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By Sarah B. Biser, Esq. Construction Practice Co-Chair, Fox Rothschild LLP. Dispute Review Boards: Overview Problems, disagreements and claims arise in most large and complex construction projects regardless of the…
By: Josh Holt Associate, Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP. In 2012, Virginia’s Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (“JLARC”) issued a report finding that worker misclassification—where an employer improperly classifies…
By: Adrian L. Bastianelli, III Partner, and Jennifer L. Harris Associate, Peckar & Abramson, P.C. Mediation took the construction industry by storm in the late 1980’s and has become a…
You are inexcusably late with construction of a football stadium, a casino, or similar project that generates large income for the owner. The indirect damages, often referred to as consequential…
By: Sarah K. Carpenter at Smith Currie & Hancock LLP The Department of Labor (“DOL”) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFFCP”) issued its 148-page Construction Contractor Technical Assistance Guide…
The Construction Owners Association of America (COAA) is the largest association of construction owners in the United States. COAA just held its Spring Connect conference in downtown Baltimore on the…
What do construction professionals really want from arbitrators, mediators, and dispute review board (DRB) members? Well, ConsensusDocs is hosting a series of ConsensusDocs webinars on July 16, July 18, and…
Liquidated damage clauses are omnipresent in today’s construction contracts—often considered in early negotiations to provide a degree of certainty and limit financial liability. There are two principal types of LDs…
This article discusses instances where parties’ actions during the life of a contract can influence a court’s future interpretation of the contract’s terms, or, in some cases, even waive a…
