Miami Business and Commercial Law Blog

Construction projects in Florida vary in size and complexity, but many involve various different types of trades in order to complete the project. This is especially true for large projects such as office buildings and apartment buildings. These types of projects will include heavy equipment operators, steel workers, electricians, people to put up sheetrock, painters and many more professionals. Generally, there is not one company who will do all these tasks, so construction projects generally involve many different companies to do each specialty.

So, usually there is a general contractor who oversees the whole project and hires the various subcontractors to complete specialized parts of the project. These various subcontractors will also complete their part of the project at various times since oftentimes certain steps in the overall project must be completed before the next step in the project begins. This also means that these subcontractors will be expecting payment at various times throughout the project.

Businesses in Florida generally enter into contracts in order obtain some benefit for their companies. There are a variety of types of contracts that they enter into, in which one business provides goods or services to another for compensation. These contracts can be very lucrative, but since many businesses offer similar goods or services, there can be competition among them to secure contracts and the compensation that comes with these contracts.

Generally, this is honest competition, but there are times when a business may purposely interfere with an existing contract in order to gain something for themselves. If a business engages in this type of behavior, they could be guilty of tortious interference. This occurs when one company knows of an existing contract, intends to interfere with that contract, there was in fact interference and the interference was improper. Finally the interference must harm the other party financially.

People and businesses in Florida generally conduct their businesses by offering certain goods and services in exchange for money or other consideration. At a very basic level this type of offer and acceptance creates a contract between the parties. These can be very complicated, though, so many times these contractual relationships are put into writing and signed by the parties to ensure the performance of both parties to the contract.

However, before the final contract is finalized, there is oftentimes negotiations regarding the terms before they are finally agreed upon by both parties. This can lead to contract disputes. One such dispute that may arise is that one party may revoke a previously made offer that the other side believed they already accepted. This can lead to a dispute regarding whether the offer was accepted or not, because a contract is not formed until offers are accepted.

There are many buildings and other structures in Florida, and none of them built themselves. Each building required construction, and given the different aspects of any building project, they often require a general contractor and then various subcontractors to complete various aspects of the project. All of the people involved must do their job in order to complete the project correctly. Then, once their jobs are completed, they need to receive the compensation that they earned.

To help ensure that the work is completed by the contractors and subcontractors as well as to ensure that people are paid for their work, these various people sign contracts. These could be contracts between the owner and the general contractor or contracts between general contractors and subcontractors. Contracts can be broken, though, and when that occurs there can be disputes that arise and lead to construction litigation.