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Doing Business in Civil Law Countries – What to Know to Avoid Major Pitfalls and Key Areas of Concern During the Negotiation Process

By: Olivier Larzul, Special Infrastructure Counsel, and Olesya Sidorkina, Associate, Peckar & Abramson, P.C. Globalization of the construction industry is a reality and one that may afford many U.S. contractors significant profit…

Effectively Managing Project Closeout: It Ends Where It Begins

By: William E. Underwood, Associate, Jones Walker LLP Project closeout is sometimes one of the last things on a contractor’s mind at the beginning of a project, but project closeout…

Five Contract Clauses Altering Payment That Every Contractor Must Understand

By: Shoshana E. Rothman, Partner, Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP The contract is king in the construction industry, and although many contract forms are similar, disputes arise over the variances…

Incorporation by Reference and Flow Down Obligations

By: Richard S. Robinson Senior Counsel, Peckar & Abramson, P.C., New York, New York How Low Does It Flow? Can a General Contractor Rely upon an “Incorporation By Reference” Clause…

Licensing Failures: One Strike and You Are Out

By: William L. Baggett, Jr., Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP Over three decades ago, I obtained my first law license. After the bar exam, my sarcastic, long-time mentor remarked that…

Navigating Through Deletions to the Scope of Work

By: Dorthy Koncur, Associate, Peckar & Abramson, P.C. Disputes regarding changes in the scope of work constitute one of the most frequently litigated areas of construction law. Although the vast…

New Certification Requirements for Veteran-Owned Small Business Concerns and Service-Disabled Veteran-owned Small Business Concerns Seeking Public Procurement Contracts

Effective January 1, 2023, Veteran-Owned Small Business Concerns (VOSBs) and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concerns (SDVOSBs) will be required to obtain Small Business Administration (SBA) certification to participate in any…

Plans and Specs Gone Wrong, and How to Deal with It

By: Todd Heffner, Associate, Jones Walker LLP Plans and specs can be misinterpreted by the owner causing a contractor to do extra work or buy more expensive materials, and this…

Progressive Design-Build a Hot Contracting Topic That’s Gaining Attention

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…

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