OSHA’s New Fall Protection Rule Offers Flexibility—But Will It Last
On November 18, 2016, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) issued its 513-page final rule modifying its requirements for walking-working surfaces (WWS), fall...
Victory for Insurance Policyholders
Contractors responding to construction defect claims often face a conundrum: to repair or not to repair. Early claims on projects may give contractors notice...
What Are the Contractor’s Options in Response to Lower Tier Mechanic’s...
For a contractor, knowing how to record a mechanic’s lien to secure its own payment upstream is one thing. However, knowing what to do...
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...
Confined Space Deaths Trigger GDC Litigation
A contractor recently succeeded, on appeal to the Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission (OSHRC), in getting a General Duty Clause citation issued in...
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...
Owner Concerns
By Danielle Waltz and Patrick Estill
The modern contractor is no stranger to dealing with increased building costs and delays in getting project inputs to...
Making Claims for Additional Money Under a Fixed Price Contract
When a contractor bids a fixed price job, it has to make a series of assumptions about what its direct costs to complete the...
Project Schedules
Being able to recreate to isolate specific events
By Aman Kahlon
Despite many construction disputes centering around schedule delays, maintenance and updating construction schedules remains one...
OSHA Reform Legislation Heightens Enforcement Consequences
On March 22, 2013, Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) and 10 other Senate democrats introduced S. 665, the “Protecting America’s Workers Act” (PAW Act). This...