workplace violence

OSHA AND WORKPLACE VIOLENCE

Mitigate Risk: Effective Strategies for Employers By Justin Kaplan, Esq. “Hey, how you doing?” engineer Joseph Scott asked coworker and fellow engineer DeWayne Craddock in the...

Avoiding Transaction Pitfalls

Getting to the proverbial “closing table” is not as easy as it looks. Every commercial real estate transaction comes with ups and downs and...

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...
Building Green

Building “Green”

The environmental “green” movement has infiltrated all aspects of daily life. The mantra “reuse, reduce, and recycle” has become commonplace … from schools to...
Unpreventable employee misconduct

Unpreventable Employee Misconduct: Series on the Affirmative Defense

Part 3 of 4: Self-Inspection By Anthony M. Kroese, Esq. and Samantha V. Catone, Esq. In parts one and two of this four-part series addressing the...

Line of Defense

There are few things more crippling to the progress and budget of a project than a contractual default. Needless to say, the best preventive...
woman in construction

Inclusion: A Critical Element for Workforce in Construction and Design

By Kristine A. Kubes A skilled workforce is an indispensable element of successful design and construction in the United States. Projects begin with the designs...

Where-Oh-Where?

Validity of Forum Selection Clause in Construction Contract Goes to Supreme Court. Sophisticated parties to a construction contract will often negotiate the manner, location, forum,...
personnel

Who’s In Charge?

In planning a construction project, one of the first decisions an owner must make is deciding who should be hired to manage and oversee...
Delay Claim Preclusion

Delay Claim Preclusion for Failure to Meet Contractual Notice Provisions— An...

When a contractor encounters delays on a project, one of the first prerequisites in response thereto is to determine the notice requirements under the...