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King & Spalding

COVID as a Force Majeure Event - An Interesting and Unexpected Development in Singapore

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The Appellate Division of the Singapore High Court recently provided the construction industry with interesting, and somewhat unexpected, guidance regarding COVID as a force majeure event in the context of construction...more

Kilpatrick

8 Key Takeaways | Hot Topics in Construction Contracting

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Partner Brian Gaudet recently presented on “Hot Topics in Construction Contracting” at the Association of Corporate Counsel Houston Chapter Meeting. With the continuing impact of Covid-19, the supply chain crunch, world...more

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8 Key Takeaways - Hot Topics in Construction Contracting

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Kilpatrick Townsend Partner Brian Gaudet recently presented on “Hot Topics in Construction Contracting” at the Association of Corporate Counsel Houston Chapter Meeting. With the continuing impact of Covid-19, the supply chain...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

COVID-19 Impacts On Construction Contracts: Legal Arguments For And Against Performance

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As members of the construction industry are well aware, COVID-19 has created, and continues to create, production delays that have caused uncertainty in the availability and pricing of materials. Questions continue to be...more

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman PC

Spring Cleaning: Review Your Contracts to Account for Ongoing COVID-19 Concerns

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At this point, avoiding the cliché is, well, unavoidable. We are now past the one-year mark of the COVID-19 pandemic and much has changed. You don’t need a construction attorney to tell you so. While things have changed, we...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Construction Conference Roundup: Roundtable Session Covers Employment Contracts, PPP Documentation, How To Vet Private...

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The roundtable Q&A session in Ward and Smith’s virtual 2020 Construction Conference covered a range of issues, from employment matters to vetting private clients, based on questions from attendees. Ward and Smith attorneys...more

Stoel Rives - Ahead of Schedule

Pandemic Creates Cause to Rethink Overlooked Contract Provisions

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The last time my byline appeared in this column, we were just a few weeks into the government-ordered lockdown, and I pondered whether construction projects could — or should — continue. In the year since, the construction...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Impact of COVID-19 on Construction and Infrastructure Projects: An On-Site Perspective

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On January 14, 2021, Skadden and BDO Consulting co-hosted a webinar discussing the impacts of COVID-19 on complex construction projects. The program was based in part on the perspectives of owners and contractors surveyed by...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

COVID-Related Construction Claims: 4 Key Strategies for Recovery

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The construction industry has seen increased costs and contract performance concerns resulting from the impacts of COVID-19. For construction firms contracting with the government, it is critical to understand how to positon...more

Kilpatrick

5 KEY TAKEAWAYS: COVID-19 Claims: Its Impact and You

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COVID-19 has had a major impact on all aspects of our daily lives, including construction and projects. Claims, delays, losses of productivity, and PPE have developed and arisen from this new pandemic. Moderated by Kilpatrick...more

Shutts & Bowen LLP

COVID-Confusion: Force Majeure and Executive Orders

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Amid the unprecedented conditions that businesses have been forced to operate under, real estate and construction professionals in particular may be struggling to navigate pandemic related legal challenges in their markets....more

Porter Hedges LLP

Substantial Compliance – When The Contract Doesn’t Always Mean What It Says

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As COVID-19 continues to result in government shutdown orders, labor shortages, and increased lead times to acquire materials, project owners, contractors, and subcontractors may begin to make claims of “force majeure,” or...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

[Webinar] Real Estate Webinar Series - Dispute Resolution - September 1st - 3rd, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm PT

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As businesses in the real estate industry grapple with the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, disputes are on the rise. Understanding your contractual rights early on can help you minimize your litigation risks and exposure...more

Gould + Ratner LLP

Best Practices for Coping With Project Modifications, Suspension and Termination During the Age of COVID-19

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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, owners and developers find themselves facing the prospect of continued project disruptions. While almost every governmental shutdown order has allowed construction activities to continue as...more

Snell & Wilmer

Delay and Disruption Claims in the Time of COVID-19

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Delay and disruption claims are always a risk in the best conditions on a construction site. Never more so than during the global pandemic brought about by COVID-19. Since President Trump declared the COVID-19 pandemic a...more

Troutman Pepper

Level 10 Construction v. Sea World LLC: Can Force Majeure Save Sea World?

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On June 8, 2020, Level 10 Construction, LP (“Level 10”), a construction company hired by Sea World San Diego (“Sea World”), filed a Complaint in California federal court alleging that Sea World is withholding over $3.2...more

Hogan Lovells

Force majeure claims in future waves of COVID-19: four key actions

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As countries emerge from lockdown, talk turns to The Return of COVID-19. Here’s how to succeed in future force majeure claims and stop your projects from becoming what sounds like a second-rate horror movie....more

Akerman LLP

COVID-19 Related Renovations: Key Terms Owners Should Include in All Construction Contracts

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As businesses begin to reopen following the COVID-19 shut down of 2020, it is clear that the "business as usual" model will no longer work. Rather, companies have had to make changes not only in their policies and practices,...more

Jones Day

Construction Projects and Disputes: A Look Beyond the Lockdown, Part III

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[co-author: Juan Huertas] Even as the world gradually eases out of lockdown, deals are rekindled and services are remobilized, no one doubts that the impact of the pandemic will continue to be felt for months and, some...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Unknown Territory: Allocating Risk in International Construction Contracts in the Time of COVID-19 and Beyond

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COVID-19 has impacted international construction projects in historic and largely unanticipated ways. Construction workforces have evaporated under enforced stay-at-home orders and concerns about worker and societal health...more

Bennett Jones LLP

Post-Pandemic Construction Claim Planning?—A Practical Approach

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The COVID-19 pandemic is having a profound impact on construction projects across Canada causing delays, lost productivity, increased costs and lost profits. To mitigate the impact of these risks, it is imperative that...more

King & Spalding

Tokyo Dispute Resolution & Crisis Management Newsletter – June 2020: Coronavirus & Construction Contracts - Causation, Force...

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Large construction projects, by their very nature, carry significant commercial and financial risk for the parties involved. Contributing to this overall risk is the reality that an act of nature or other circumstance beyond...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Practical Considerations under FIDIC Contracts in Light of COVID-19

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The outbreak of the coronavirus has been an unprecedented event affecting every industry, including construction. To ensure their entitlement to an extension of time, costs, or even termination, parties to construction...more

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Contractor Disruption Claims Driven by COVID-19

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Introduction: COVID-19 Contractor Disruption Claims - When push comes to shove, and it has, how confident are you that your company will bring to bear the expertise and resources necessary to successfully pursue a valid...more

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Addressing COVID-19 Related Delays in Construction Contracts

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You signed a construction contract in February. Then, in March, the world as we know it changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether you’re the project owner or the contractor, you may now face delays to your project due to...more

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