Drafting Contract Clauses: Considering Alternative Clauses to the Same Old, Same Old

Recorded On: 11/13/2013

Starting with the major form documents - the AIA and ConsensusDOCS - the discussion examines the principles underlying the form clauses, and suggests several alternatives, for clauses such as those dealing with the following: indemnity; differing site conditions; no damage for delay; and dispute resolution.

Richard H. Lowe

Partner, Duane Morris LLP

Richard H. Lowe concentrates his practice in construction and commercial litigation and construction law. He handles complex construction litigation, arbitration and mediation matters, for owners, contractors, design-builders, design professionals, sureties, subcontractors and suppliers, and has drafted and negotiated complex construction and design contracts for hospitals, schools, universities, power plants, and other industrial, commercial, and institutional uses. Mr. Lowe is a Fellow of the American College of Construction Lawyers, and recently he was elected to a three-year term to College’s Board of Governors. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and is LEED Certified. Mr. Lowe repeatedly has been named as a "Super Lawyer" in construction in Philadelphia.

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