by Kent Holland | Jul 28, 2026 | Newsletter Article
Project owner breached its design professional contract when it “unilaterally walked away from the [contract]” without paying the balance of the architect’s fee, and deciding, based on its own calculation of “estimated cost,” that it had already paid the designer in...
by Kent Holland | Nov 19, 2014 | Contracts for Design Professionals
Class slides for Contracts for Design Professionals – Module 2 Contracts for Design Professionals – Module 2 of 9 modules. Discussion of the following contract clauses: Cost Estimates, Bid Overruns, Damages, Waiver of Consequential Damages, Dispute...
by Kent Holland | Feb 9, 2011 | Newsletter Article
Where a contractor explicitly disclaimed responsibility for engineering of second floor additions creating snow load on existing roof structures, the court held that the contractor did not breach any implied warranty although certain building codes were apparently...
by Kent Holland | Feb 7, 2011 | Newsletter Article
The 1997 edition of the American Institute of Architects Standard Form of Agreement between Owner and Architect, AIA, B141-1997 fundamentally changes the role of the Architect regarding responsibility for controlling construction costs. New section 2.1.7.1, is for...
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