Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 41: Employment & Labor Law Issues for Construction Companies with Bridget Blinn-Spears of Maynard Nexsen
7 Key Takeaways | Ethics in Construction Contract Negotiations and Claims
Somos ’24 More Than Before: Conference Recap with DHC's Sean Crowley & Bianca Rajpersaud
Artificial Intelligence in Construction Contracts – Evaluating the Risks and Benefits
Webinar ¦ Benefits of Using AI in Construction
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Episode 28: Construction Compliance with Joan Moore and Mim Munzel of The Arbor Consulting Group
DE Under 3: OFCCP’s New Revisions & Additions to its Construction Contractor Compliance Audit Tools
Residential Contractor Boot Camp
DE Under 3: OFCCP Resurrects Proposal for Monthly CC-257 Employment Utilization Reports for Construction Contractors
DE Under 3: FAR Council Issued Final Rule Requiring Unionized Workforces on Large Federal Construction Projects
Podcast: Owner’s Outlook: Managing Risks in an Ever-Changing Construction Environment - Diagnosing Health Care
Clocking in with PilieroMazza: DOL Finalizes Landmark Changes to Davis-Bacon Act: What Federal Construction Contractors Need to Know
Construction Roundtable: Top 4 Legal Risks for Federal Construction Contractors
Podcast: Owner's Outlook: National Trends in Construction Claims - Diagnosing Health Care
4 Key Takeaways | The Future of Construction, Infrastructure and Energy Disputes in the Endemic Age
Podcast: Owner's Outlook: HCA's Clint Russell on Health Care Construction Pricing and Innovation - Diagnosing Health Care
8 Key Takeaways | Hot Topics in Construction Contracting
Podcast: Owner's Outlook: Maximize and Safeguard Reimbursement Through Design - Diagnosing Health Care
The ESG Report - From Sustainability to ESG in Construction with Tommy Linstroth
Podcast: Owner's Outlook: Renovating and Expanding Critical Access Hospitals in a Volatile Market - Diagnosing Health Care
In Luke, Inc. v. Berkley National Insurance Company, 2025 WL 2210783 (W.D. Tenn. 2025), the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee determined that the “completion” of a construction project for...more
Builder’s risk insurance is a cornerstone of effective risk management in the construction industry. It offers protection against a variety of physical and financial risks that can impede the successful and timely completion...more
On April 3, 2025, a Texas state appeals court reversed a trial court order awarding Exxon Mobil $25 million under an umbrella insurance policy issued by Lexington Insurance Co. to Brock Services Ltd. The appeals court found...more
Property insurance for projects under construction can be significantly complex. Insuring renovation projects under a builder’s risk policy will often require more care in crafting a policy that provides adequate protection....more
For your next construction project in New York, securing commercial general liability coverage as an additional insured may not be as simple as it would appear. Recent court rulings have interpreted the terms of insurance...more
Colony Insurance Company v. Titan Restoration Construction, Inc., Fla. 4th DCA, No. 4D2023-2908, January 8, 2025 - Colony Insurance Company’s insurance policy with the general contracting company, Titan Restoration...more
In the wake of increasingly frequent natural disasters, construction insurance has become more critical than ever. While many stakeholders view insurance as just another project cost, it is actually your first line of defense...more
A December 31, 2024, decision from the Supreme Court of Idaho found that adequate notice to an insured required more than the delivery of a policy and, due to the insurer’s failure to do so, coverage under a pre-existing...more
An owner, general contractor (GC) and subcontractor (Sub) were sued by injured workers at a construction site, and they were defended by the Sub’s insurer, U.S. Specialty Insurance Company. U.S. Specialty tendered their...more
There’s been plenty of litigation over whether construction defect claims qualify for coverage under a CGL policy. This month, we discuss two federal circuit court rulings (First and Seventh Circuits) that reach opposite...more
Understanding coverage exclusions in a subcontractor’s commercial general liability insurance policy can be a daunting task. What the insuring language of the policy appears to provide, may be taken away through a policy...more
Should a contractor’s Commercial General Liability (CGL) insurance policy cover the expense of uncovering defective work causing damage to the owner’s property as well as the costs of exposing or accessing damaged building...more
The Connecticut Appellate Court recently provided guidance on what does not constitute property damage under a typical contractor’s Commercial General Liability (CGL) insurance policy in Westchester Modular Homes of Fairfield...more
On November 30, 2023, the Illinois Supreme Court issued a decision in the case of Acuity v. M/I Homes of Chicago, LLC, et al., 2023 IL 129087 with significant implications for insurance coverage of construction defects under...more
On 30 November 2023, Illinois joined the majority of states that recognize that commercial general liability (CGL) insurance covers damage to one part of a construction project caused by construction defects in other parts of...more
Construction lenders beware – a recent Arizona Supreme Court decision interpreting Exclusion 3(a) of standard-form title-insurance policies could mean lenders are not insured against a senior mechanics’ lien if the lender’s...more
Presented by Jonathan A. Cass on April 27, 2021. Construction projects are dangerous places—people get hurt and property gets damaged. Whether you are a general contractor, a construction manager, or a subcontractor, it is...more
Construction projects are dangerous places—people get hurt and property gets damaged. Whether you are a general contractor, a construction manager, or a subcontractor, it is imperative that you understand the importance of...more
Massachusetts Appeals Court Gets It Right – Mostly - Hot on the heels of the Federal Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision in MTI, Inc. v. Employers Insurance Company of Wausau, __ F.3d __, 2019 WL 321423 (10th Cir....more
On October 9, 2018, in Ohio N. University v. Charles Constr. Servs., Inc., Slip Opinion 2018-Ohio-4057, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that property damage caused by a subcontractor’s allegedly defective work was not covered...more
In Harper Construction Co. v. National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh, the Southern District of California rejected an insured’s attempt to expand a CGL policy’s definition of “suit” to encompass mere demands without...more
In a 2017 opinion, Xia v. ProBuilders Specialty Insurance Company, the Washington State Supreme Court analyzed whether an insurer breached its duty of good faith and fair dealing in refusing to defend its contractor insured...more
At least two Florida appellate courts have directly contradicted each other on an increasingly-important question facing Floridians and the insurance industry. The question is as follows: “Are insurance provisions valid which...more
In Ohio N. Univ. v. Charles Constr. Servs., 2018 Ohio LEXIS 2375 (No. 2017-0514, October 9, 2018), the Supreme Court of Ohio was recently called upon to determine if a general contractor’s Commercial General Liability (CGL)...more
Satterfield & Pontikes Constr., Inc. v. United States Fire Ins. Co., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 21488 (5th Cir. Aug. 2, 2018) - This case arises out of an excess insurance provider’s refusal to cover damages incurred by the...more