CONDOMINIUM CASE STUDY
Great American’s Risk Management Department often receives inquiries from our insureds regarding the pros and cons of engaging in condominium projects. Recently, we received a question about entering a project…
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Timely Tips for Avoiding Delay Claims
When Benjamin Franklin coined the phrase “Time is money,” it was not directed toward design professionals. However, unfortunately for design professionals this adage rears its ugly head in the form…
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Roadway Projects and Bodily Injury Claims
In 2023, Great American’s Risk Management Newsletter Series focused on contract provisions and ways to tighten your contract language to best protect you and your firm. This year we will…
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Reporting a Potential Claim
Reporting a Potential Claim It is very important to report a potential claim or situation to your professional liability carrier as soon as you receive notice. Notice can be a…
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It’s Just An Application For Payment Right?
Like many things you may not have covered extensively (or at all) in architecture school, certifying the Contractor’s application for payment is an underemphasized but critical component of an Architect’s…
Read MoreGREAT AMERICAN 2023 RESOLUTION CHALLENGE TAKE 2: A BETTER CO…
A BETTER CONTRACT Drink more water. Spend less money. Establish an exercise regimen. We all made these cliched New Year’s resolutions to better ourselves as we entered the new year…
Read MoreThe Perfect Storm: Managing & Surviving Concurrent Thre…
Threats to Budgets & Schedules Supply chain. Labor shortages and interruptions. Inflation. All of this and more is challenging the traditional construction industry drivers of schedules and budgets in ways…
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