Drone Usage
Beneficial on projects—but they’re not toys
By Christopher Scott D’Angelo
Drones are used more and more in construction projects—whether for inspections, surveys, designs, monitoring, progress reports,...
Is Arbitration All It’s Cracked Up To Be?
In the late 1980s, early 1990s, alternative dispute resolution came on the scene and was all the rage as a means to effectively and...
Subcontractor Injuries
Determining Liability and the Responsible Party
By Thomas M. Buckley
In today’s legal landscape, contractors need to be on guard against claims for an injury to...
Costs for the Contractor’s Acceleration of Work
Contractor delays may occur in maintaining the construction schedule milestones or in achieving the overall completion date, or more accurately, the date of substantial...
Escalation Clauses a Continued Necessity
As we embark on another year, we are buffeted by industry analysts’ trend reports assessing years past and providing forward-looking advice. Universally, these experts...
OSHA’s New Regulatory Agenda Revealed
On July 3, 2013, the U.S. Department of Labor released the regulatory agenda for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). While much of...
Scope of Work
Few items in a construction contract are more important than a clear, well-defined scope of work that, in detail, outlines the work a contractor...
Payment Remedies in Construction Contracts
Contractors typically have a number of powerful remedies to obtain payment for contracted construction services, either by forcing compliance with payment requests or elevating...
Unpreventable Employee Misconduct: Series on the Affirmative Defense
By Anthony M. Kroese, Esq. and Samantha V. Catone, Esq.
In the final part of this four-part series on the “unpreventable employee misconduct” defense to...
What About Taxes?
By Christopher Scott D’Angelo
In the July 2020 article, I focused on contractor responsibilities for operations and worksite safety relating to COVID-19 and the pandemic...