Government Contracting, Construction Law, Zoning, Planning & Land Use

New Laws in Virginia For The Construction and Development Industries

by Chandra Lantz on 5/9/2013

Virginia has several new laws coming on-line beginning July 1, 2013 that will impact the construction and development industries. Tighter restrictions on mechanic's liens, new eminent domain payment standards, transportation...more

Prevailing Wages: Beware of Fee Waivers Even When They are Not Waived

by R. Michael Joyce | Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis... on 5/7/2013

In a surprising determination by the Department of Industrial Relations ("DIR"), a development was found to be a "public work" under Labor Code Section 1771 when a developer, in compliance with a fee ordinance, constructed...more

Al Dotson Is The Champion Of Public-Private Partnerships

by Albert E. Dotson, Jr. | Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP on 3/29/2013

Originally Published in South Florida Business Journal, March 29, 2013. Albert E. Dotson Jr. is a partner with Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod and leads the law firm’s government relations and land development...more

Infrastructure Ontario Requests for Proposals

by Ian D. Shewen, Matthew J. Wilson | Lerners LLP on 3/20/2013

Infrastructure Ontario issues Requests for Proposals to a shortlist of project teams who successfully complete the Request for Qualifications process. The Request for Proposal sets out the conditions and specifications...more

Public Contracting Requirements – Not Just for “Traditional” Government Contractors

by Thompson Coburn LLP on 3/12/2013

Federal and state laws contain many construction-related requirements that are routine for traditional government contracts and contractors. Not routine, however, are applications of these requirements outside the realm of...more

Informational Meeting For DEP Contracting Procedures

by John D. Delahanty, Matthew D. Manahan | Pierce Atwood LLP on 2/4/2013

Our Government Relations and Environmental & Land Use Practice Groups would like to share with you an important notice from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection. Informational Meeting for DEP Contracting...more

Editorial: Work For Smart Development

by Howard Nelson | Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP on 2/4/2013

The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity is a relatively new state agency designed to ensure the continued growth and development of the region without hurting the preservation of our state's precious natural resources....more

Even After Work is Completed and Accepted by the Project Owner, Contractors Have an Ongoing Duty to Maintain Construction Site...

by Jonathan Allen | Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 1/17/2013

On November 21, 2012, the Colorado Court of Appeals issued a decision with potentially far-reaching implications. In Collard v. Vista Paving Corp., 2012 COA 208 (2012), the court concluded that contractors have a duty to warn...more

BuildSouth: Considering Construction Delivery Methods On Public Works

by Nancy Carey | Burr & Forman on 1/17/2013

Originally Published In BUILDSouth, Winter 2013. Historically, in Alabama, the project delivery methods available for owners to de-sign and construct private projects have differed from those delivery methods available...more

Charter Cities Are Not Required to Pay Prevailing Wages on Local Public Works Projects

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 9/5/2012

Labor unions have long been at odds with California charter cities over whether such cities must pay prevailing wages on public works projects. While many charter cities have either not exempted themselves from state...more

Construction Alert: Public Entities Free to Do Their Own Investigations of Construction Bidders

by McCarter & English, LLP on 6/1/2012

In Barr Inc. v. Holliston, issued May 3, 2012, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) gave its stamp of approval to the independent reference checks that public project owners have been conducting, and the...more

Ukraine announce PSA tenders for Skifska and Foroska offshore oil and gas blocks

by Vitaliy Radchenko on 5/30/2012

On 23 May 2012 the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine (CMU) adopted two Resolutions on Holding Tenders for the Award of Production Sharing Agreements (PSA) for the Extraction of Hydrocarbons within the Foros and Skifska Areas...more

It's the End of Redevelopment as We Know It

by Brad Kuhn on 1/4/2012

When Governor Brown took office earlier this year, he was faced with a massive budget deficit – to the tune of $25 billion. While he considered a variety of measures to reduce California's glaring budget problem, Governor...more

Portions of Ohio Construction Reform in HB 153 now active

by Ice Miller LLP on 10/4/2011

The Ohio Legislature, in House Bill 153 (HB 153), significantly changed our century-old public bidding requirements. Some of those changes include increasing the bidding and prevailing wage thresholds and adding new...more

Recent Competitive Bidding Orders

by Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC on 8/15/2011

Maintaining Level Playing Field Key to Overlooking RFP Issue The Commission recently granted the appeal of two schools that had been denied funding by USAC because of competitive bidding issues. In each instance, the...more

May 25, 2011 Cuyahoga County Economic Development Report

by Richik Sarkar on 5/25/2011

Economic development report says Cuyahoga County must make things easier for new businesses (From the Plain Dealer) -- The 28-page report urges local governments to standardize business policies. It pushes for disparate...more

The Year 2010 In Review: Public Works Projects

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/8/2011

This article is the fifth in a series summarizing construction law developments for 2010. In This article: A. Bidding 1. Great West Contractors Inc. v. Irvine School District, 187 Cal. App. 4th 1425 (4th Dist. Aug....more

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