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On 9 July 2024, the Supreme Court unanimously held that collateral warranties deriving from or reflective of the primary building contract, and merely promising continued construction, are not generally considered agreements...more
Welcome to our eighth issue of 2024 for our construction industry insights e-newsletter - The Site Report. Atlantech Decision Enforces Important Lessons About Avoiding Double-Payment Jeopardy in North Carolina...more
Bricker Graydon's construction attorneys are proud to present "Top Gun," our premier Midwest construction claims seminar. This seminar will cover: - Important construction concepts, including key contract language, best...more
An article considering the Supreme Court’s decision in Abbey Healthcare, which decided that a typically worded collateral warranty is not a construction contract for the purposes of the Housing Grants, Construction and...more
You did not get paid for your labor and material, so you ask, what can I do? Alabama’s lien law provides you an opportunity to place a lien on the property for certain unpaid amounts for labor and materials. If you follow the...more
Kilpatrick attorneys secured a significant decision for contractors and subcontractors performing work in Pennsylvania. The Third Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed District Court Judge William S. Stickman’s award of...more
When a party fails to comply with a condition precedent, especially if such a provision includes a time limit for the fulfilment of the obligation, it will often advance various arguments to avoid the consequences of...more
In a significant decision on April 17, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld significant penalties and attorney fees awarded to C.J. Hughes Construction Company, Inc. under the Pennsylvania Contractor...more
The construction sector uses two main types of contracts. The first type, called a “measurement contract,” is a contract whose underlying principle is accuracy. In this type of contract, the contractor’s consideration...more
Fantastic news! The deal has come together—for construction of the steel bridge or for placement of the exterior panels on the downtown high-rise or for the dirt work at the site of the new energy plant. All the hard work,...more
In an unpublished opinion, a California appeals court has upheld a subcontractor’s mechanics lien claim despite the subcontractor’s failure to strictly follow the procedural requirements set forth in the mechanics lien...more
In this Insight, Zaynah Mirza considers the case of CLS Civil Engineering Ltd v WJG Evans and Sons (a partnership) [2024] EWHC 194 (TCC) which concerned a number of issues including whether the terms of the letter of intent...more
In the dynamic world of real estate development, the orchestration of real property documents (such as leases, easements, or purchase agreements that are collectively referred to here as “site control documents”) plays a...more
A mechanics’ lien is a powerful remedy that provides a contractor with a priority lien on a property and a fast means of being made whole if payment is not rendered at the completion of a job. In order to successfully obtain...more
I have practiced law for 40 years, with the vast majority spent as a “construction lawyer.” I have seen great… and bad… construction lawyering, both when on the other side of a dispute, as well as when serving well over 300...more
When negotiating design and construction contracts for large projects, it is common for sophisticated parties to push to the end of their negotiations the half-dozen or so provisions that one side or the other has...more
In the case of Bellway Homes Limited v Surgo Construction [2024] EWHC 10 TCC, the court addressed whether it is possible to start a smash & grab adjudication but also a claim based on true value adjudication as a secondary...more
General Contractors may seek to condition payments to Subcontractors by using “pay-if-paid” or “pay-when-paid” clauses in their contracts. Typically, as the name suggests, pay-when-paid provisions concern the timing of...more
Considering all that can go wrong on a construction site, it can seem like a miracle that anything is ever built. Construction projects can be massive undertakings, often with millions of dollars at stake, requiring the...more
Change orders are a fact of life for construction projects. They can be challenging even when the owner and contractor agree on the scope, price, and schedule impacts associated with the change. Change orders are far more...more
In Short - The Background: Indemnity clauses are often included in contracts and can be extremely valuable, but they also raise many potential challenges to enforcing them, including state statutes, common law...more
Most construction contracts include provisions detailing how and when a contractor must provide notice of claims, or events that may lead to future claims, for additional compensation and/or time. These contract provisions...more
As a construction and design attorney who both negotiates contracts and litigates disputes, I’ve evaluated many a project gone wrong because of the rights, obligations, and remedies allowed by contract terms. Too often as...more
A Texas court has rejected a pipeline contractor’s $25 million claim for additional costs based on broad release language include in an executed change order (see Wood Group, USA v. Targa NGL Pipeline Company, LLC, No....more