Artificial Intelligence in Construction Contracts – Evaluating the Risks and Benefits
Webinar ¦ Benefits of Using AI in Construction
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Key Lease Work Letter Issues When the Tenant Is Doing the Work
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
Moving the Ball for Metro Atlanta Mobility: Atlanta Regional Commission - TAG Infrastructure Talks Podcast
Data, Architectural Engineering, and Designing a Better Future
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
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The Labor Law Insider: Project Labor Agreements, Part I
DE Under 3: OFCCP AAP Verification Portal 'Rules of Behavior', Vaccination Injunction Updates, & Recent Job Scam Alerts
Construction Webinar Series: The Infrastructure Bill’s Impact on DOT’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program
Construction Webinar Series: Preparing for and Managing Claims in the COVID-19 Project Environment
Into the Future: Modern Partnerships in Health Care Construction Delivery
Law Brief®: David Pfeffer and Richard Schoenstein Discuss the Legal Implications of Infrastructure Collapses
Case 1: Handston Investments Limited v Abri Group Limited - The court refused to grant an interim injunction to pause construction that would significantly interfere with a neighbour’s rights to light. Instead, the Court...more
As we say goodbye to 2024, can we also say farewell to the difficulties faced for the real estate development market? What does the future hold in getting “Britain building again”?...more
Public-Private Partnerships (P3s) are an increasingly common method of delivering public infrastructure. When structured properly, P3s allow governments to leverage private-sector expertise and resources to deliver essential...more
The Situation: On January 17, 2024, mandatory biodiversity net gain ("BNG") regulations took effect, impacting most new developments in England. ...more
The Situation: The Levelling-up and Regeneration Act ("the Act") was passed by Parliament and became law on 26 October 2023. The Development: The UK government states that the Act will "speed up the planning system,...more
Over recent years, we have seen an office sector where occupiers are taking less space and using it in a different way in the United Kingdom, even when compared to five years ago. That trend, which was accelerated by the...more
Continuing duty to advise or warn? How do you know? Whether, or not, a consultant has a continuing duty to advise or warn can be a challenging question to resolve....more
It’s the most wonderful time of the year – excited children, the promise of time with loved ones, the scent of mince pies, and a feast of year-end round-ups of some of the most exciting things to have happened in the last...more
The refusal of M&S's plans to demolish and rebuild their flagship store on Oxford Street by the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (Michael Gove) has attracted much attention because of the wider...more
While securing planning permission is often seen as the end of the planning process for a project, there are many reasons why a developer may need to change that consent – a new need for flexibility to reflect changes in the...more
The United Kingdom's Building Safety Act 2022 introduces a new regulatory regime affecting higher-risk buildings. Developers, owners, landlords and contractors of high-rise buildings are among those to be affected by changes...more
The United Kingdom’s Building Safety Act 2022 introduces a new regulatory regime affecting higher-risk buildings. Developers, owners, landlords and contractors of high-rise buildings are among those to be affected by changes...more
The Secretary of State that saw out 2021 seems likely to see out 2022 – although nothing seems certain these days – but don't let that apparent continuity fool you into thinking that the year in planning was anything other...more
The Fire Safety Act 2021 received Royal Assent at the end of last week. What the Act lacks in size (it’s only four sections long), it makes up for in the controversy it caused during its passage through Parliament. Its...more
Whilst the three previous articles in our series on planning reform have considered the main changes in the Planning White Paper, there are many more recent far-reaching proposals, both in the Planning White Paper and...more
In early August, to much fanfare and the promise of "radical reform", the government published the "Planning for the Future" White Paper, setting out its route map to overhaul the planning system in England. The stated aims...more
The recent judicial review in R (Holborn Studios) v London Borough of Hackney raises important considerations for developers and planning authorities in terms of financial details to be disclosed in viability assessments...more
It is hard for anyone in the development industry to ignore the impact that COVID-19 and the lockdown have had – be that on day to day construction works, development timelines and even the type of development we're likely to...more
The UK government’s actions are ramping up as it battles to contain the spread of COVID-19 and enforce social distancing. To assist with this, secondary legislation has been enacted to establish a new permitted development...more
Undoubtedly two of the most eye-catching planning judgments last year were Lambeth v Secretary of State for HCLG and Finney v Welsh Ministers. Both were upper court decisions about section 73 of the Town and Country Planning...more
With an unusually warm 25th December forecast this year, the prospect of a white Christmas looks slim, but with the government's Housing White Paper due in early 2017 (The Year of the Rooster!), we consider what we might...more