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Construction & Payment Disputes
Liens, prompt payment, defects, delay, change orders and bonds for owners, general contractors and specialty subcontractors in Texas.
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Construction & Payment Disputes
A Lien Was Filed on My Property. How to Remove an Invalid Lien in Texas
Texas gives owners a fast summary motion to remove a lien filed late or without required notices, a bond procedure to clear title now, and damages for a fraudulent lien.
Construction & Payment Disputes
Change Order Disputes: Getting Paid for Extra Work
Texas enforces change order clauses, but an owner who directed and accepted extra work can waive them. Since 2023 a contractor may decline unsigned extra work above ten percent.
Construction & Payment Disputes
Claims Against Architects and Engineers: The Certificate of Merit Rule in Texas
A claim against an architect, engineer or surveyor must be filed with an affidavit from a same-discipline Texas professional detailing each error. Without it the case is dismissed.
Construction & Payment Disputes
Construction Defect Claims in Texas: Who Is Liable and for How Long
In Texas the party who promised the work is liable in contract, designers for their own errors, and the deadlines stack: four years, two years, and a ten-year outer limit.
Construction & Payment Disputes
Delay Claims and Liquidated Damages on Construction Projects
Texas enforces no-damages-for-delay clauses except for owner interference or bad faith, and liquidated damages only when the harm was hard to estimate and the sum a fair forecast.
Construction & Payment Disputes
Disputes Under AIA and Other Standard Form Construction Contracts
Standard forms run disputes through their own steps: a written claim, the Initial Decision Maker, mediation, then the forum the parties checked. Few Texas statutes override them.
Construction & Payment Disputes
Documenting a Construction Dispute: Logs, Photos, Notices and Emails
Construction cases are won on paper: the contract set, logs, dated photos, notices with delivery receipts, pay apps and the emails around them, kept from the first sign of trouble.
Construction & Payment Disputes
How Mechanic's Liens Work in Texas
A Texas mechanic's lien is a statutory claim against the improved property for unpaid construction work: created by notices and a recorded affidavit, enforced by foreclosure suit.
Construction & Payment Disputes
Lien Waivers in Texas: The Statutory Forms and the Common Mistakes
Texas enforces a lien waiver only on one of four statutory forms, signed, and for a conditional waiver, actually paid. Advance waivers in contracts are void. What each form does.