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The FAR Council is undertaking a systematic approach to revising the FARs. On August 15, 2025, it released its revisions to FAR Part 28, Bonds and Insurance, FAR Part 30, Cost Accounting Standards Administration, and FAR Part...more
The last decade has seen the emergence of Big Data platforms allowing parties to major construction projects to digitize and integrate more and more of the engineering, design and build phase of their projects. Such...more
In September 2021, the Texas legislature made major changes to the construction lien statutes in Chapter 53 of the Texas Property Code. All of the key players in the construction industry (owners, contractors, subcontractors,...more
Join Miles mediator and arbitrators Jennifer Grippa and David Matthews, along with Frank Brown, partner in Weissman Law and General Counsel of the Greater Atlanta Home Builders Association, Inc., Jerry Warshaw, Founder and...more
Advance payment guarantees are commonly used in the construction industry. However, successful challenges to a demand made under an advance payment guarantee appear to be less common. This article looks at three recent cases...more
Remeasurement provisions are commonly used in construction and engineering contracts where there is uncertainty as to the quantity of work to be performed by the contractor. Remeasurement may be desirable in these situations,...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
An engineering company was hired to perform work in connection with construction and renovation of the South African Embassy, and subcontracted for sheet metal work with a third party. The subcontract contained an arbitration...more
Mel Jones is Northwest Diversity Manager for Skanska USA, a multibillion dollar international building and development company. Before joining Skanska, Jones was a civil engineer and owned his own engineering design company....more