Termination According to a Contract Provision
- Terminated General Contract Also Terminates Subcontract
Termination for Convenience
- After a Convenience Termination
- Exercising the Election to Terminate for Convenience
- The Schedule’s Role in Termination for Convenience
- Resolving Convenience Termination Disputes
Determining the Amount of the Convenience Termination
- Federal Convenience Termination Cost Principles
- State and Local Convenience Termination Costs
- Under AIA and Other Proprietary Form Contracts
- Subcontractor Costs
Termination for Default
- Contract Termination May Be Limited
- Standard Clauses
- Acts that Justify Default Termination
- Acts that Justify the Contractor’s Default Termination
- Improper Default Termination Changed to Termination for Convenience
- Wrongful Termination
Waiver of Right to Terminate by Default
- Federal Contracts
- Waiver in State and Private Cases
- Waiver of Right to Terminate for Defective Work
- Waiver of Right to Terminate for Failure to Progress
- Waiver of Right to Terminate by Breach of Implied Obligation of Good Faith and Fair Dealing
Determining the Amount of a Default Termination
- Recovery for the Party that Justifiably Terminates
- Recovery for the Party that Is Improperly Terminated for Default
Termination Clauses in Construction and Design Contracts
- Alternate Termination Clauses in Construction Contracts
- Alternate Termination Clauses in Subcontracts
- Alternate Termination Clauses in Design Contracts
- Alternate Termination Clauses in Design-Build Contracts
Termination and the Terminated Party’s Surety
- Sureties and Material Changes in the Contract
- The Declaration of Default
- Surety’s Obligation to Its Terminated Principal
- The Surety’s Obligation to Arbitrate with the Party that Terminates
- Surety Competes for Priority with Lenders
Suspension
- Generally
- Contractor’s Right to Suspend Work
- Owner’s Right to Suspend Work
- Designer’s Right to Suspend Work
- Federal Suspension of Work
- International Suspension of Work