Letter from the Editor -
Welcome to the final 2017 edition of our Under Construction newsletter. It is hard to believe that 2018 is right around the corner!
In this issue, we highlight several topics affecting the...more
12/11/2017
/ Commercial General Liability Policies ,
Construction Contracts ,
Construction Industry ,
Construction Project ,
Deadlines ,
Endorsements ,
Insurance Industry ,
Liquidated Damages ,
No Damage For Delay ,
Prevailing Wages ,
Prompt Payment ,
Public Projects ,
Required Documentation ,
Wage and Hour
Welcome to the fall 2017 edition of our Under Construction newsletter. We hope your summer has left you relaxed and refreshed to make the final push to successfully finish out the remainder of the year.
In this issue, we...more
9/7/2017
/ Attorney's Fees ,
Breach of Warranty ,
Change Orders ,
Construction Contracts ,
Construction Industry ,
Construction Project ,
Contract Terms ,
Delays ,
Implied Warranties ,
Jurisdiction ,
Non-Signatories
Letter from the Editor -
Welcome to the spring 2017 edition of our Under Construction newsletter. We hope 2017 is off to a good start for you and your company.
An issue that seems to commonly come up in cost-plus...more
3/20/2017
/ Appeals ,
Arbitration ,
Building Information Modeling (BIM) ,
Commercial Insurance Policies ,
Construction Contracts ,
Construction Industry ,
Contract Terms ,
Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
General Contractors ,
Good Faith ,
Promissory Estoppel ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Real Estate Development ,
Subcontractors ,
Termination for Default ,
Trump Administration ,
Waivers
Letter from the Editor -
Welcome to the Fall 2016 edition of our Under Construction newsletter. We hope your summer has left you relaxed and refreshed to successfully finish out the remainder of the year.
Most...more
9/8/2016
/ Caltrans ,
Commercial Leases ,
Construction Contracts ,
Construction Industry ,
Contract Disputes ,
Contractor's License ,
Contractors ,
Denial of Insurance Coverage ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Infrastructure ,
Insurance Claims ,
Insurance Industry ,
Landlords ,
Licensing Rules ,
Property Improvements ,
Redeterminations ,
Tenants
Welcome to the first edition of our Under Construction newsletter for 2016.
Indemnity laws and clauses are a big part of construction contracts. They can make or break a project. Defend and indemnify obligations have the...more
Welcome to the fall edition of our Under Construction newsletter. The first article in this edition highlights the pros and cons of joint venturing on a construction project, and items to consider in preparing the joint...more
9/10/2015
/ Construction Industry ,
Contract Termination ,
Contractors ,
Cost Recovery ,
Joint Employers ,
Joint Venture ,
NLRB ,
Subcontractors ,
Suppliers ,
Termination ,
Terms and Conditions ,
Wage and Hour ,
Women-Owned Businesses
Although it seems self-evident that participants to a construction project would not want to commence work without first obtaining signatures on a written contract, it happens all too frequently, even on big projects. At...more
Letter from the Editor -
Welcome to the summer edition of our Under Construction newsletter. In this issue, we highlight several hot topic items affecting the construction industry such as what happens when the...more
6/15/2015
/ Amended Legislation ,
Appeals ,
Architects ,
Construction Contracts ,
Construction Defects ,
Construction Industry ,
Construction Liens ,
Contractors ,
General Contractors ,
Liens ,
Little Miller Act (LMA) ,
Payment Bonds ,
Performance Bonds ,
Public Projects ,
Service of Process ,
Subcontractors ,
Subcontracts
In 2014 Barack Obama issued over 30 executive orders as promised in his State of the Union Address. At least three of these orders are notable and will impact federal contractors and workers performing construction and...more
Hot Button Issues in Colorado Construction -
Liability for owners, developers, contractors and design professionals -
A construction defects measure, which was introduced to the state legislature in the 2014...more
The successful execution of a construction program in terms of meeting time and cost objectives has always been dependent on effective planning. The increasing complexity and cost of today's construction programs highlight...more
On February 19, 2014, a Nebraska state district court judge invalidated a portion of a Nebraska law that had, until the decision, permitted an alternate, streamlined method of obtaining eminent domain authority for the...more
In a relatively recent case, Metcalf Construction Co. v. U.S., 107 Fed. Cl. 786 (2012), the U.S. Court of Federal Claims once again looked to the critical path method (CPM) in determining the allocation of damages in a...more
Welcome to our final issue of Under Construction in 2013. We hope your year has been filled with health, happiness, peace and prosperity. We thank you for your readership, and we continue to appreciate the opportunities we...more
The economic loss doctrine generally holds parties to the benefits, burdens and obligations set out in their contracts and bars tort claims such as negligence, misrepresentation and theft for purely economic loss when a...more
Welcome to the fall 2013 issue of Under Construction. In this issue, we focus on the economic loss doctrine and how the different courts in our firm’s footprint treat it similarly and differently. We hope you enjoy our review...more