Contingent Payment Clauses: How to Make Them Viable

Contingent Payment Clauses: How to Make Them Viable

Many standard subcontracts contain what in construction parlance is referred to as a contingent payment clause, which provides that a subcontractor’s payment from a...

When to Stop Digging

In its recent “DIRT Report,” the Common Ground Alliance featured an interactive tool that showed sobering year-to-year statistics on the frequency of underground utility...

New OSHA Injury/Illness Recordkeeping Mandates Are Here!

On May 12, 2016, OSHA published its final rule modernizing injury and illness (I/I) data collection and requiring that most OSHA-regulated employers submit their...
Safety clothes

Defining Clothes

Supreme Court weighs in on payment for putting on protective gear It is rare that safety-related cases make it to the highest court of the...

Big Impacts

In March of this year, an unimaginable disaster unfolded in Baltimore Harbor as a massive cargo ship brought down the 47-year-old Francis Scott Key...

Panacea or Pariah?

The ever-evolving construction industry landscape forces contractors, design-build firms, and design professionals to seek innovative ways to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and remain competitive...

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...

The Third-Party Plaintiff and the Certificate of Merit

An owner’s belief that there is a defect in the contractor’s work is a common source of construction disputes throughout the country. When such...
Time Is Money

Construction Law Recognizes That “Time Is Money”

A contractor’s ability to make a steady profit depends not just on the ability to complete projects, but on the ability to complete them within...

Worker Shortage

Since the emergence of COVID-19 two-and-a-half years ago, the unpredicted consequences of the pandemic continue to affect nearly every industry in the United States,...