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Husch Blackwell LLP

Subsurface Risk in EPC Contracts – Addressing Issues Before They Surface

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Allocating subsurface risk is always a key point of negotiation between owners and contractors in engineering, procurement, and construction (“EPC”) contracts, given its potential price and schedule impacts. Parties can...more

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Risk Awareness and Mitigation in Disaster Recovery: During a Catastrophe

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In 2022, the United States experienced 18 separate weather and climate disasters costing at least one billion dollars according to NOAA. In 2023, that number rose to 28 separate billion dollar weather events. The frequency...more

Maynard Nexsen

SBA JV Agreements: Continued Awareness is Key to Avoiding Compliance Risks

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As many contractors have known for quite some time, the U.S. Small Business Administration (“SBA”) regulations provide detailed requirements for joint venture agreements, and failure to meet any of the regulatory requirements...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

PREVAILING WAGE REMINDER: Local, State And Federal Prevailing Wage Obligations Vary Greatly

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Contractors, developers, architects, owners, project managers and even public bodies often ask the same obvious question when dealing with any type of prevailing wage ordinance or law, “what are my obligations?” While...more

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Three Tips for Owners and Contractors to Improve Success in 2021

Congratulations! It’s no longer 2020! Yet 2021 begins as déjà vu for the present time. We should anticipate a slow vaccine rollout, ongoing COVID-19 disruptions and possible shutdowns, the need to keep projects under strict...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Best Practices: Change Orders - Things to Watch for in Negotiations

It is the rare construction project that is completed without any change in the work. In most sophisticated construction projects, the contractual mechanism for managing these changes involves the issuance of a change order....more

Snell & Wilmer

Design Professional Best Practices for Successful Project Delivery and Loss Prevention

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...The design professional may want to consider recommending to the owner/client an appropriate scope for site investigation. If scope is limited due to budget, that should be documented. The design professional may want to...more

Gray Reed

Fighting the Four Horsemen of the Workforce Apocalypse

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Since at least 2008, Flood, Fire, Famine and Pestilence have ravaged the construction workforce across America. In the downturn, many workers left the industry never to return. Others left the U.S. and have not returned. ...more

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