Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 41: Employment & Labor Law Issues for Construction Companies with Bridget Blinn-Spears of Maynard Nexsen
7 Key Takeaways | Ethics in Construction Contract Negotiations and Claims
Somos ’24 More Than Before: Conference Recap with DHC's Sean Crowley & Bianca Rajpersaud
Artificial Intelligence in Construction Contracts – Evaluating the Risks and Benefits
Webinar ¦ Benefits of Using AI in Construction
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 28: Construction Compliance with Joan Moore and Mim Munzel of The Arbor Consulting Group
DE Under 3: OFCCP’s New Revisions & Additions to its Construction Contractor Compliance Audit Tools
Residential Contractor Boot Camp
DE Under 3: OFCCP Resurrects Proposal for Monthly CC-257 Employment Utilization Reports for Construction Contractors
DE Under 3: FAR Council Issued Final Rule Requiring Unionized Workforces on Large Federal Construction Projects
Podcast: Owner’s Outlook: Managing Risks in an Ever-Changing Construction Environment - Diagnosing Health Care
Clocking in with PilieroMazza: DOL Finalizes Landmark Changes to Davis-Bacon Act: What Federal Construction Contractors Need to Know
Construction Roundtable: Top 4 Legal Risks for Federal Construction Contractors
Podcast: Owner's Outlook: National Trends in Construction Claims - Diagnosing Health Care
4 Key Takeaways | The Future of Construction, Infrastructure and Energy Disputes in the Endemic Age
Podcast: Owner's Outlook: HCA's Clint Russell on Health Care Construction Pricing and Innovation - Diagnosing Health Care
8 Key Takeaways | Hot Topics in Construction Contracting
Podcast: Owner's Outlook: Maximize and Safeguard Reimbursement Through Design - Diagnosing Health Care
The ESG Report - From Sustainability to ESG in Construction with Tommy Linstroth
Podcast: Owner's Outlook: Renovating and Expanding Critical Access Hospitals in a Volatile Market - Diagnosing Health Care
Unexpected devastating weather events such as hurricanes, tornados, earthquakes, fires and other natural disasters can strike at any time, leaving construction projects in disarray. While Mother Nature is often unpredictable,...more
Since February 2025, numerous tariffs affecting the construction industry have been announced, imposed, and paused. These tariffs present a problem for parties drafting and negotiating construction contracts—namely how to...more
Tariff Policy Shifts Introduce New Real Estate Risks - Over the past few months, there have been significant changes to tariffs by the United States and other countries around the world....more
What are key legal strategies for managing risk in the fast-evolving world of data center development? In this informative webinar, you'll learn principles of risk allocation, the influence of emerging technologies, common...more
In this Insight, Shy Jackson takes a look at the decision of John Sisk and Son Limited v Capital & Centric (Rose) Limited [2025] EWHC 594 (TCC) where the court had to grapple with interpreting a contract which was kept on a...more
The tariffs enacted and proposed by the Trump administration have created a cause for concern among industries worldwide, and the construction sector is no exception. Imported goods are often essential to a construction...more
A federal judge in Louisiana has dished out some harsh criticism of contractors who don’t reduce their contracts to writing. The case involves the decommissioning of 26 orphaned oil and gas wells near Baton Rouge. The...more
Construction is an industry with a long history that stretches back thousands of years. Over time, the industry developed its own specialized language. Indeed, the “Oxford Dictionary of Construction, Surveying and Civil...more
In January 2022 Donovan Hatem LLP (Now MG+M The Law Firm) established a Task Force consisting of professional liability insurance underwriters, brokers, engineers and architects, and lawyers knowledgeable and experienced in...more
Under the guaranteed maximum price (GMP) construction contract delivery method, great care and attention must be given by the owner in setting the GMP, usually done by way of a “GMP Amendment,” following the CM’s submission...more
For your next construction project in New York, securing commercial general liability coverage as an additional insured may not be as simple as it would appear. Recent court rulings have interpreted the terms of insurance...more
Driven by growing housing needs, clean energy policies and a high volume of telecommunications transactions, demand for Canadian infrastructure projects have been rising. However, recently announced US tariffs on Canadian...more
In light of the Trump administration’s imposition of 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, construction industry stakeholders are facing renewed cost pressures and potential project delays. This alert discusses how...more
Join Cohen Seglias Government Contracting attorneys Michael Payne, Casey McKinnon and Steve Tobin for an in-depth discussion on how to protect your rights on dredging projects with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)....more
In this Insight, first published in the March 2025 edition of the NEC Newsletter, Shy Jackson considers the topic of the “battle of the forms” in the context of a recent Scottish case, Caledonia Water Alliance v Electrosteel...more
My colleague (Graham Quinn) recently wrote an article about the potential financial impact of the impending steel and aluminum tariffs on the construction industry. See hyperlink: The Impact of President Trump’s Steel and...more
Drafting and negotiating subcontracts can be tricky for both general contractors and subcontractors. General contractors are caught in between owners and subcontractors as the ones that will be held responsible for the work...more
Liquidated damages are intended to provide predictability to the owner and contractor as to the financial consequence of not completing a project in a timely manner. Since liquidated damages are intended to compensate the...more
In the UK Court of Appeal decision in Sky UK Limited and Mace Limited v. Riverstone, authoritative guidance has been provided on certain key principles that apply to Construction All Risks insurance policies....more
During the first Trump administration and the pandemic, contractors frequently demanded contract terms allowing price adjustments if the cost of materials increased due to tariffs or pandemic-era supply chain disruptions....more
The 2024 Oregon Legislative Assembly enacted SB 1575 (Or Laws 2024, ch 112) amending ORS 30.140 to limit public bodies from imposing certain indemnity obligations on construction professionals. The change applies to public...more
Artificial Intelligence will impact construction in ways that are both predictable and unexpected. Similar to technologies such as Building Information Modeling (BIM) and GPS, the use of AI hopes to make construction safer,...more
The Idaho Supreme Court recently issued its decision in Moyer v. Doug Lasher Construction, Inc., clarifying several critical issues in construction law and the application of the statute of limitations on summary judgment....more
While disputes can occur in any type of commercial transaction, construction contains a unique mix of “ingredients” that increase the likelihood that disputes will arise. Whereas most commercial transactions involve only a...more
The prospect of 25 percent tariffs being imposed on all steel and aluminum imports by the newly elected Trump administration, together with the 10 percent increase on tariffs already levied on Chinese imports, has created...more