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Kamine Collings & Phelps, P.C. Los Angeles, CA Document Search Results (7) Sort by:  | When Liquidated Damages Can and Cannot Be Enforced
Bernard S. Kamine; Kamine Collings & Phelps, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article October 19, 2011 Every public works project that overruns the contract time, as extended, enters into the realm of liquidated damages. There are many reasons why liquidated damages may not be enforced, but they generally involve just a few legal concepts, which are discussed in this article.
| | California Or-Equal Requirements
Bernard S. Kamine; Kamine Phelps, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article October 19, 2011 California public agencies must allow public works contractors to provide an “equal” to materials, products, things, or services specified in the contract documents, to ensure that the public gets the lowest prices, prevent one product from locking up a project, encourage competition...
| | What to Know about Bid Protests
Bernard S. Kamine; Kamine Phelps, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article October 19, 2011, previously published by ECA Magazine, 2009 When work is plentiful, and only 3 or 4 contractors bid each project, the second low bidder just moves on to the next job opportunity. But when work is scarce, with 25 or more bidders for each contract, then the second low bidder, and even the third or fourth low bidders, are likely to look for...
| | Differing Site Conditions
Bernard S. Kamine; Kamine Phelps, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article October 19, 2011, previously published by ECA Magazine, June 2007; July 2007; Los Angeles Daily Journal, May 2007 This article discusses the reason differing site conditions clauses exist, the impact of the two recent developments, and how a differing site conditions claim is proved.
| | Notice, Claim & Lawsuit Deadlines
Bernard S. Kamine; Kamine Phelps, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article October 19, 2011, previously published by ECA Magazine, 2006; Public Works Construction Manual: A Legal Guide for California,BNI Building News, 1996 The constant tug-of-war among owners, contractors and lenders makes the laws governing construction disputes more and more complex. Here is a checklist of the current critical time deadlines.
| | Why Competitive Bidding Prohibits Sole Sourcing and Must Allow Or-Equal Submittals
Bernard S. Kamine; Kamine Phelps, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article October 19, 2011 Public Contract Code §§ 3400 and 10129 (and similar federal regulations) prohibit public agencies from ¿sole-sourcing,¿ that is, specifying materials, products or services that only one firm can provide. They also compel public agencies to accept substitutes for specified materials, products and...
| | Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Extra Work and the Changes Clause
Bernard S. Kamine; Kamine Phelps, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article October 19, 2011 No architect or engineer ever produced a perfect set of plans and specifications. It is not humanly possible to do so. Too many elements of the work must be coordinated in too many ways. Besides, the plans and specifications cannot prescribe every detail of the work. Every construction project is...
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