The Lien Zone Podcast: Construction Law, Contracts, Liens, Bonds & Collections

A Notice of Nonpayment, similar to a lien, is a document that’s sent to the bonded contractor and his or her surety, advising them that you’re owed money on a job and you intend to look to the bond to be paid. In order to assert your claim against the payment bond, you need to …

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My clients frequently ask me why the release says $10 when they are picking up a check for much more money. According to the law, $10 is simply a “recitation of consideration.” It doesn’t really mean $10; it means some amount of money. The problem is $10 isn’t specific enough. If you are expecting a …

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Don’t sign that joint check agreement until you listen to this. On this episode,  Alex is going to tell you everything you ever wanted to know about joint check agreements and how you can best protect yourself and ensure that you get paid if you’re a sub or a supplier or if you’re a GC …

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Have you ever wondered which form of standard contract is better? Or if you should invest in your own custom agreement? We’ll answer that question on this episode. Alexander Barthet is a board certified construction attorney in Florida and holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering. He manages The Barthet Firm, a 12 lawyer construction law firm …

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On this episode, Alex will answer a question we get on a pretty regular basis, which is under the lien law, when is my last date of work? When does the 90 days actually start to run? What we found is the easiest way to answer this question is actually to tell you when this …

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On this episode, we’re going to talk about how I saved a client over $100,000 even after he forgot to send his notice to owner. This contractor who thought he lost $100,000, but only after he came to us did he realize that he fell into a very narrow exception in the lien law. This …

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Having an written agreement is the first step in any successful construction project. On this episode, Alex will go over a few terms that should be included in all of your contracts. Alexander Barthet is a board certified construction attorney in Florida and holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering. He manages The Barthet Firm, a …

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On this episode, we’re going to answer the question of whether or not you should pick up the phone and assign your rights to that collection company that called you out of the blue and said they were going to get you paid. Alexander Barthet is a board certified construction attorney in Florida and holds …

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On this episode, Alex going to answer a question that we get on a fairly regular basis: should I include weekends and legal holidays when calculating the notice-to-owner and claim-of-lien or bond deadline? The answer is yes. Listen to today’s episode and you’ll hear why. Alexander Barthet is a board certified construction attorney in Florida …

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So you never actually had a formal “contract” signed when you started working on the project. No problem when everything is running smoothly. Even better when you experience no setbacks, everything falls into place perfectly, and the project is finished on time and under budget. You can get away with not having an agreement in …

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