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Navigating the Executive Order Ending Affirmative Action and DEI for Federal Contractors: Essential Steps for Compliance

Overview of Executive Order 14173 Federal contractors, subcontractors and grantees have until April 21, 2025, to comply with President Trump’s Executive Order (“EO”) 14173 entitled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring…

Navigating the Latest Changes in ConsensusDocs Short Forms

ConsensusDocs recently introduced noteworthy updates to its most used prime and subcontract agreements, detailed here.  In this article, we’ll take a closer look at the revisions made to the short…

Negotiating Material Escalation Clauses

By: Jeanne M. Harrison Associate, Smith Currie & Hancock LLP. Negotiating Material Escalation Clauses I recently bought a new home. One thing I noticed during my house search: new homes are…

New Certification Requirements for Veteran-Owned Small Business Concerns and Service-Disabled Veteran-owned Small Business Concerns Seeking Public Procurement Contracts

Effective January 1, 2023, Veteran-Owned Small Business Concerns (VOSBs) and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concerns (SDVOSBs) will be required to obtain Small Business Administration (SBA) certification to participate in any…

New Consensus Contract Template Offers Lean Practices to Enhance Design-Build Project Delivery

By: Jason Ebe Partner, Snell & Wilmer. Lean construction aims to minimize waste of materials, time and effort and increase the productivity and effectiveness of construction work. ConsensusDocs (“CD”), a…

New ConsensusDocs 242 Design Professional Change Order Form Helps Facilitate Compensation for Changes in Design Services

ConsensusDocs is publishing a new ConsensusDocs 242 Change in Services and Compensation, a change order for design services by a design professional. In the design and construction industry, one thing is…

New Decision Creates Mandatory Litigation Stay in Favor of Arbitration

On June 23, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States in Coinbase, Inc. v. Bielski held that all federal courts must stay litigation proceedings while a motion to compel arbitration is…

New Executive Order Calls for Review on Contractors’ Use of Temporary Foreign Labor

Lori Ann Lange Partner and Sabah Petrov, Associate Peckar & Abramson, P.C.                 In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its detrimental impact on American workers, on August 3, 2020,…

New Master Subcontract Agreement by ConsensusDocs

By: Brian Perlberg, Executive Director, ConsensusDocs The ConsensusDocs Coalition just published the new Standard Master Subcontract Agreement Between Constructor and Subcontractor and the Standard Project Work Order. The master agreement…