Managing an OSHA Inspection
Know your rights before, during, and after the visit
By Samantha Catone, Esq.
An unexpected visit from OSHA can be daunting and stressful. While many employers...
Contract Payment Provisions: A Primer for Prompt Payment
By Anthony M. Kroese, Esq.
Despite best-laid plans, a construction project can stall to a halt without a smooth payment process. Often construction contracts include...
Getting to Know Your Contract
Take time to review your contract and become familiar with key requirements and obligations.
After a contract is successfully negotiated and signed, it is vitally...
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...
Learning Curves & Lost Productivity Claims
By Christopher S. Drewry
In construction, productivity is often viewed as manhours per unit of work—greater productivity means fewer manhours spent per unit of work....
Licensing Concerns for Expanding Construction/Design Firms
By Kristine A. Kubes, J.D.
Success in business is often commensurate with growth. But growth in construction and design is loaded up with risk, due...
Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises
Qualifications, certification process, and participation goals by state
By Laura Colca
Historically, the construction industry has been a Caucasian, male-dominated trade, from general contractors, to engineers,...
Q Is for Concrete
A summary of OSHA regulations governing concrete construction
Concrete and masonry construction is covered under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) under what is...
Unpreventable Employee Misconduct: Series on the Affirmative Defense
Part 3 of 4: Self-Inspection
By Anthony M. Kroese, Esq. and Samantha V. Catone, Esq.
In parts one and two of this four-part series addressing the...
Look … Up in the Sky. It’s a Bird, It’s a...
In December 2018, it was revealed via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request that on May 18, 2018, the Occupational Safety & Health...