Construction law is about more than just building codes and disputes with contractors. It's a vast area of law that can involve matters related to contract interpretation, consumer expectations, and even how to select the best contractor for the best price for your client's business. Whether you represent a design professional, architect, development group, or engineer, as a construction lawyer you should be familiar with labor laws, administrative laws, and occupational health and safety regulations in your area. Click on the articles below to discover more about the bidding process, bonding, insurance, guarantees and sureties, as well as alternative dispute resolution options.
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- Design/build appears to be the wave of the future. Professional prognosticators are predicting that within five to ten years more than one-half of all construction nationwide will be design/build. In Pennsylvania, the issue is especially ripe for ...
- The New Jersey Affidavit of Merit Statute, N.J.S.A. 2A.:53A-29, was made law on June 29, 1995. The statute was part of a package of tort reform bills intended to "bring common sense and equity to the state's litigation system" and provides a measure ...
- The legal framework for public construction works in Texas is different than that for private work. Liens are not allowed on public lands, so a different scheme involving claims against bonds has developed. Whether a contractor working on a public ...
- Plaintiff was a second tier subcontractor providing insulation to defendant, the mechanical subcontractor ("JWP") on the construction of the Veterans' Affairs Hospital ("VA Hospital"). JWP, in turn, had a contract with the prime contractor to ...
- On February 1, 2000 a Baltimore City jury awarded A-1 Roofing, Inc., a Baltimore County roofing contractor, and its president, Gordon Jenkins, $4,529,000.00 against a contract monitoring company and one of its inspectors. The verdict included 1.6 ...
- In a case entitled Howard Contracting, Inc. v. G.A. Macdonald Construction Co., Inc., the California Supreme Court has effectively held that a subcontractor can recover damages for cost overruns caused by delays and disruption even though a City's ...
- If you supply materials to a project or if you enter into a contract with the General Contractor or property owner on a project, you have Mechanic's Lien Rights. ...
- Over the past century, the construction contract documents published by the American Institute of Architects have become an industry standard. First published in 1888, these agreements are now used throughout the nation on projects of every size and ...
- All architects should be familiar with the Spearin Doctrine. The Spearin Doctrine was established by United States Supreme Court in 1918. In a case called United States v. Spearin, the Supreme Court affirmed and awarded damages to a contractor to ...
- Some of the most common disputes in construction cases relate to delay. However, delay claims tend to be some of the least understood and frequently confusing claims in the construction field. A clear understanding of the basic elements necessary to ...