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On March 11, 2020, the NBA suspended its season after a player on the Utah Jazz preliminarily tested positive for COVID-19.
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Read More »COMMENTARY: COVID considerations for future construction contracts
OPINION: Know how your contracts are set up to deal with pandemic-related delays
It is not hyperbole to say that the whole world is in the midst of unprecedented times. Although the federal government has not issued specific mandates to the construction industry, states and cities have enacted their own policies, first as part of “stay at home” and not as part of “return to work” orders. At each end of the stay-return spectrum, most jurisdictions have deemed construction an “essential business,” allowing projects to continue.
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Read More »Breaking contracts over coronavirus: Can you argue it’s an ‘act of God’?
The coronavirus pandemic has prevented countless people from fulfilling their contracts, from basketball players to babysitters.
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Read More »COMMENTARY: When a contractor refuses to perform work without a change order
No matter how perfect a set of drawings may appear at the beginning of a project, the scope of the work will invariably change. The easiest and best way to deal with change, and its resulting effects on schedule and contract price, is through a change order mutually executed by an owner and a contractor.
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Read More »Unions strike longer labor contracts in sign of contractor confidence
Carpenters, laborers and cement masons unions have each reached a longer deal in a cycle of contract negotiations that wrapped up recently, a sign that contractors are confident about the years ahead.
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Read More »OP-ED: Five reasons to get a contract signed before construction starts
It is construction contracting 101: get the contract signed before the shovels hit the dirt.
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Read More »Supreme Court to pick up pieces amid contractor dispute over collapsed barn
When a barn in rural Dane County halfway collapsed during a storm in 2013, killing cows and damaging property, everyone knew it was going to cost a lot to pick up the pieces.
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Read More »So you think you have a delay claim? Prove it
Productivity is essential for a construction project to be profitable.
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Read More »Standard form construction contracts: uses and misuses
Standard-form construction contracts are ubiquitous in the industry and for good reason.
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Read More »Don’t take contract language for granted
Contracts are the cornerstones of construction projects. For that reason, it's never a bad idea to subject the documents to a thorough review before signing them.
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