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Construction contracts provide a foundation for project success or, if done wrong, project failure. Updating your contracts is essential. You should evaluate and update your contracts based on the latest…
ConsensusDocs has just announced published updates to the ConsensusDocs 410 Design-Build (Cost of the Work with a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP)] and the ConsensusDocs 415 Design-Build (Lump Sum) standard agreements…
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…
A Texas appellate court recently ruled that a building permit wasn’t a condition precedent for a construction project. That caught our attention. Can you build a commercial project without a…
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…