2001-2002 Homeward Bound Series: Commercial Construction Projects: What You Need to Know About Construction Contracts and Liens, January 17, 2002.

Brian Wenzel
Atwell-Hicks, Inc.

Brian P. Henry
Freeman, Cotton & Norris, P.C.

Matthew C. Norris
Freeman, Cotton & Norris, P.C.


Phase One: Evaluating the Parcel and Due Diligence

Brian Wenzel
Atwell-Hicks, Inc.

Table of Contents

Phase One: Evaluating the Parcel and Due Diligence (View PDF)

Exhibit A: Case Study Analysis



Phase Two: Drafting the Purchase Agreement and the Construction Contracts

Brian P. Henry
Freeman, Cotton & Norris, P.C.

Table of Contents

Phase Two: Drafting the Purchase Agreement and the Construction Contracts
(View PDF)

Exhibits

Exhibit A: Agreement between Developer and Contractor
Exhibit B: General Conditions of the Contracts for Design and Construction
Article 2 - 9
Article 10 - 16
Exhibit C: Subcontract


Phase Three: Protecting Against and Litigating Construction Liens

Matthew C. Norris
Freeman, Cotton & Norris, P.C.

Table of Contents

Phase Three: Protecting Against and Litigating Construction Liens (View PDF)

Exhibits D - L (View PDF)