Consider a Red Team
Contractors seek out projects, bid and bargain for them, and once awarded, staff and manage them, close them out, then repeat the process. What...
Investing in America
For more than a decade, I’ve covered the lack of skilled workers in the trades impacting productivity, profits, and projects across the nation. I’ve...
When Lawyers Use Safety Rules Against You
Safety is always important to a responsible contractor. Concrete work in particular presents hazards including exposure to caustic cement materials and the use of...
Delay Claim Damages: How Do You Prove Them?
Delay claims come in all different shapes and sizes. But, where a delay is compensable, one critical aspect of the ensuing claim is determining...
Payment and Performance Bonds
As a matter of routine, on public projects contractors are required to obtain payment and performance bonds, often combined into one instrument, to guarantee...
The Overlooked Edge
In construction disputes, proving damages often begins with a seemingly simple question: “What will it cost to fix?” Owners, developers, and their consultants routinely...
Innovative Materials
By Danielle Waltz & Alexis Hailpern
We live in an age of innovation where change in our environment creates change in technology and materials. While...
Avoid Fleet Management Nightmares
Construction companies and others who manage fleets of vehicles—whether delivery drivers, on-road equipment operators, sales personnel, or managers who travel between worksites using company...
Concurrent Delays: What Are They and How Are They Addressed?
Delays in the completion of a construction project result in added expense and potential delay damages for both the owner and contractor. There also...
Big Impacts
In March of this year, an unimaginable disaster unfolded in Baltimore Harbor as a massive cargo ship brought down the 47-year-old Francis Scott Key...