COVID-19

“Families First Coronavirus Response Act”: Emergency Paid Leave for Construction Employers with Fewer Than 500 Employees   

By: Sidney Lewis, Partner and Alex Glaser, Partner, Jones Walker LLP. COVID-19 has already taken a toll on construction projects across the nation. Construction industry participants, including general contractors, now…

ADR for Construction Disputes During COVID-19: How to Manage Dispute Resolution Before and After the Dust Settles

By:  Albert Bates Jr., Partner, & R. Zachary Torres-Fowler, Associate, Pepper Hamilton LLP.  Days after the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a global pandemic, governments from around the world scrambled to enact measures aimed at mitigating…

Client Alert – Coronavirus (COVID-19) – Guidance for Contractors

By: Levi W. Barrett, Esq., Steven M. Charney, Esq., Warren E. Friedman, Esq., and Christopher B. Kinzel, Esq., Peckar & Abramson, P.C. The Coronavirus has been the subject of an…

ConsensusDocs Addresses Coronavirus Delay Risk Explicitly, Other Standard Documents Do Not 

ConsensusDocs contracts, such as ConsensusDocs 200 Owner/Constructor Agreement with General Conditions, section 6.3.1(j) explicitly allows for delays that are reasonably due to epidemics. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) A201 nor any other standard construction contracts, explicitly mention…

ConsensusDocs Announces New Contractual Tools to Help Address COVID-19 for Construction Contract Issue

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ConsensusDocs Announces New Contractual Tools to Help Address COVID-19 for Construction Contract Issue Today, ConsensusDocs announced expanding access to the contractual tools used to help address the…

CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS CONSENSUSDOCS CREATES FAIR AND DETAILED AGREEMENTS—ESPECIALLY IN THE TIME OF COVID-19

By Alexandra Pecci In green building projects, every detail matters, and specifying those details in construction contracts provides a clear road map for reaching green building goals, whether it’s calling…

Continuous Cessation of Labor on Construction Projects Can Trigger Statutory Remedy Deadlines

By: Luke Nicholas Eaton, Associate, Pepper Hamilton LLP. State and local governments throughout the country continue to issue orders in response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Many states have…

Coronavirus Impact on Construction Contracts Recording

What proactive steps you can take to address COVID-19 risks? Listen to this short segment of a webinar given by ConsensusDocs Coalition Executive Director Brian Perlberg, Esq. CM-Lean that highlights…

Coronavirus is Here: What Does That Mean for Your Project and Your Business?

By: Alexander Gorelik, Associate, Joshua E. Holt, Associate, Brian N. Krulick, Partner, Shoshana E. Rothman, Partner, A. Michelle West, Associate, Brian S. Wood, Partner, Smith Currie COVID-19 Resource Center Force Majeure…

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