Signs of summer—Fielding homeowner warranty calls
Warming weather essentially guarantees builders will get calls like these.
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Insurance and Risk Management
Look to the margins to improve safety for all: ASSP
The American Society of Safety Professionals is working to get business owners to focus on serving the safety needs of
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NAHB rolls out opioid education resources
NAHB recently released educational and training materials to help combat the opioid crisis among construction workers.
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3 ways to reduce construction defect claims
Builders can’t bulletproof their projects from construction defect suits, but they can take steps to limit actual defects.
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7 common warranty claims for builders
Homeowners with a warranty claim believe that all calls are emergencies and are of course warrantable, meaning that the builder
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3 strategies for building on bentonite
There are very effective strategies for building reliable structures in expansive soil zones.
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Lennar partners with Bay Area ‘insurtech’ firm
Changes at Lennar highlight the myriad ways technology impacts the building industry.
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How modular construction impacts builder warranties
First-year warranty claims aren’t so much a result of home quality, but of buyer expectations.
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What are the most commonly claimed issues in construction defect litigation?
One of the most common questions I get is: “What are the most commonly claimed construction defects?”
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The legal woes and (whoas) of expansive soil
We’ve all heard about the breaking slabs, cracking foundations and even the splitting apart of entire houses caused by expanding
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