Building Green

Building “Green”

The environmental “green” movement has infiltrated all aspects of daily life. The mantra “reuse, reduce, and recycle” has become commonplace … from schools to...

OSHA’s PSM Standard

By Samantha Catone, Esq. OSHA’s first Process Safety Management Program (PSM) was created in 1992 in response to a series of catastrophic incidents related to...

Freedom to Contract

Are There Limits to What Can Be Included in a Construction Contract? When reviewing a construction contract, the primary goal is to make sure the...

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...

Critical Provisions

Pay-if-paid and pay-when-paid provisions and their legal effect can have critical consequences for contractors on construction projects when an owner becomes insolvent or fails...
Payment and Performance Bonds

Payment and Performance Bonds

As a matter of routine, on public projects contractors are required to obtain payment and performance bonds, often combined into one instrument, to guarantee...

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...

OSHA Expands “Reportable” Incidents in Final Rule

On September 18, 2014, OSHA published in the Federal Register a 60-page Final Rule changing requirements for Injury and Illness Recordkeeping and Reporting under...

Construction Sites

By Christopher Scott D'Angelo Much has been written since the pandemic related shut-down was imposed addressing what rights, liabilities, and remedies may exist between the...
Contractor’s Options in Response to Lower Tier Mechanic’s Liens

What Are the Contractor’s Options in Response to Lower Tier Mechanic’s...

For a contractor, knowing how to record a mechanic’s lien to secure its own payment upstream is one thing. However, knowing what to do...