Investing in America
For more than a decade, I’ve covered the lack of skilled workers in the trades impacting productivity, profits, and projects across the nation. I’ve...
OSHA Focus is on Violation, Not Fatality
OSHA’s burden in a fatal accident case is not to prove that a violation caused a worker’s electrocution death, but to prove that it...
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...
Key Considerations in a Fixed-Price Construction Contract
Of the many concerns an owner must navigate during the pre-construction process, one of the most critical issues to be resolved is how the...
The Cost of Going Paperless
Tips for Managing Electronic Document Costs in Litigation
When project claims are pursued in litigation, contractors are often blindsided by the costs associated with the...
OSHA Forecast 2017
The dust has barely settled from the most contentious presidential election in history, and it is clear that big changes are in store for...
U.S. Supreme Court: We Take Forum Selection Seriously, Even If It...
In the past, contractors may not have paid much attention to whether their contracts contained forum selection clauses to govern contractual disputes, but thanks...
Unpreventable Employee Misconduct: Series on the Affirmative Defense – Part 1
Part 1 of 4: Contractor Work Rules
By Anthony M. Kroese, Esq. and Samantha V. Catone, Esq.
What is a contractor to do when, despite its...
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...
Have our Contracts Become too One-Sided?
Times have changed. We all recognize it. They have changed in the way we interact with people, in the way we do business, engage...