Seven Things You Need to Know About the Proposed Mechanic’s Lien Revisions Filed in the N.C. General Assembly on May 22, 2012 by Matt Bouchard on 5/23/2012 Legislation revising North Carolina's mechanic's lien law was filed in both the House and Senate sides of the N.C. General Assembly on May 22, 2012. While not the ambitious rewrite that members of the construction bar...more
Significant Changes to California's Mechanics Lien Law Coming July 1, 2012 by Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 5/17/2012 Effective July 1, all of the existing statutes governing mechanics liens, stop notices and payment bonds in California will be repealed and replaced by updated statutes. In September 2010, Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr....more
Awarding Authority Can Look Beyond DCAM Materials When Determining “Responsible” Bidder by Drew W. Colby by Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP on 5/11/2012 The highest Court in Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (“SJC”), has just ruled that an Awarding Authority may look beyond the Department of Capital Asset Management (“DCAM”) certification materials in...more
Appellate Court Applies Prevailing Wage Laws to Landscape Maintenance Work on Government-Owned Property by Sedgwick LLP on 5/10/2012 California's prevailing wage laws generally require that persons employed on public works receive "not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages for work of a similar character in the locality in which the...more
Drafting & Negotiating Risk Allocation Provisions for Public Owners by Christopher Brown on 4/26/2012 My PowerPoint presentation to CSTCA annual meeting program on public construction issues....more
Bid Protests: Look Before You Leap by Matt Bouchard on 4/25/2012 Analyzing the potential merits of a bid protest is a fact-intensive exercise requiring the assistance of counsel. If you think your facts might support blocking the award of a construction contract, it is absolutely...more
"Best Value" Bid Does Not Create New Procurement Method in Virginia by Chandra Lantz on 4/24/2012 The Supreme Court of Virginia concluded last week that the Virginia Public Procurement Act requires contracts for professional services to be awarded to the lowest responsible and responsive bidder, even if the public...more
NCDOT Is Accepting Davis-Bacon Wage Surveys for Highway Construction Until 4/11/2012 by Matt Bouchard on 4/3/2012 The North Carolina Department of Transportation ("NCDOT"), in conjunction with Carolinas AGC ("CAGC") and the Carolinas Asphalt Paving Association ("CAPA"), is conducting a Highway Construction Wage Survey to determine the...more
Legal Alert: Damon Key's quarterly update - Construction Law, Renewable Energy, Appellate Developments, and Premises Liability... by Robert Thomas on 4/2/2012 Legal Alert: Damon Key's quarterly update - Construction Law, Renewable Energy, Appellate Developments, and Premises Liability (Feb. 2012) ...more
U.S. House Punts On Long-Term Highway and Transit Investment by Matt Bouchard on 3/30/2012 Despite passing the U.S. Senate by a bipartisan 74-22 vote earlier this month, legislation reauthorizing how our nation's highway and transit programs are funded stalled this week in the U.S. House. [See full article below...more
Federal Small Business Subcontracting Plans by Fox Rothschild on 3/28/2012 With limited exceptions, unrestricted federal procurements over $650,000 ($1.5 million for construction of any public facility) include Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) clauses 52.219-8 (Utilization of Small Business...more
Real Estate Newsletter - March 2012 by Karanovic & Nikolic Law Office on 3/27/2012 On 21 March 2012 the Government of the Republic of Serbia enacted the Decree amending existing decree on conditions and manner under which local government is authorized to dispose of or lease construction land either at a...more
Government Contracting: Protection through Proper Documentation and Recordkeeping by Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 3/23/2012 The days of companies in any industry, especially the construction industry, relying on government contracts to sustain operations during the remainder of the after effects of the Great Recession are likely over. In fact, due...more
Contractor Payment Protections in Public Private Partnerships Under Nevada Law by Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 3/22/2012 On February 23, 2012, the Snell & Wilmer Infrastructure Development and Project Finance Industry Group hosted “Moving Nevada Forward,” its first annual forum on Nevada public private partnerships. The event was well attended...more
"Construction in Saudi Arabia: the next big thing?" (as published in Asian Counsel magazine) by Ben Cowling on 3/21/2012 With the decline in the economies of the developed world, many construction and infrastructure companies are broadening their horizons. In particular, there has been huge interest in construction in the Kingdom of Saudi...more