Jeff Childs | Advise & Consult, Inc. | October 31, 2018 Due to some unfortunate health issues with two of our speakers, we have had to substitute with two new speakers and topics. David L. Mefford will address the topic of Replacement Cost Estimates vs. Reality. This course is designed to help us understand estimating, how… Continue reading New Speakers Added to 4th Annual Northwest CDDC
Month: October 2018
A Word to the Wise: The AIA Revised Contract Documents Could Lead to New and Unanticipated Risks – Part II
George Talarico | Construction Executive | September 18, 2018 Part I addressed general conditions, revised insurance terms, revisions that affect owner’s required insurance and revisions that affect contractor’s required insurance. REVISIONS THAT AFFECT DISPUTE RESOLUTION A seemingly minor but noteworthy change is to the definition of “Claim.” Under Section 15.1 a “Claim” is defined to: include… Continue reading A Word to the Wise: The AIA Revised Contract Documents Could Lead to New and Unanticipated Risks – Part II
Who Decides Arbitrability? Judge Or Arbitrator? (Again)
Mack Sperling | North Carolina Business Litigation Report | September 12, 2018 Having a client required to arbitrate a case — even though that client never signed off on an arbitration provision — is nothing new. Judge Conrad dealt with that situation late last month in Charlotte Student Housing DST v. Choate Construction Co., 2018 NCBC… Continue reading Who Decides Arbitrability? Judge Or Arbitrator? (Again)
Georgia Court Finds Contamination Clause Ambiguous in Meth Lab Claim
Ashley Harris | Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog | October 28, 2018 A federal court in the Northern District of Georgia recently found that State Farm’s contamination clause was ambiguous regarding its application to a meth lab claim. In Cochran v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Company,1 the Plaintiffs owned a rental property in Atlanta, Georgia. While… Continue reading Georgia Court Finds Contamination Clause Ambiguous in Meth Lab Claim
Almost Nothing is Impossible
Smith Currie | October 22, 2018 In today’s ever-changing legal and political climate, contractors are being forced to deal with events and circumstances that seemed improbable just a short time ago. These changing circumstances have led some contractors to question whether they are required to continue performing in the face of uncertainty and, in many… Continue reading Almost Nothing is Impossible