Vicarious Liability for Sexual Harassment
It should come as no surprise that the brand of humor enjoyed by workers on many construction sites is not for the faint of...
Understanding Contract Payment Provisions
Payment terms and conditions are an important piece of every construction contract. Taking some time to understand your payment obligations will help you successfully...
Standard of Care
By William S. Thomas
These words by artist, architect, and designer Eero Saarinen—always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context—challenge modern...
Building Costs and Legal Battles
Litigation surrounding the Trump administration’s tariff policies continues to dominate news cycles. Just recently, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit heard...
From Blueprints to Bytes
For years, construction has relied on custom and tradition, combined with sweat, steel, and human grit. But now, a new kind of worker has...
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...
Unpreventable Employee Misconduct: Series on the Affirmative Defense – Part 2
Part 2 of 4: Effective Communication Methods
By Anthony M. Kroese, Esq. and Samantha V. Catone, Esq.
In part one of the four-part series addressing the...
Delay Claim Damages: How Do You Prove Them?
Delay claims come in all different shapes and sizes. But, where a delay is compensable, one critical aspect of the ensuing claim is determining...
When Lawyers Use Safety Rules Against You
Safety is always important to a responsible contractor. Concrete work in particular presents hazards including exposure to caustic cement materials and the use of...
Avoiding Transaction Pitfalls
Getting to the proverbial “closing table” is not as easy as it looks. Every commercial real estate transaction comes with ups and downs and...