Legal Solutions
Liquidated Damages Clauses
Where a contractor has been delayed by an owner (or by a third party for whom the owner is responsible), that contractor may be...
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...
Revised Cost-of-Work Agreement
ConsensusDocs has revised its short form agreement popular for small and medium-size projects.
The ConsensusDocs Coalition was founded in 2007 under the leadership of 20...
Avoiding Transaction Pitfalls
Getting to the proverbial “closing table” is not as easy as it looks. Every commercial real estate transaction comes with ups and downs and...
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...
What the Contract Doesn’t Say
In reviewing contracts with our clients, we frequently advise on the various key risk management clauses in a construction contract. Terms governing payment, delays,...