b'- - - - ~ resident\'sArticle- Q Got Liabilities??? ByDaly MRCA President John Believe it or not, there used to be a daywhenthemostwetalked about liab was when it related ilities tonet worth.Thesedays,we are constantlyfindingwordinginbid documents that shifts liabilities to sub-trades, especially roofers. This is most evident in the construction management racket where struggling general contractors precopes tend to be experts in writing sof work that include work that is not Yes, we are gettingtypical for our trade. On the averscrewed slowly andage,my companyenjoysscopes thatcombineroofingandsheet methodically.metal because that is what we do. Now we not only h roof expanave sionjoints,wehaveinterior and exteriorfloor andwallexpansion joints.increased popular bond. We all had alaugh butRoofing, has recently expressed his With thegood ity of air barriers we are typicallyIdmay be aconcernsaboutourexposure. understan thiscommon responsible for barriers behind outpractice in other cities.While it is an incrediblefor his task metalwallpanfils,butspecifiersWe received a letter some timecommittee, they will be addressing writea specforairbarriersandago discussing how aadditionour liability issues at our upcoming new construction managers do not wanttoanexisting school was taggedmeetings. it to be split up between trades sowith graffiti by neighborhood kids.An important part of this process suddenly we are responsible forThe letter stated that the owner wasis input from. Ideas, optheyou inions, barriers behind the masonry."gracious"enough topay for theand personal experiences will help Ignorance appears to be fashion cleanup because it was in an areathe committee focus their d tion. irecable these days, but the underlyingturnedovertotheowner.TheyPleasefeelfreetoe-mailRick at reason we are seeing these changesreminded all subcontractors on theRick@texasroofin or myself g.comat re is liability. We a responsible forjobthatwhile theownerhasjdaly@kawroofandmetal.com with themostimportantpartofthebuilder\'sinsurance, there is aany andallcomments.Your Risk buildingenvelopeanditonly$50,DDD.DDd tiblethat"theinvolvement is critical to educ maintainmakes sense to an owner to pointcontractor" is responsible for.ingthe provenreputationof the Who their finger at as few contractors asdecideswhichcontractorisMRCA as the "roofers advocate". thisn, possiblewhenthereisblameresponsible is today any one\'sHope you are having a fu safe involved.guess, including thepersonwhoand p summer and I look roductive We are also seeing more Generalwrote the letter.forward to seeingyou inKansas Contractors requesting (as directedAreyouseeinga trend here?City for our 60thl Con Nationa ferby their in companies) per Yes,are getting screwed slowlyen ,28 -30. surancewece October onds formance and payment b fromand methodically. Your chairman of those contractors involved with theour bu man comsinessagement building envelope. Aback wemittee,RickBirkmanwithTexas while had acontractor request a general 110%performanceandpayment 3'