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What is an Escalation Clause?

Prices keep fluctuating and builders cannot absorbed huge fees, this presentation explains why Escalation Clauses are our new normal.

Bio: Scott Hertz

Scott Hertz is an experienced litigator and focuses his practice on the areas of construction law, breach of contract, commercial law, and real estate litigation. He represents clients in front of Southwest Florida government agencies dealing with licensing, permitting, land use issues and ordinances that impact his clients. Partnership disputes and business breakups are another area of representation.

Hertz has a practical background in construction and development, he was a builder/developer in Southwest Florida and earned licenses as a realtor and general contractor in the State of Florida, which he has maintained to the present day. This enables Hertz to understand construction scope documents and plans to help resolve disputes more efficiently as an attorney.

Hertz’s broader experience includes technology industry experience at IBM Global Solutions, followed by the creation of his own technology consulting company, providing project management, system architecture and business process engineering for Fortune 1000 companies. Hertz’s overall business acumen provides clients with effective direction to deliver their legal needs to support a company’s business performance.

Scott Hertz is the General Council for the CCCIA and Aloia|Roland are Industry Partners of the CCCIA.