Artificial Intelligence in Construction Contracts – Evaluating the Risks and Benefits
Residential Contractor Boot Camp
Podcast: Owner’s Outlook: Managing Risks in an Ever-Changing Construction Environment - Diagnosing Health Care
Data, Architectural Engineering, and Designing a Better Future
Podcast: Owner's Outlook: Vaccine Mandate for Construction Workers at Health Care Facilities - Diagnosing Health Care
Construction Webinar Series: Construction Contractors: Considerations in Subcontracting Plans and OFCCP Compliance
Construction Webinar Series: The Infrastructure Bill’s Impact on DOT’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program
Construction Webinar Series: Building Compliance: Construction Industry Concerns Under FCA
Construction Contractor Compliance Update: Government Audits, Vax Mandates, and More
Law Brief®: David Pfeffer and Richard Schoenstein Discuss the Legal Implications of Infrastructure Collapses
Protect Your Construction Project: Top 10 Insurance Provisions to Know
Practical Training for Project Managers & Supervisors Two-Part Webinar Series: Part Two
Practical Training for Project Managers & Supervisors Two-Part Webinar Series: Part One
Leaders Moving Business Forward with Dianna MacDonald of Powerhouse
Design-Build: Everything That Was Old Is New Again
Law Brief: Lien Times: Securing Mechanics Liens for Preconstruction Services
Covid on the Job: Construction Sites and Employment Law [More With McGlinchey Ep. 9]
Who Can Issue a Stop Notice?
Benefits of a Stop Notice for Construction Contractors
Construction Delays in the Time of Coronavirus: A Legal Perspective
Court Affirms $1 Nominal Damage Award in Wind Farm Construction Dispute The general contractor on the 60-turbine wind farm project in Good Hope, Illinois, is entitled to collect a whopping $1 on its cost-to-complete claim...more
A recent court ruling raises questions and concerns over the scope of liability owners and contractors may face when a subcontractor's employee is involved in an off-site accident during the course of construction. ...more
An recent Ohio appellate court decision reinforces a critical point for plaintiffs and a crucial defense strategy for defendants: if you don’t properly and timely name individual employees/agents in a lawsuit, you may lose...more
A federal court in upstate New York is permitting a subcontractor’s delay claim to proceed notwithstanding a “no damages for delay” provision in the subcontract. The case, The Pike Company, Inc. v. Tri-Krete, Ltd., involves...more
On Jan. 1, 2025, the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure changed dramatically. The new rules and amendments are designed to enhance efficiency and impact the setting of cases for trial, case management, discovery practice,...more
The Retreat at Charleston National Country Club Home Owners Ass’n, Inc. v. Winston Carlyle Charleston National, LLC, S.C. App. Case No. 2021-001050, Opinion No. 6099 (Feb. 12, 2025) Key Takeaways: Case Summary (for those of...more
If a general contractor thinks its responsibility for ensuring a safe workplace extends only to its own employees, that belief is mistaken. In a recent case, the Washington Court of Appeals made clear that as long as a...more
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
Pierce Management, a general contractor, subcontracted with RJK Electric for electrical work on a drive-thru at a Starbucks. Pierce’s project manager was allegedly injured while walking to his car in the parking lot by a...more
In a recent case before Justice Andrea Masley, Corporate Electrical Technologies, Inc. v. Structure Tone, Inc. et al., Plaintiff Corporate Electrical Technologies, Inc. (“CET”), a subcontractor, was hired by Structure Tone,...more
Most states have statutes of repose, which define the date certain for parties to assert any and all claims for construction and design related issues, and provide a final cut-off for liability with respect to a project. For...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
The 13th Court of Appeals in Edinburg, Texas issued an opinion in February 2018 that would eliminate the statutory employer protection for general contractors in certain circumstances if allowed to stand (Halferty v....more
You’ve identified a killer issue for appeal, no doubt a winner. Congratulations! You still lose. How can that be? In Novum Structures, LLC v. Choate Construction Company, Inc., 698 Fed. Appx. 608 (11th Cir. 2017), the...more
The federal agency that reviews OSHA safety violation cases, also known as the OSH Review Commission, recently adopted the decision of one of its Administrative Law Judges who applied 5th Circuit precedent to reject a safety...more
D.W. Wilburn, Inc. v. K. Norman Berry Assocs., No. 2015-CA-001254-MR, 2016 Ky. App. Lexis 206 (Ky. Ct. App. Dec. 22, 2016) - This case arose out of a construction project in which the Oldham County Board of Education...more
In Double AA Builders, Ltd. v. Preferred Contractors Insurance Company, LLC, --- P.3d ----, 2016 WL 7508079, *1 (Ariz. Ct. App. Dec. 30, 2016), the Arizona Court of Appeals reversed the trial court’s grant of summary...more
Turner Constr. Co. v. BFPE Int’l, Inc., No. JKB-15-368, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 39161 (D. Md. Mar. 25, 2016) - The University of Maryland Medical Center (“UMMC”) entered into a contract (the “Prime Contract”) with Turner...more
Over the summer, this blog reported on how the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania managed to parse an employer’s liability exclusion to find that it did not exclude claims by employees of additional insureds. As the leaves started...more
Davis Group, Inc. v. Ace Electric, Inc., 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 83368 (M.D. Fla. June 26, 2015) - This action arose out of a construction project to build a new Radar Approach Control Facility at Seymour Johnson Air Force...more
Involuntary Dismissal of Counterclaims – In a suit between a developer and general contractor, the trial court erred in dismissing the general contractor’s counterclaims, without a motion by the developer, before the...more