Technology and the Law

Can Digital Signatures or Emails Be Used to Create a Valid Contract? Last month, we addressed the question of whether there are limits to what...

The Signed Change Order

A common dispute handled by construction attorneys is the contractor or subcontractor attempting to recover for change order work when there is no written,...
workplace delay

Recovering Delay Damages Despite Timely Completion

Construction projects frequently encounter delays to the work. A delay which is compensable to a contractor is one that was not anticipated when the...

Don’t Borrow Trouble … or Scaffolds

A Georgia stucco contractor learned the hard way that borrowing another subcontractor’s defective scaffolds can result in some heavy OSHA penalties. In the July...

U.S. Supreme Court: We Take Forum Selection Seriously, Even If It...

In the past, contractors may not have paid much attention to whether their contracts contained forum selection clauses to govern contractual disputes, but thanks...

Promising Tech

By Christopher Scott D'Angelo Challenging times can also be opportunities, but only if one knows where to look and has the drive—and capital—for it. Challenging...

Negotiating Change Provisions, Change Orders, and Change Directives

The Greek philosopher Heraclitus once wrote that nothing endures but change. That adage certainly holds true in the construction industry. Nearly every construction project...

What the Contract Doesn’t Say

In reviewing contracts with our clients, we frequently advise on the various key risk management clauses in a construction contract. Terms governing payment, delays,...

Liquidated Damages

“Liquidated damages”—the term strikes fear into the hearts of contractors. Liquidated damages, or LDs as they are often called, are monetary damages imposed by...

Commercially Useful Function

The Federal Government spends billions of dollars annually on infrastructure projects, including highway construction and reconstruction, approximately $40 billion of which goes to state...