You may have met my 22 year old Princess when she was 11. A few years ago, I was teaching her about grace … undeserved merit or favor.
Well, my daughter was stalling and delaying on eating her meal … by almost an hour. So, naturally, I saw this as a teachable moment.
“Honey,
This past week, I came home to a complete mess in our backyard—it was littered with debris, trash, plates and utensils, and overturn patio furniture. My instruction to the kids yesterday morning was stern: “Clean up this mess by the time I get home…or else!”
One kid fixed the furniture in 15 minutes. One kid
Earlier in the year, I made an April Fool’s Day joke on Twitter about the Supreme Court granting an appeal in a construction dispute. Apparently, the joke was on me…because the Supreme Court did take an appeal in a construction dispute!
On December 3, 2013, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in In re Atl.
My good friend and mentor Cordell Parvin once suggested that planning done by contractors for a successful construction project is not unlike the planning done by football coaches for a successful season. He is right!
Coaching football. Successful football organizations consist of specialized teams or units: (a) the offense; (b) the defense; and (c) and special
You probably saw last month’s report about a second work-related fatality at the construction site of the San Francisco 49er’s new football stadium. Police and fire investigators have determined that the truck driver’s death was a workplace accident and not a crime.
The delivery truck driver was reportedly crushed by a bundle of rebar
In most states across the country, kids are headed back to school this week and next. Some are even going to law school. If you are considering a career in construction law, you will want check out my interview with Marc Luber of JD Careers Out There.
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Now Hiring. Speaking of construction law
Recovery for unreasonable delays caused by others can be based upon a breach of an implied obligation not to hinder or delay the other party’s performance. Wow, that’s a mouthful! Let’s look at an example.
In Foster & Creighton Company v. Wilson Contracting, the Tennessee Court of Appeals reviewed a case involving a project
Owners typically retain a geotechnical consultant, either directly, or indirectly though the designer. Either way, the number of borings the geotechnical consultant will take is often dependent on the funding available. It should be noted that the fewer the number of soil borings taken, the less likely that those taken will indicate properly the site
Construction is one of the riskiest businesses in the United States. It requires the coordination of many entities, which is one reason alone there are many disputes. What do you think causes construction claims and disputes?
In this tight economy, the competitive bidding system forces contractors to price their work in a way that will
I realize that these regulations and rules may be three years old, but in 2010 the EPA imposed continuing requirements on persons and entities working with lead-based paint. Recently, there have been reports of regional EPA offices seeking to investigate and audit various renovation contractors for whom the regulations would apply.
In 2008, the United