Resolving Delay Claims In Real Time

Delay damage claims can be difficult, time consuming, complex, and expensive. Some of this is the nature of the claims themselves. But another contributing...

How to Make a Bad Situation Worse

It is said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting a different result. In a recent...

Know Your Contracts

By Danielle Waltz and Alexis Hailpern “Except in the middle of a battlefield, nowhere must men coordinate the movement of other men and all materials...

Evaluation Disputes

By Nicholas T. Solosky The Contract Disputes Act (CDA) creates the framework for handling “claims” against the government on Federal contracts. Contract claims most commonly...
Minimizing OSHA Liability

Minimizing OSHA Liability : More Than an Ounce of Prevention

OSHA penalties can be costly. In fact, a single “repeat” or “willful” violation can result in a penalty of $126,749. And, if you have...
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Protection Liability

Vetting commercial general liability protection against construction defect claims There is nothing new about general contractors including terms in their subcontracts that require subcontractors to...

OSHA Policy Gives Teeth to Temporary Worker Enforcement

On July 15, 2014, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration issued a policy document on its temporary worker initiative (TWI), which has now been...

Nailing AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming part of our daily lives, at work and at home. As the use of AI increases, so will various...

Public-Private Partnerships

Public-private partnerships, also referred to as P3s, are an emerging alternative for public entities attempting to finance and execute improvements to public infrastructure in...

Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises

Qualifications, certification process, and participation goals by state By Laura Colca Historically, the construction industry has been a Caucasian, male-dominated trade, from general contractors, to engineers,...