David H. Travers, Jonathan R. Hausner and Mary Feeney | Bowditch The mayors of Boston and Cambridge have ordered a halt to most non-critical construction projects. Somerville now requires contractors to submit a Job Hazard Analysis and Site-Specific Safety Plan (SSSP) for continued operations. Governor Baker’s Order of March 23, however, allows other construction projects… Continue reading Construction Projects – Preparing For Slowdowns Or Project Shutdowns
Month: April 2020
Residential Contractors Must Quickly Clean Up, Pick Up And Button Up Ongoing Residential Construction Projects
Bruce Courtade | Rhoades McKee In the wake of Governor Whitmer’s “Stay Safe, Stay Home” Executive Order 2020-21, many residential contractors have been uncertain as to what steps they could take to “button up” ongoing projects. There has been a lot of confusion about whether existing projects could be finished, or whether all construction activities had… Continue reading Residential Contractors Must Quickly Clean Up, Pick Up And Button Up Ongoing Residential Construction Projects
A New Bad Faith Trend Emerges in COVID-19 Business Interruption Litigation
Gregory Gidus | Property Casualty Focus With governments across the world ordering the shutdown of restaurants, bars, and other “non-essential” businesses due to the COVID-19 pandemic, business interruption insurance claims are, not surprisingly, on the rise. While typical commercial property policies require “direct physical loss or damage” to property — a requirement that is unlikely satisfied… Continue reading A New Bad Faith Trend Emerges in COVID-19 Business Interruption Litigation
Stop Work Orders and Construction Project Site Abandonment Series: Part 2 – Construction Project Site Abandonment
Michael Kelley | Shutts As the Novel-Coronavirus (“COVID-19”) continues to cause disruption to every aspect of society, the business world and the economy-at-large, nearly every country, state and county has issued unique lockdown, “shelter-in-place,” and similar types of orders restricting the way all of us interact with each other and perform work. As a result,… Continue reading Stop Work Orders and Construction Project Site Abandonment Series: Part 2 – Construction Project Site Abandonment
What to Do When a Worker on Your Construction Site is Diagnosed with Coronavirus
Daniel Miktus and Stacy Bercun Bohm | Akerman As the country scrambles to address the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Governors and local officials have enacted emergency orders requiring individuals to stay in their homes except for certain essential activities, and ordering “non-essential” businesses to shut down. Nearly all of these orders exempt or except the… Continue reading What to Do When a Worker on Your Construction Site is Diagnosed with Coronavirus