If a subcontractor’s quote does not contain a deadline by which it must be accepted, how late can the contractor accept the quote to be valid? And when there is a dispute, who has the burden of proving that the contractor accepted the quote in a timely manner?
The court addressed these issues in Piland
Owners, contractors, and subcontractors in Kentucky should carefully review their legal claims given a recent Kentucky Supreme Court decision. On June 16, 2011, the Court joined the majority of other states and adopted what is commonly know as the economic loss doctrine. Now, claims against suppliers for product defects are legally limited to the parties&rsquo
A few of my favorite parts of a holiday picnic are: kids running through sprinklers, very cold watermelon, crispy hot dogs, and the Charlie Daniels Band blaring over the speakers. (… yep, the devil went down to Georgia … he was looking for a soul to steal …) I do not intend to
There’s a debate in Congress. There’s a debate in Congress between Chicago’s two senators. There’s a debate in Congress between Chicago’s two senators about privatization.
Last week, Bob Sechler of the Wall Street Journal described newly introduced legislation from Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill) called “The Protecting Taxpayers in Transportation Asset Transfers Act.” The bill seeks
Last month, Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) suspended all current bridge construction projects by Britton Bridge, LLC and related companies until they performed an independent review of their safety procedures. This action came as a result of a second on-the-job fatality of a worker at the Henley Bridge project in Knoxville, TN, since January 2011.
Let’s get ready to rumble! According to an ENR-Southeast article by Scott Judy, the road builders in Florida are preparing for another fight against legislators who have raided the state’s transportation trust fund. This is the second year in a row the Florida legislature has taken measures to raid the transportation funds for general
Last year around this time, I blogged about a new report indicating that half of the construction industry was using building information modeling (BIM) on their projects. Last week, the BIM community lit up in response to an article by Nadine Post, which was featured in both Engineering News-Record and Architectural Record.
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A portion of my construction practice involves employment issues. You can imagine the types of employment-related questions that arise on the project site:
Yesterday, highway and bridge contractors in Tennessee received an alert from from TDOT officials about the affect of heavy rain in the area: "I’m sure most are aware of the anticipated rise in the Mississippi River, but could you please share with all that are working in the Mississippi River area and the backwater areas
In the weeks leading up to the ABA Forum on the Construction Industry’s annual meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona, a number of construction attorneys and I were feverishly reviewing submissions for this year’s Construction Law Update. The document is a compilation of cases and legislation affecting the construction industry. The updates are provided throughout the