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CASE STUDY:
26-story condominium A distinguished panel of three arbitrators was appointed to decide the matter. After months of hearing testimony and reviewing documentation from both sides, the arbitrators not only denied the owner's claim, but they awarded the constructor six months of general conditions. The settlement covered home office overhead, cost of acceleration, interest, and lost profits totaling almost two million dollars; all directly resulting from the owner's failure to perform his duties during construction. The three-legged
stool Our society has created institutions to educate, certify, license, and regulate both architects and constructors. However, no license or certification is required to be an owner. For this reason, the owner's leg of the stool is the one to be the most concerned about. The owner is responsible, by law, for certain duties to the architect, the constructor, and the public.
The owner's responsibilities are wide-ranging and vary depending on the project phase. The balance of this article describes the owner's duties for the pre-design, design, construction, and post-construction phases of a project. |
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