Be Wary of Over-Reliance on AIA Form Contracts
The construction industry is full with complex, multi-faceted, and multi-party transactions that often feature heavily negotiated legal documents. Typically, each party involved, whether the...
Navigating OSHA’s Rules on Silica Dust Exposure
In recent years, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has promulgated regulations specific to the hazard of crystalline silica dust exposure. This issue...
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...
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...
Public Owner’s Duty to Act in Good Faith
Decision may be helpful for contractors dealing with government entities
Most contractors have worked on projects that were delayed for reasons outside their control. Many...
Labor Shortages Become Project Critical
In January of this year, the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) dropped a number that has reverberated across boardrooms and bid meetings alike: 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...
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...
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...
Avoiding “Intentional Breach” of Construction Contracts
Most contractors are aware of the importance of avoiding so-called “material” breaches of their contracts—i.e., breaches that are significant enough to give the other...









