As many of you know, I am involved in the ABA Forum on the Construction Industry, which is the largest organization of construction lawyers in the United States and abroad. Our Fall meeting is next week in Miami Beach, Florida. The conference focus is “We Won’t Get Fooled Again: Lessons Learned from the Economic Downturn
Guest Post: State Lien Law Surprises
Today’s guest post is by Dan Douglass, a fellow construction partner in the Construction Service Group at Stites & Harbison PLLC. He is listed in the 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 Georgia Super Lawyers magazine and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America® (2009-2011) for Construction Law.
In these difficult economic times, lien rights are even more
Locality and Project Type: Two Factors Driving Union Labor on a Construction Project
Last Sunday, the headline from the Tennessean read "Unions shrink but stay active." Although the article focused on the use of union labor on Nashville’s convention center project currently underway, it provided a glimpse of the bigger picture of what is happening with labor groups in the construction industry.
In Tennessee, the
Project Management: What to Do When People Come and Go
A headline from the Wall Street Journal caught my attention this morning: “When People Come and Go: Project teams often have different workers at different times. And that can create problems.” Imagine the potential problems that exist in an industry where project team members change regularly such as in the construction industry.
What
Colin Reed: Leadership Lessons from Nashville’s Flood Recovery
Last week, I attended the Nashville Chamber of Commerce CEO Speaker Series featuring Colin Reed, Chairman and CEO of Gaylord Entertainment. Reed is a very good speaker and he spent the morning with an audience of 200 sharing some lessons he learned following the flood in Nashville in May 2010. If you have not seen the
A Good Roadmap: OH Court Concludes that Disappointed Bidder Can Recover Bid Preparation Costs
It can be a daunting task to mine through the federal and state laws, regulations and court decisions to determine what rights and remedies you may have as a disappointed bidder on a public project. In a case involving a state university construction project, the Ohio Supreme Court recently provided a good road map
Guest Post: Ten Ways to Minimize Legal Pitfalls of Sustainable Design and Construction
Today’s guest post is by Angela Stephens, a fellow construction attorney in the Construction Service Group and Green Law Group at Stites & Harbison PLLC. She is a LEED Accredited Professional and is the first attorney in the Commonwealth of Kentucky to achieve Green Advantage® certification.
Sustainable Design and Construction raises unique legal issues
Medicinal Marijuana and the Job Site: The Conflict Between Federal and State Laws
Depending on where you live, owners of construction companies may have a new dilemma to address with their employees: medicinal marijuana. The conflict puts the company’s safety and employment policies often dictated by federal law directly up against what may be an individual’s rights under state law.
Stephanie Simon reports in this morning’s Wall Street
On the Fence? Tennessee Courts Will Enfoce Those HOA Covenants
The Tennessee Court of Appeals recently enforced restrictive covenants in a dispute between the HOA and a resident who built a fence without prior approval. He had to tear it down …
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