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Mistake No. 10 of the Top 10 Horrible, No-Good Mistakes Construction Lawyers Make: Not Treating Your Arbitrator Like Santa

I have practiced law for 40 years with the vast majority as a “construction” lawyer. I have seen great… and bad… construction lawyering, both when representing a party and when serving over 300 times as a mediator or...more

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Federal District Court Holds Engineer Is Qualified Enough, and His Methods Are Reliable Enough, to Testify to Date Wind and Hail...

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In Wings Platinum, LLC v. Westchester Surplus Lines Ins. Co., No. 3:23-CV-2145-D, 2025 WL 391388 (N.D. Tex. Feb. 4, 2025), a federal district court recently held that an engineer with one year and one month of experience...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Put Up or Shut Up: Court Grants Summary Judgment for Steel Sub in Price Escalation Clause Dispute

An Illinois federal court ruled in favor of steel subcontractor Nucor in its contract dispute with Direct Steel. The project involved the construction of pre-engineering metal buildings for the Army Corps of Engineers. The...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Damages in Construction Claims: Are “Actual Costs” Actually Required?

The golden standard for the measure of damages in a construction case alleging defective or incomplete work are the actual costs of completion or repair. That is to say, if there is a breach (or multiple breaches) of quality...more

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Summer Tendering Update: Reasonable Expectations and Negative Contingencies

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A recent decision from the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench and Court of Appeal in Elan Construction considered and clarified two aspects of tendering law....more

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