Settlement Clauses – Buyer Beware
Contractors have claims on projects all the time. Contractors seek additional compensation and time extensions on projects for many legitimate reasons. Some owners have...
Do I Need An Expert Witness? How Do I Find One?
When contractors get involved in arbitration or litigation, a question that the contractor and its counsel will often have is whether an expert witness...
OSHA Tightens VPP Eligibility
OSHA’s longstanding, often-praised “Voluntary Protection Program” (VPP) recognizes employers and workers in both the private and federal sectors who implement effective safety and health...
Getting to Know Your Contract
Take time to review your contract and become familiar with key requirements and obligations.
After a contract is successfully negotiated and signed, it is vitally...
Coordination and Cooperation
Generally speaking, every construction contract has an implied obligation that the parties won’t interfere with the work of others on a project. Sometimes, though,...
Tips to Help Navigate Insurance on Projects
By Aman Kahlon
In the modern era, most construction contracts incorporate insurance requirements as a primary means to address the risk of unexpected occurrences that...
Liquidated Damages Clauses
Where a contractor has been delayed by an owner (or by a third party for whom the owner is responsible), that contractor may be...
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...
OSHA Silica Enforcement Gathers Momentum
The first full year of OSHA’s enforcement of its new crystalline silica standard has been completed for the construction sector, and data is now...
Documentation 101
Sometimes disputes are simply unavoidable. Whether addressed at the project level or through litigation, construction disputes often involve a series of interrelated, complex issues...









