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“Alternative” Project Delivery Isn’t So Alternative Anymore

AGC Smartbrief recently wrote a story addressing project delivery methods that featured the ConsensusDocs’ design-build and construction management at-risk standard contracts with the following: On the contractor side, ConsensusDocs’ package…

“Families First Coronavirus Response Act”: Emergency Paid Leave for Construction Employers with Fewer Than 500 Employees

By: Sidney Lewis, Partner and Alex Glaser, Partner, Jones Walker LLP. COVID-19 has already taken a toll on construction projects across the nation. Construction industry participants, including general contractors, now…

“He Chose…Poorly: How Bad DSC Clauses Lead to Project Doom in the Last Crusade of Construction Risk”

“We do not follow maps to buried treasure, and X never, ever marks the spot.” That’s the advice that Indiana Jones offered in the Last Crusade film. But what’s beneath…

“It’s My Retainage and I Want It Now!” – Fundamentals to Requirements and Entitlement for Retainage

Ever found yourself thinking, “It’s my retainage, and I want it now!” like a contractor echoing J.G. Wentworth’s famous jingle? For contractors and subcontractors, that withheld chunk of cash—typically 5-10%…

“License and Registration, Please.” The Big Risk of Getting Busted for Working without a Proper Contractor’s License.

By: Christopher A. Henry Atlanta Litigation Attorney, Mia Hughes Summer Associate, Jones Walker LLP. The need for contractors to maintain the proper contracting license may seem like a mundane, clerical…

“Pay-if-Pay” Clauses and Their Effect on Commercial Payment Bond Claims

By: Allison B. Kingsmill, Jones Walker, LLP Can a surety refuse to pay an otherwise legitimate bond claim if the subcontractor’s agreement with the general contractor contains what is known…

10 Reasons Why Subcontractors Should Love ConsensusDocs

During the 10 years since its founding, ConsensusDocs has developed a comprehensive catalogue of more than 100 documents that protect the best interests of the project rather than a singular…

4 Ways the PRO Act Would Impact the Construction Industry

By: Andrew M. MacDonald Partner, Fox Rothschild LLP The Protecting the Right to Organize Act (the “PRO Act”) is a proposed law that would dramatically rewrite the National Labor Relations…

4 Ways to Mitigate Construction Disputes

4 Ways to Mitigate Construction Disputes Resolving construction disputes in litigation (court or arbitration) can be expensive and may drag on for years. Most disputes could have been avoided, or…