Contractors’ Construction Warranties

Contractors' Construction Warranties Prepared by: Mark C. Friedlander t SCHIFF HARDIN LLP. 6600 Sears Tower Chicago, Illinois 60606. t f Materials and Equipment Owners of Construction projects are virtually never a position to be able to thoroughly supervise and inspect a An important interest of any owner of a Construction project Construction contractor's work. Whether an owner retains a is that the materials and equipment used by the contractor design professional or Construction manager or uses its and incorporated into the Construction be proper, functional own employees to observe the Construction , it is neither and in accordance with the design. The vast majority of practical nor possible for the owner to assure itself fully that Construction contracts contain a provision in which the the Construction is being performed in a proper manner and contractor warrants these facts to the owner. The General in accordance with the design. Conditions of the Contract for Construction published by the American Institute of Architects2 (the AIA General Contractor's Warranties in Construction contracts are Conditions ) contains a common version of an express designed to meet this need.

the roofing system fails after the expiration of the contractor’s one year callback warranty but during the duration of the vendor warranty, the vendor may be liable for the ensuing damages even if the contractor is not. Most vendor warranties are limited as to scope and remedy. They ordinarily exclude certain kinds of problems

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