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Bridging Documents and Design-Build Warranties: Building Bridges to Avoid Pitfalls

Design‐build has continued its steady ascent in both the private and public spheres, revolutionizing how stakeholders approach construction projects. By melding design and construction responsibilities into a single point of…

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Bright-Line Changes: Prompt Payment Act Trends

Untimely payment by the owner for contract work and additional work on construction projects can place an unfair financial burden on contractors and subcontractors.  Most states have attempted to eliminate…

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Build America Buy America Act – Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Compliance and Waivers in the Spotlight

While contractors incur the extra costs involved, agencies have slowly begun to implement  Build America, Buy America Act Pub. L. No. 117-58 (“BABA”) requirements after the final Office of Management…

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Build America, Buy America Act (BABA) – Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Compliance In the Spotlight

BABA is the most expansive domestic preference law in American history, requiring all federal funding on state and local projects to meet minimum BABA requirements for (1) iron and steel,…

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Build America, Buy America Act Final Guidance Effective October 23, 2023

The Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) August 14, 2023, final guidance for the “Build America, Buy America” (BABA) Act requirements went into effect on October 23, 2023. OMB’s final…

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Build Your Construction Contract On Solid Ground: Know The Documents You Incorporated By Reference!

By: Bradley Earl Sands, Associate, Jones Walker, LLP. A construction contract is the foundation of any construction project.  But a foundation is only as strong as the ground it is built…

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Building a Case: Document Management for Construction Litigation

By: Robert A. Gallagher, Jane Fox Lehman, and Michael I. Frankel, Pepper Hamilton LLP   Success in construction litigation often turns less on counsel’s ability to craft legal arguments and…

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Call for Presentations for AGC-Sponsored Construction Super Conference

The 2024 Construction Super Conference (CSC) will occur at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas from December 9 – 11, 2024, and offer continuing legal education. This year’s Call for Presentations…

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Can an Unlicensed Contractor Recover Damages?

An Alabama appellate court decision held that an unlicensed contractor may not recover any damages from another party regardless of its conduct on the project. This begs the question: When can an…

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