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...
OSHA Launches E-Recordkeeping Data Submission Platform
On August 1, 2017, OSHA went “live” with its data submission platform that certain employers will need to use when submitting their injury and...
Federal Court Upholds OSHA’s Expansive Subpoena Power
The United States District Court (E.D.N.Y.) recently ruled that the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) has authority to issue administrative subpoenas duces Tecumseh...
The Spearin Doctrine Is 100 Years Old
Contractors are governed by the terms of their contracts, statutes, regulations, and case law.
The contract can consist of the terms and conditions of the...
Worker Shortage
Since the emergence of COVID-19 two-and-a-half years ago, the unpredicted consequences of the pandemic continue to affect nearly every industry in the United States,...
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...
The Design-Build “Bridging Period”
In the design-build project delivery method, some of the most consequential project decisions are made before the team signs the contract everyone assumes will...
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...
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...
You Gotta Fight… for Your Right… to Early Completion
In Gilchrist Constr. Co., LLC v. Louisiana Dep’t of Trans. and Dev., a Louisiana appellate court recently confirmed that a contractor was able to...