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The statute of repose for claims involving construction defects, for example, is usually seven years from the date of completion of the project. In a product liability claim against an original seller, the statute of repose is 10 years.

Under the new statute of repose, all civil actions in tort, contract, or otherwise for defects in design or construction must be commenced within two years after the cause of action accrues, and any action that accrues more than seven years after substantial completion of construction is barred unless the injured party ...

A statute of repose focuses on immunizing the alleged injuring party from long-term liability, and thus may even be based on elapsed time from an event, even if the potential cause of action cannot reasonably be discovered until a later date.

Addenda are written text or drawings that modify or interpret the bidding documents including the Drawings and Specifications issued after the bidding documents have been issued to bidders, but before the opening of bids (see RD3. 2). (See FM.3 for addenda issuing procedures.)

2020). Recognizing the tension between protecting defendants and depriving a plaintiff of a cause of action regardless of when the injury is discovered, legislatures tend to make the time limitations contained in Statutes of Repose longer than statutes of limitations; most are typically between six and ten years.

A "changes in the work" clause is an essential part of any construction contract and allows the parties to agree in advance to a process for making changes to the work and pricing those changes. All major standard form agreements address changes in the work, usually as part of the general conditions.