WEBINAR ALERT : October 16th, 2025 - Managing the Risk in CM At-Risk
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Progressive Design-Build a Hot Contracting Topic That’s Gaining Attention  Engineering News-Record (ENR) Magazine recently wrote a thought-provoking article entitled “Will Claims by Contractors on Big Design-Build Projects Ever End?” Progressive design-build…
Read MoreBy: Levi W. Barrett Partner, Nathan A. Cohen Partner, Peckar & Abramson, P.C. For centuries the ability to construct sophisticated structures has been the yardstick for measuring civilizations. Naturally, as our…
Read MoreIn a May 16, 2025, order, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia enjoined the Department of Defense (“DOD”) and the General Services Administration (“GSA”) from enforcing the…
Read MoreWhat Every Federal Government Contractor and Subcontractor Needs to Know Key Takeaways As of January 22, 2024, project labor agreements (“PLAs”) are required on direct federal construction projects of $35…
Read MoreIn January 2024, the federal government implemented a requirement that contractors on any large-scale federal construction contract – one valued at $35 million or more – enter into a project…
Read MorePROMISSORY ESTOPPEL – Your friend when asked to do change/extra work with no written change order 
By: Paulo Flores, Esq. Partner, Peckar & Abramson, P.C. The Problem: Have you ever run into the following situation:  The Project Owner insists on performance of change or extra work…
Read MoreGlobal cybercrime costs are expected to reach $10.5 trillion annually by 2025. (Cost of a Data Breach Report, 2024, IBM). Cybersecurity is not a partisan issue — the government has…
Read MoreCareful consideration should always be given to both the long-term cost of a dispute and the potential to recover those costs. Construction disputes can be very expensive, with attorney’s fees…
Read MoreConstruction projects can be inherently risky – often there are multiple parties (owners, architects, engineers, contractors, subcontractors, consultants, vendors, government officials, sureties, insurers, and many others), unforeseen site conditions, tangled…
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