Don't Become a Hostage to Your Pipeline Construction Contractor: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Lien Law Abuse in Pipeline Construction Projects
Article from: OGEL 4 (2007), in Pipelines
Introduction
You have a major pipeline project (repair, new construction, etc.) that will require the pipeline to be offline for several weeks. Every day the pipeline is down or unavailable you are losing revenue. The contractors submitting bids were fully advised of all aspects of the work, and in fact agreed to do due diligence before bidding. You award the contract to the lowest bidder which has assured you that it has the necessary resources and experience to perform the work. Work begins, but immediately you recognize that the contractor is not appropriating sufficient resources to the ...