Data, Architectural Engineering, and Designing a Better Future
Design-Build: Everything That Was Old Is New Again
Welcome to our seventh issue of The Site Report for 2025! In this edition, we address direct v. consequential damages in Florida, how the OBBB will fuel construction projects, China's construction of the world's largest...more
Presented by Cohen Seglias attorney Michael F. McKenna on December 3, 2020. Over the past few decades, the design-build delivery method has made a resurgence, presenting an alternative to the traditional design-bid-build...more
Over the past few decades, the design-build delivery method has made a resurgence, presenting an alternative to the traditional design-bid-build project delivery method. In design-build, an owner contracts with a single...more
The origins of the FIDIC suite - The Fédération Internationale Des Ingénieurs-Conseils (FIDIC) was founded in Belgium in 1913. Since then, it has become the foremost representative body for the world's consulting...more
Risk in construction contracts - 'Risk', in a project delivery context, can be defined as 'an uncertain event or set of circumstances that, should it occur, will have an effect on the achievement of one or more of the...more
In March, a Massachusetts federal court addressed whether a design-builder contractor could recover for breach of contract under an intended third-party beneficiary theory against a design firm hired by the project owner to...more
Do architects and engineers owe a common law duty (i.e. non-contractual duty) to Contractors or Owners for alleged negligence, errors, or omissions when performing services? That answer may depend on what services are at...more