View complete article here. A Storied Foundation of Construction Law It’s time to impress your colleagues at the next charity golf tournament with your knowledge of dusty, but, applicable Supreme Court cases about pile driving. Surprisingly, they not only exist — they are the cornerstone of modern American legal principles […]

View complete article here. How to Stay Out of Court by Early, Pro-Active Risk Management Systems – Yours When a pile driving contractor bids a large project, often it literally “bets the company.” The contract, financial, and safety risks are potentially high. Against these steep risks, the contract forms, work […]

View complete article here. It is generally true that with the advent of new technology, business relationships change. Sometimes, that is disruptive of old patterns, and new business patterns emerge that challenge existing ways of doing business, and traditional risk allocations. Such is the case with the electronic drawings – […]

View complete article here. Tony, the Architect on your Project, tells you, after you complain about his 9th rejection of your submittal, that: “I ain’t going to tell you what to do. Just don’t do it unless I approve it.” Sound familiar? To many contractors, the whole process of submittals […]

View complete article here. A Follow-up from Mark J. Rice’s Article ‘Differing Site Conditions’ Issue 30-1. Adapted from Federal Acquisition Regulations, 32.236-2 of FAR. TYPE I – DIFFERING SITE CONDITION (DSC) A type I condition requires that a subsurface condition was encountered which differed materially from what was indicated in […]